"Saviour's Day" was written by Chris Eaton and produced by Cliff Richard and Paul Moessl.[1] Eaton wrote the song in October 1989, and took his original version of the song with him to a Christmas party to show to Richard. Eaton had been warned that all of Richard's songs for the following year were already booked in and there wouldn't be any space for it. However, Eaton insisted that Richard listen to the tape he brought along, and so they left the party and listened to it in Richard's Rolls-Royce. Richard immediately liked the song and predicted that it could be a number one record.[2]
Music video
The music video for "Saviour's Day" was filmed in Dorset, in the town of Swanage and at Durdle Door.[3] The video was shot in September 1990. Richard and the extras in the video were asked to wear winter clothes for the Christmas song, but the day's filming took place on a warm September day with blue sky and sunshine.[4] The video featured Richard and the extras singing together on top of the limestonearch of Durdle Door.
Release and reception
In the UK, "Saviour's Day" entered the UK Singles Chart on 8 December 1990 at number six. It went to number three the following week, and up a further spot in the week before Christmas. The song went to number one on 29 December 1990, becoming that year's Christmas number one and replacing the previous week's UK number one, "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice.[5] A week later "Saviour's Day" dropped back down to number three, and spent only one more week in the top 40 at number twenty. The final charted spot in the top 100 was on 19 January 1991, when "Saviour's Day" was at number 53.[6] The song was Richard's second solo Christmas number one in the UK, after "Mistletoe and Wine" in 1988.[7]
In 2017, ShortList's Dave Fawbert listed the song as containing "one of the greatest key changes in music history".[8]
^Whiting, Kate (15 December 2008). "Cliff Richard - stepping back into the shadows". Chester Chronicle. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
^"The 19 greatest key changes in music history". ShortList. 1 October 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
^"The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 13 Jan 1991 (61–100) (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 51)". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 20 April 2017.
^"British single certifications – Cliff Richard – Saviour's Day". British Phonographic Industry.Select singles in the Format field.Select Silver in the Certification field.Type Saviour's Day in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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