Written by guitarist Carl Bell, "Bad Day" was written before the band was signed to a major label. The band tried to record a version for their major label debut, but according to lead singer Brett Scallions, "We tried recording 'Bad Day' back when we did the Sunburn album [in 1998] and just didn’t get it right. It was a song that was with us way before we signed on with Sony and Epic."[3] According to the song's sheet music, the track is written in the key of A major, possessing a medium rock tempo that proceeds at common time.[4]
Releaseedit
"Bad Day" first appeared as the fifth track on Something Like Human, which was released in the United States on September 19, 2000.[5][6] The song was released as the album's third single on May 29, 2001, when Epic Records serviced the track to US mainstream rock, active rock, and alternative radio.[7] The following week, on June 5, it was sent to contemporary hit radio.[8] Epic Records issued the single commercially in Australia, where a maxi-CD was released on September 10, 2001.[9] This CD contains a rehearsal demo of album track "Down", a rehearsal demo of "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)", and an acoustic version of "Bad Day".[10]
Commercial performanceedit
In the United States, "Bad Day" made its first chart appearance on June 16, 2001, when it debuted at number 34 on the BillboardModern Rock Tracks chart and number 38 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.[11][12] On the former chart, the song peaked at number 12 on August 18, 2001, while on the latter, it reached number 14 the following week. The single remained on both listings for 18 weeks.[13][14] "Bad Day" crossed over to adult pop radio, debuting on the BillboardAdult Top 40 in late June 2001 and climbing to its peak of number 21 on September 15, 2001, spending 26 weeks on the ranking; it was the chart's 40th-most-successful hit of 2001.[15][16] It also charted on the BillboardMainstream Top 40 ranking, spending 13 weeks on the chart and peaking at number 28 on September 22.[17] On the Billboard Hot 100, "Bad Day" debuted at number 73 on July 28, 2001, reaching its peak of number 64 three weeks later to give Fuel their third top-75 hit.[18][19] It spent 20 weeks on the Hot 100, making it the band's second-longest-charting single, after "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)".[19]
Music videoedit
A music video was made for the song. At the beginning, lead vocalist Brett Scallions sits across a man with a cane and starts singing. The scene then changes to a woman who suffers various misfortunes, including spilling her coffee, breaking a heel on the sidewalk, and getting into a car accident. Throughout these scenes, Scallions becomes more emotional as he sings to the man, who writes in a book. At the video's conclusion, the woman walks into the room Scallions is in but fades away after she sits down beside him. As Scallions walks out, the man discovers the woman's now-fixed heels on the floor. The video was added to VH1's playlist on the week ending June 3, 2001, and to the playlists of MTV and MTV2 the following week.[20][21]
Track listingedit
All songs were written by Bell except where noted.
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^ ab"Going for Adds" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1403. May 25, 2001. pp. 125, 129, 140. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
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Bad Day is a song by American rock band Fuel originally released from their second album Something Like Human 2000 as the third single in May 2001 It was the final single released from Something Like Human and peaked at number 64 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart that year Immediately following the September 11 attacks Clear Channel deemed the song inappropriate for radio airplay because of its lyrical content 1 2 Bad Day Single by Fuelfrom the album Something Like HumanB side Down demo Hemorrhage In My Hands demo ReleasedMay 29 2001 2001 05 29 StudioRight Track Recording Sear Sound New York City The Mix Room Los Angeles Length3 15LabelEpicSongwriter s Carl BellProducer s Ben GrosseFuel singles chronology Innocent 2000 Bad Day 2001 Last Time 2001 Music video Bad Day on YouTube Contents 1 Background and composition 2 Release 3 Commercial performance 4 Music video 5 Track listing 6 Credits and personnel 7 Charts 7 1 Weekly charts 7 2 Year end charts 8 Release history 9 ReferencesBackground and composition editWritten by guitarist Carl Bell Bad Day was written before the band was signed to a major label The band tried to record a version for their major label debut but according to lead singer Brett Scallions We tried recording Bad Day back when we did the Sunburn album in 1998 and just didn t get it right It was a song that was with us way before we signed on with Sony and Epic 3 According to the song s sheet music the track is written in the key of A major possessing a medium rock tempo that proceeds at common time 4 Release edit Bad Day first appeared as the fifth track on Something Like Human which was released in the United States on September 19 2000 5 6 The song was released as the album s third single on May 29 2001 when Epic Records serviced the track to US mainstream rock active rock and alternative radio 7 The following week on June 5 it was sent to contemporary hit radio 8 Epic Records issued the single commercially in Australia where a maxi CD was released on September 10 2001 9 This CD contains a rehearsal demo of album track Down a rehearsal demo of Hemorrhage In My Hands and an acoustic version of Bad Day 10 Commercial performance editIn the United States Bad Day made its first chart appearance on June 16 2001 when it debuted at number 34 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 38 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart 11 12 On the former chart the song peaked at number 12 on August 18 2001 while on the latter it reached number 14 the following week The single remained on both listings for 18 weeks 13 14 Bad Day crossed over to adult pop radio debuting on the Billboard Adult Top 40 in late June 2001 and climbing to its peak of number 21 on September 15 2001 spending 26 weeks on the ranking it was the chart s 40th most successful hit of 2001 15 16 It also charted on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 ranking spending 13 weeks on the chart and peaking at number 28 on September 22 17 On the Billboard Hot 100 Bad Day debuted at number 73 on July 28 2001 reaching its peak of number 64 three weeks later to give Fuel their third top 75 hit 18 19 It spent 20 weeks on the Hot 100 making it the band s second longest charting single after Hemorrhage In My Hands 19 Music video editA music video was made for the song At the beginning lead vocalist Brett Scallions sits across a man with a cane and starts singing The scene then changes to a woman who suffers various misfortunes including spilling her coffee breaking a heel on the sidewalk and getting into a car accident Throughout these scenes Scallions becomes more emotional as he sings to the man who writes in a book At the video s conclusion the woman walks into the room Scallions is in but fades away after she sits down beside him As Scallions walks out the man discovers the woman s now fixed heels on the floor The video was added to VH1 s playlist on the week ending June 3 2001 and to the playlists of MTV and MTV2 the following week 20 21 Track listing editAll songs were written by Bell except where noted Australian maxi CD single 10 Bad Day 3 15 Down rehearsal demo Bell Brett Scallions 3 24 Hemorrhage In My Hands rehearsal demo 3 58 Bad Day acoustic 3 08Credits and personnel editCredits are lifted from the US promo CD liner notes and the Something Like Human album booklet 22 23 Studios Recorded at Right Track Recording Sear Sound New York City and The Mix Room Los Angeles Mixed at The Mix Room Los Angeles Mastered at Precision Mastering Los Angeles Personnel Carl Bell writing guitar vocals co production Brett Scallions lead vocals guitar Jeff Abercrombie bass guitar Kevin Miller drums Ben Grosse production recording mixing programming John Parthum recording Lloyd Puckitt recording Jason Stasium additional recording Lumpy programming Tom Baker masteringCharts editWeekly charts edit Chart 2001 PeakpositionUS Billboard Hot 100 19 64US Adult Top 40 Billboard 15 21US Alternative Airplay Billboard 13 12US Mainstream Rock Billboard 14 14US Mainstream Top 40 Billboard 17 28 Year end charts edit Chart 2001 PositionUS Adult Top 40 Billboard 16 40Release history editRegion Date Format s Label s Ref United States May 29 2001 Mainstream rockactive rockalternative radio Epic 7 June 5 2001 Contemporary hit radio 8 Australia September 10 2001 Maxi CD 9 References edit It s the End of the World as Clear Channel Knows It Slate September 17 2001 Retrieved December 25 2022 Eakin Marah September 11 2015 Every Single Song Clear Channel Suggested Its Stations Skip Post 9 11 The A V Club Retrieved December 25 2022 Hummel Lisa On the Road with Brett Scallions Mode Weekly Archived from the original on September 14 2014 Retrieved August 24 2021 Bad Day by Fuel Digital Sheet Music Musicnotes com March 12 2012 MN0101297 Retrieved November 21 2021 Something Like Human Fuel AllMusic Retrieved April 15 2023 Pesselnick Jill September 16 2000 Album Forecast Something Sound for Everyone Billboard Vol 112 no 38 p 60 Fuel challenges the chain of evolution with Something Like Human Sept 19 on 550 Music a b Going for Adds PDF Radio amp Records No 1403 May 25 2001 pp 125 129 140 Retrieved April 23 2021 a b CHR Pop Going for Adds PDF Radio amp Records No 1404 June 1 2001 p 44 Retrieved April 23 2021 a b The ARIA Report New Releases Singles Week Commencing 10th September 2001 PDF ARIA September 10 2001 p 24 Archived from the original PDF on February 20 2002 Retrieved April 23 2021 a b Bad Day Australian maxi CD single liner notes Fuel Epic Records 2001 671832 2 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link Alternative Airplay Billboard June 16 2001 Retrieved April 15 2023 Mainstream Rock Airplay Billboard June 16 2001 Retrieved April 15 2023 a b Fuel Chart History Alternative Airplay Billboard Retrieved September 8 2019 a b Fuel Chart History Mainstream Rock Billboard Retrieved September 8 2019 a b Fuel Chart History Adult Pop Songs Billboard Retrieved September 8 2019 a b The Year in Music 2001 Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks PDF Billboard Vol 113 no 52 December 29 2001 p YE 82 Retrieved April 23 2021 a b Fuel Chart History Pop Songs Billboard Retrieved September 8 2019 Billboard Hot 100 Billboard July 28 2001 Retrieved April 15 2023 a b c Fuel Chart History Hot 100 Billboard Retrieved September 8 2019 Video Monitor Billboard Vol 113 no 24 June 16 2001 p 85 Video Monitor Billboard Vol 113 no 25 June 23 2001 p 96 Bad Day US promo CD liner notes Fuel Epic Records 2001 ESK 16686 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link Something Like Human US CD album booklet Fuel Epic Records 550 Music 2000 BK 69436 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bad Day Fuel song amp oldid 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