"This Perfect Day" is a

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band The Saints . It was produced by Chris Bailey and

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and recorded and mixed at Roundhouse and Wessex Studios, London, in 1977. The single made #34 in the UK charts, the band's only British Top 40 entry. The band appeared on

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to promote the song. Kuepper later mentioned, "I wrote it on my father's classical guitar, on Christmas Day (1976) at my parent's place when everybody had gone to church." A re-recorded version of the song later appeared on The Saints' 1977 album '' Eternally Yours''. The Fall covered the song for their 1999 LP '' The Marshall Suite''. Baby Woodrose covered the song on their 2004 album '' Dropout!''. The song has also been covered by

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(with Amy Taylor of

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on lead vocals), appearing as the b-side to their 2020 single "Suburbiopia".

Reception

Critic Jon Savage said that the song, "speeded up the Rolling Stones "

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" riff into pure extinction. "This Perfect Day" is almost too fast: The group nearly come off the rails before singer Chris Bailey brings everything to a grinding halt in an extraordinary cluster of negatives." He later said the song was, "the most ferocious single to ever grace the UK Top 40." Steve Taylor said "This Perfect Day" was, "the band's masterpiece. A short statement of resistance – delivered over a chugging beat and inventively deployed guitar." ''

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'' considered the song "quite the most startling, wound-up noise recorded under the punk banner to that point. Bailey spat out the opening lines, atop the band's adrenalised clatter." ''

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'' called it, "an ultimate expression of teenage nihilism."

References

1977 singles The Saints (Australian band) songs Songs written by Ed Kuepper 1977 songs Harvest Records singles Australian hard rock songs Songs written by Chris Bailey (musician) {{1970s-single-stub