Wages Day Explained

Wages Day
Cover:	DBWagesDay7.jpg
Border:	yes
Type:	single
Artist:	Deacon Blue
Album:	When the World Knows Your Name
Released:	^[1]
Length:	3:08 5:04 (12-inch mix)
Label:	CBS
Producer:	Warne Livesey
Prev Title:	Real Gone Kid
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	Fergus Sings the Blues
Next Year:	1989

"Wages Day" is a song by Scottish rock band Deacon Blue, released on 20 February 1989 as the second single from their second album, When the World Knows Your Name (1989). The song reached the top 20 in Ireland, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The main B-side is "Take Me to the Place", which is musically based on the hymn "Abide with Me" and the traditional melody "Eventide". Some versions of the single contain two songs: "Take the Saints Away" and a cover of Julian Cope's "Trampolene".

Track listings

All songs were written by Ricky Ross except where noted.

7-inch and cassette single ^{[2] [3]}

1. "Wages Day"
2. "Take Me to the Place" (Ricky Ross, traditional)

7-inch EP and CD single ^{[4] [5]}

1. "Wages Day"
2. "Take Me to the Place" (Ross, traditional)
3. "Take the Saints Away"
4. "Trampolene" (Julian Cope)

12-inch single ^[6]

A1. "Wages Day (12-inch mix)

B1. "Take Me to the Place" (Ross, traditional)

B2. "Wages Day"

Charts

Chart (1989)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[7]	79
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)^[8]	60
Spain (AFYVE)^[9]	14

Notes and References

1. New Singles. Music Week. 31. 18 February 1989.
2. Wages Day. Deacon Blue. 1989. UK 7-inch single sleeve. CBS Records. DEAC 8.
3. Wages Day. Deacon Blue. 1989. UK cassette single sleeve. CBS Records. DEAC C8.
4. Wages Day. Deacon Blue. 1989. UK 7-inch EP sleeve. CBS Records. DEAC EP 8.
5. Wages Day. Deacon Blue. 1989. UK CD single liner notes. CBS Records. CD DEAC 8, 654648 2.
6. Wages Day. Deacon Blue. 1989. UK 12-inch single sleeve. CBS Records. DEAC T 8.
7. Web site: Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 5 June 2015. Imgur. https://web.archive.org/web/20150605213523/http://i.imgur.com/DkGCr8v.jpg. 5 June 2015. 11 November 2015.
8. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media. 6. 11. 19. 18 March 1989.
9. Book: Salaverri, Fernando. Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002. 1st. September 2005. Fundación Autor-SGAE. Spain. 84-8048-639-2. es.