These Days
single
CoverBardot These Days CD2 cover 2000.jpg
ArtistBardot
AlbumBardot
B-side
  • "Holding On" (live)
  • "Higher than Heaven" (live)
Released28 August 2000
Recorded2000
StudioTiger Recording (Sydney, Australia)[1]
GenrePop
Length3:40
LabelWEA
Writer
Producer
Prev year2000
Next year2001

"These Days" is a song by Australian pop group Bardot, and was the third single from their debut album Bardot (2000). It was written by Colin Campsie and Phil Thornalley, and produced by Tommy Faragher. The single was released on two formats. CD 1 contains live recordings and an enhanced component including the music video, while CD 2 contains exclusively remixes.

"These Days" peaked at number 19 on the Australian singles chart and was certified gold, becoming Australia's 100th-highest-selling single of 2000. Bardot performed "These Days" at the 2000 ARIA Music Awards where they were nominated for three awards. In 2001, American pop singer Jennifer Paige released a cover of "These Days".

Track listings

Australian CD1[1]

  1. "These Days"
  2. "These Days" (Rockmelons radio remix)
  3. "Holding On" (live at Sydney State Theatre)
  4. "Higher than Heaven" (live at Sydney State Theatre)

This format includes an enhanced component featuring the "These Days" music video, photos and a screen saver.

Australian CD2[2]

  1. "These Days"
  2. "These Days" (Recovery radio edit)
  3. "These Days" (Groove Quantize Filta mix)
  4. "These Days" (Sunshine mix)
  5. "These Days" (DJ Clinton remix)

Personnel

Personnel are adapted from the Australian CD1 liner notes.[1]

  • Bardot – vocals
  • Bruce Reid – guitars
  • Michael Szumowski – keyboards, programming
  • Colin Campsie – writing
  • Phil Thornalley – writing
  • Tommy Faragher – production, mixing
  • David Hemming – mixing, engineering
  • Danielle McWilliam – engineering assistant
  • Vlado Meller – mastering
  • Kevin Wilkins – art direction

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "These Days"
Chart (2000)Peak
position

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "These Days"
Chart (2000)Position
Australia (ARIA)[3]100

Jennifer Paige cover

These Days
Single
CoverFile:These Days (Jennifer Paige song).jpg
ArtistJennifer Paige
AlbumPositively Somewhere
Released23 July 2001
Length3:27
Label
Writer
Producer
  • Oliver Leiber
  • David Gamson
Prev year1999
Next year2002

"These Days" was covered in 2001 by American singer Jennifer Paige and was released as the first single from her second studio album, Positively Somewhere (2001). This version became a top-40 hit in Italy, where it reached number 31.

Track listings

Japanese maxi-CD single[4]

  1. "These Days"
  2. "Stay the Night"
  3. "You Get Through"

German maxi-CD single[5]

  1. "These Days" (US album mix)
  2. "These Days" (Tommy D mix)
  3. "You Get Through"

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "These Days"
Chart (2001–2003)Peak
position

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United States23–24 July 2001Top 40 · hot AC radioEdel · Hollywood[6]
Japan27 March 2002CDVictor Entertainment[7]

References

  1. ^ These Days (Australian CD1 liner notes). WEA Records. 2000. 8573848732.
  2. ^ These Days (Australian CD2 liner notes). WEA Records. 2000. 8573849122.
  3. ^ "ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2000". ARIA. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  4. ^ These Days (Japanese maxi-CD single liner notes). Victor Entertainment. 2002. VICP-35071.
  5. ^ These Days (German maxi-CD single liner notes). Edel Records. 2002. 0131955ERE.
  6. ^ "Jennifer Paige: These Days". Radio & Records. No. 1411. 20 July 2001. p. 39.
  7. ^ "ジェニファー・ペイジ | ディーズ・デイズ" [Jennifer Paige | These Days] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 18 February 2025.