One Day (song)

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"One Day"
Urban Hymns
Song by The Verve
From the album Urban Hymns
Album released September 29, 1997
Recorded Unknown 1996/1997
Genre Britpop
Song Length 5:03
Record label Virgin
Producer The Verve, Chris Potter
Lucky Man
(Track 9)
One Day
(Track 10)
This Time
(Track 11)

One Day is the tenth track from the 1997 album Urban Hymns, by Britpop band The Verve (see 1997 in music).

The song has intricate guitar work in the introduction, which is something found in the introduction of the previous track on the album, Lucky Man. The introduction also uses MIDI sound effects, such as the "rain" setting, FX1. There are only four chords in the whole piece (D (the tonic), C, G and A).

The lyrics appear to tell of a mysterious person, who does not like to run risks:

"Oh, you're too afraid to touch
Too afraid you'll like it too much"

However, the narrator appears to want to cajole them:

"Oh, don't you want to find?
Can't you hear this beauty in life?"

The song uses a lot of images, of sand, roads, oceans and mountains.

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The Verve
Nick McCabe | Richard Ashcroft | Simon Jones | Peter Salisbury | Simon Tong
Discography
Studio albums: A Storm in Heaven | A Northern Soul | Urban Hymns
EPs: Verve EP | FIve by Five
Compilations: No Come Down | This is Music: The Singles 92-98
Singles: "All in the Mind" | "She's a Superstar" | "Gravity Grave" | "Blue" | "Slide Away" | "This Is Music" | "On Your Own" | "History" | "Bitter Sweet Symphony" | "The Drugs Don't Work" | "Lucky Man" | "Sonnet"
Tours: Gravity Grave Tour | Urban Hymns Tour
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