| A New Day | |
| Cover: | A_new_day_1984.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Killing Joke |
| A-Side: | A New Day |
| B-Side: | Dance Day |
| Genre: | Post-punk |
| Length: | 8:28 |
| Label: | E.G. Records |
| Producer: | Killing Joke Chris Kimsey |
| Prev Title: | Eighties |
| Prev Year: | 1984 |
| Next Title: | Love Like Blood |
| Next Year: | 1985 |
"A New Day" is a single by English post-punk band Killing Joke. It was released by E.G. Records in July 1984 as a 7-inch and 12-inch single. The B-side to the 7" release was a remix of the song, named "Dance Day". The single reached No. 51 in the UK Singles Chart.[1] [2] A promotional video was filmed for the song, the first time the band made a video for a non-album single.
The song was later included on the 2008 reissue of Night Time. "Dance Day" was later included on the compilation "Wilful Days" (mistakenly titled "A New Day").
Muriel Gray at Smash Hits said, "A very dated guitar riff announces the fact that we're not to expect anything new from Killing Joke in this latest release. They're apparently attempting to sound threatening and raw, but the band have always been a little bit guilty of being pantomime punks, and this just reinforces that pastiche."[3]
The 7-inch single featured "Dance Day" as the B-side. The 12" single featured a dub mix of "A New Day" as its A-side and the original track as the B-side. A 7" release in Portugal used a shorter edit of "A New Day" instead.[4]