Bad Day
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A public service announcement followed me home the other day,
I bade it nevermind, go away.
The shit’s so thick, you could stir it with a stick,
the paper wouldn’t lie, we assume the loss to mankind and gloat and jeer with it
Broadcast me a joyful noise into the times, Lord,
count your blessings, ignore the lowest fear, well you can’t sandblast glisten,
Radio no, play the game, three words, first one short,
magazine, book, cinema, N – O – down,
many fears are gone, step down, step down,
watch a heel crush, ah this means war
I saw the light, it can’t be right
Broadcast me a joyful noise into the times, Lord,
count your blessings, ignore the lowest fear, well you can’t sandblast
It’s been a bad day, please don’t take my picture,
It’s been a bad day, please
It’s been a bad day, please don’t take my picture,
It’s been a bad day, please
A public service announcement followed me home the other day,
I bade it nevermind,
The shit’s so thick, you could stir it with a stick,
the paper wouldn’t lie, we assume the loss to mankind and gloat and jeer with it
Broadcast me a joyful noise into the times, Lord,
count your blessings, ignore the lowest fear, come one, what more?
It’s been a bad day, please don’t take my picture,
It’s been a bad day, please
It’s been a bad day, please don’t take my picture,
It’s been a bad day, please
Copyright © R.E.M./Athens Ltd.
8 Official Releases
Bad Day (7” Single)UK – W624
Bad Day (Maxi CD)Canada – 16533
Bad Day (Maxi CD)UK – W624CD1
Bad Day (Maxi CD)UK – W624CD2
Bad Day (Maxi CD)Germany – 5439-16533-2
Bad Day (Maxi CD)Germany – 9362-42668-2
Bad Day (Promotional Maxi CD)Germany – PRO4296
Bad Day (Promotional Maxi CD)USA – PRO-CD-101174
‘Bad Day’ is also available on
Drive (Bootleg LP)released: unknown
Recorded: Demos from various studios and dates.
- 1. Radio Free Europe
Radio Dub - 2. Ages Of You
- 3. Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)
- 4. Shaking Through
- 5. Wolves, Lower
Fast Version - 6. Catapult
- 7. Laughing
- 8. Romance
- 9. That Beat
- 10. Burning Hell
- 11. The Lion Sleeps Tonight
- 12. Skank
- 13. Theme From Two Steps Onward
- 14. Just A Touch
- 15. Mystery To Me
- 16. Wait
- 17. Begin The Begin
- 18. Cuyahoga
- 19. I Believe
- 20. These Days
- 21. Bad Day
Mumble (Bootleg LP)PSA-101
released: unknown
Recorded: Various Locations(1986 Demos, 1984 BBC Broadcast)
- 1. Underneath The Bunker
LRP Demo - 2. Gardening At Night
live recorded at: 1984-11-21 in Nottingham - 3. 9-9
live recorded at: 1984-11-21 in Nottingham - 4. Windout
live recorded at: 1984-11-21 in Nottingham - 5. White Tornado
- 6. Pretty Persuasion
live recorded at: 1984-11-21 in Nottingham - 7. Bad Day
LRP Demo - 8. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 9. Swan Swan H
- 10. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
live recorded at: 1984-11-21 in Nottingham - 11. West Of The Fields
live recorded at: 1984-11-21 in Nottingham - 12. Cuyahoga
LRP Demo
Life’s Rich Pageant & More (Bootleg CD Album)WAI 022
released: unknown
Recorded: (Tracks 1-14) Pageant Studio Demos, (Tracks 15-24) Recorded at Various Locations.
- 1. Theme From Two Steps Onward
- 2. Just A Touch
- 3. Mystery To Me
- 4. Wait
- 5. Begin The Begin
- 6. Cuyahoga
- 7. I Believe
- 8. Interim Medley (LRP Instrumental Demo)
- 9. Rotary Ten
- 10. These Days
- 11. Bad Day
- 12. Underneath The Bunker
- 13. Swan Swan H
- 14. The Flowers Of Guatemala
- 15. March
- 16. Theme From Two Steps Onward
- 17. California Dreaming
- 18. Mississippi Queen
- 19. Whole Lotta Love
- 20. Funtime
- 21. After Hours
- 22. Oddfellows Local 151
- 23. Born To Run
- 24. Eight Miles High
- 25. Roadrunner
- 26. When I Was Young
