"Heyday" is a song by Irish-American rock singer,
Mic Christopher
Michael "Mic" Christopher (21 September 1969 – 29 November 2001) was an Irish singer-songwriter, best known for his posthumously-released debut album '' Skylarkin.
Early life
Michael Christopher was born in The Bronx, New York City, t ...
, released in October 2000 as the title track from his first solo EP 'Heyday'. It was written by Christopher. It was re-released on January 23 2004. In 2002, it was featured in
Skylarkin', Christopher's first and only solo album. It was later released after his death in November 2001.
Christopher performed "Heyday" on ''
Ireland AM
''Ireland AM'' is an Irish morning television show on Virgin Media One. It airs live every weekday from 07:00 to 10:00, and weekends from 9:00 to 12:00. The program features news, current affairs, weather updates, showbiz, fashion, beauty, fo ...
'' on ''
TV3 '' on 22 February 2001.
The song peaked at 11 in the Irish Charts after ''Heyday EP'' was re-released on 23 January 2004.
Guinness television advert
The song gained fame in December 2003 after it appeared on the
Guinness advert ''Quarrel'', starring
Michael Fassbender.
“Music is obviously an important part of advertising and particularly Guinness advertising,” “The idea to pick ‘Heyday’ was down to Nick(Kelly) who used to be the lead singer in
The Fat Lady Sings
The Fat Lady Sings were a rock band from Dublin, Ireland, fronted by singer and songwriter Nick Kelly. Almost immediately after forming in March 1986, they relocated to London, and remained there for the rest of their career. Despite this, the ...
and has a huge breadth of knowledge of the Irish music industry and music in general. The reason he picked ‘Heyday’ was that he wanted something that was emotional but not downbeat. The second thing was that he wanted a rhythm from the start, so from the very start of the ad you have motion.” -Damian Devaney of Guinness
Michael Fassbender also appears in the music video
Re-release
The single was re-released on January 23 2004 as a result of the Guinness advert released a month earlier.
References
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