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Days Are Forgotten

"Days Are Forgotten" is a song by British rock band Kasabian. The song serves as the lead single of the band's fourth studio album, Velociraptor!. The song was first released in Belgium on 12 August, and was later released in the United Kingdom on 9 September 2011 - where it debuted at number 28 on the UK Singles Chart.

"Days Are Forgotten"
Single by Kasabian
from the album Velociraptor!
B-side
  • "Pistols at Dawn"
  • "Switchblade Smiles" (Music video)
Released12 August 2011
GenreBlues rock[1]
Length5:02 (album version)
4:05 (single version)
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Sergio Pizzorno
Producer(s)Dan the Automator
Kasabian singles chronology
"Vlad the Impaler"
(2010) 		"Days Are Forgotten"
(2011) 		"Re-Wired"
(2011)
Velociraptor! track listing
  1. "Let's Roll Just Like We Used To"
  2. "Days Are Forgotten"
  3. "Goodbye Kiss"
  4. "La Fée Verte"
  5. "Velociraptor"
  6. "Acid Turkish Bath
    (Shelter from the Storm)"
  7. "I Hear Voices"
  8. "Re-wired"
  9. "Man of Simple Pleasures"
  10. "Switchblade Smiles"
  11. "Neon Noon"

Music video

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The black-and-white video for the song features the band in an empty room playing animated instruments, drawn with white crayon pencil; singer Tom Meighan sings into a pencil-drawn microphone with a pencil-drawn cable. Throughout the video the music generates soundwaves, also pencil-drawn, which blow up a guitar amplifier and the instruments themselves. At the end of the video, all of the white pencil lines collapse into op art-like geometrical shapes, until the entire environment dissolves into a single line.

Remix

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The Z-Trip Remix features the American rapper, entrepreneur and actor LL Cool J. This remix served as the official theme to WWE's TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view.

Track listing

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UK iTunes EP
No.TitleLength
1."Days Are Forgotten" (Single edit)4:05
2."Days Are Forgotten" (Z-Trip Remix) (featuring LL Cool J)4:57
3."Pistols at Dawn"5:18
4."Switchblade Smiles" (Music Video)4:16

Charts

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Chart (2011) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[2] 10
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[3] 45
Czech Republic Modern Rock (IFPI)[4] 10
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[5] 10
Poland (ZPAV)[6] 12
Scotland (OCC)[7] 30
UK Singles (OCC)[8] 28

Chart performance

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The single made its first appearance on the UK Singles Chart on 15 September 2011, when it debuted at number twenty-eight. On its second week, the single fell fourteen places to number forty-two; before returning to the top 40 at number thirty-six on 2 October - following a price reduction on the UK iTunes store.

Release history

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Country Release date Format
Australia[9] 12 August 2011 Digital download
Belgium[10]
France[11]
Germany[12]
New Zealand[13]
Canada[14] 9 September 2011
Ireland[15]
United Kingdom[16]
Spain[17]
Mexico[18]

Personnel

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Kasabian

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  • Tom Meighan – lead vocals
  • Sergio Pizzorno – guitars, synths, programming, backing vocals
  • Chris Edwards – bass
  • Ian Matthews – drums

Additional personnel

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  • Gary Alesbrook – trumpet
  • Mat Coleman – trombone
  • Andrew Kinsman – saxophone
Remix
  • Z-Trip – remixing
  • LL Cool J – rap vocals

References

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  1. ^ "BBC - Music - Review of Kasabian - Velociraptor!". BBC. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Kasabian – Days Are Forgotten" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  3. ^ "Kasabian – Days Are Forgotten" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  4. ^ "CZ - Radio - Top 20 Modern Rock - Days Are Forgotten - Kasabian" (in Czech). IFPI Czech Republic. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Chart Search Results - Japan Hot 100 Singles 2011-10-08". Billboard.biz. Retrieved 30 August 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Kasabian - Days Are Forgotten - Lista Przebojów Trójki - Polskie Radio Online". Archived from the original on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  8. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  9. ^ "Days Are Forgotten - Single by Kasabian". iTunes. www.apple.com/itunes/.
  10. ^ "Days Are Forgotten - Single by Kasabian". iTunes. www.apple.com/itunes/.
  11. ^ "Days Are Forgotten - Single by Kasabian". iTunes. www.apple.com/itunes/.
  12. ^ "Days Are Forgotten - Single by Kasabian". iTunes. www.apple.com/itunes/.
  13. ^ "Days Are Forgotten - Single by Kasabian". iTunes. www.apple.com/itunes/.
  14. ^ "Days Are Forgotten - EP by Kasabian". iTunes. www.apple.com/itunes/.
  15. ^ "Days Are Forgotten - EP by Kasabian". iTunes. www.apple.com/itunes/.
  16. ^ "Days Are Forgotten - EP by Kasabian". iTunes. www.apple.com/itunes/.
  17. ^ "Days Are Forgotten - EP by Kasabian". iTunes. www.apple.com/itunes/.
  18. ^ "Days Are Forgotten - EP by Kasabian". iTunes. www.apple.com/itunes/.
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