"The Day" is a song by American
electronica musician
Moby, from his tenth
studio albumDestroyed (2011). It was released as the album's second single on May 9, 2011.
Background
Moby talked about the track on his website blog, saying "'The Day' was written in a hotel room in Spain at dawn when I hadn't slept. It was a beautiful hotel room, a beautiful perfect hotel room and it was six or seven in the morning. I wrote it on an acoustic guitar and recorded it on my phone, brought it home and re-recorded it with old broken down electronics that I have in my studio".[1]
This song and "
Bleu Noir" by
Mylène Farmer both use a similar backing track (the latter song was also produced by Moby).
Release
"The Day" was first released in advance on April 2, 2011 on the
iTunes Store. The song was officially released as a single bundled with remixes on May 9.[3]
Music video
On April 21, 2011, Moby released the song's video, directed by
Evan Bernard. The video stars
Heather Graham as a beautiful angel who slays demons in a hospital.[4][5] The video is intercut with patients lying in bed, as well as Moby singing the song as other people lie on the ceiling.[6]