| These Are the Days | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Van Morrison |
| Album: | Avalon Sunset |
| A-Side: | Orangefield |
| Recorded: | February 1989 |
| Studio: | The Townhouse, England |
| Genre: | Celtic folk, ballad |
| Label: | Mercury |
| Producer: | Van Morrison |
"These Are the Days" is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and released on his 1989 album Avalon Sunset. It was released as the B-side of the single with "Orangefield" as the A-side.
The opening verse of the song is a recurring factor in Morrison's music and lyrics, the belief that the predominant sense of enjoyment and appreciation of life is to be found in the present moment:
Biographer John Collis writes that this final song pulls together all the concerns of the album:
"These Are the Days" replaces "Caravan" as an iTunes bonus track, on Morrison's 2007 compilation album Van Morrison at the Movies – Soundtrack Hits.
"These Are the Days" was featured in the 1995 movie, Nine Months, starring Hugh Grant and Julianne Moore.[1]