Will This Be the Day explained

Will This Be the Day
Cover:Desert Rose Band Will This Be The Day 1991 Single Cover.jpg
Type:single
Artist:The Desert Rose Band
Album:A Dozen Roses – Greatest Hits
B-Side:Our Baby's Gone
Released:January 1991
Genre:Country, country rock
Length:3:26
Label:MCA/Curb
Producer:Ed Seay, Paul Worley
Prev Title:Story of Love
Prev Year:1990
Next Title:Come a Little Closer
Next Year:1991

"Will This Be the Day" is a song recorded by American country music group The Desert Rose Band. It was released in January 1991 as the first single from their compilation album A Dozen Roses – Greatest Hits. The song was written by Chris Hillman and Steve Hill, and produced by Ed Seay and Paul Worley.[1]

Background

"Will This Be the Day" marked the beginning of the band's commercial decline on both the American and Canadian Country Singles Charts. It was the band's first single not to make the Top 30 in America and the first in Canada not to reach the Top 40. "Will This Be the Day" peaked at No. 37 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart,[2] [3] and No. 44 on the Canadian RPM Country Singles Chart.[4] [5] The single failed to generate the same level of radio play that the band's previous singles had seen. Speaking to The Journal of Country Music in 1991, Hillman said of the song: "It's not doing as well as any of the other singles."[6] [7]

Release

"Will This Be the Day" was released by Curb Records in America and Canada only on 7" vinyl.[8] Although the 7" vinyl release had no artwork, it was issued in a standard MCA Records coloured sleeve.[9] [10] The B-side, "Our Baby's Gone", was taken from the band's album Pages of Life.[8]

Promotion

A music video was filmed to promote the single. Licensed under MCA Records, it was directed by Gerry Wenner and produced by ET/VideoLink,[11] a division of Edwards Technology Video, California.[12]

Critical reception

Upon release, Cash Box listed the single as one of their "feature picks" during May 1991. They commented: "When a song makes you feel this good and it causes your entire body to somehow blend with the music, it's gotta be hot! The Desert Rose Band kick off their brand new LP, entitled A Dozen Roses, with this explosion-of-a-tune. "Will This Be the Day" is charged up with racing energy, stellar instrumentation, a little vocal gut-n-grind and of course tremendous harmony - definitely a playlist picker-upper."[13]

In a review of A Dozen Roses – Greatest Hits, CD Review described the song as "country/rock at its finest".[14] [15] Randy Lewis of the Los Angeles Times described the song as a "driving rocker".[16] [17] Newsday highlighted the "Roger McGuinn-like Rickenbacker guitar chiming" on the track.[18] [19]

Track listing

7" single
  1. "Will This Be the Day" - 3:26
  2. "Our Baby's Gone" - 2:44

Personnel

The Desert Rose Band
Additional personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chris Hillman And The Desert Rose Band* - A Dozen Roses - Greatest Hits at Discogs . Discogs.com . October 27, 2012.
  2. Book: Top Country Singles 1944-2001. Joel Whitburn. 2002. Record Research. 978-0898201512.
  3. Book: The "Billboard" Book of Top 40 Country Hits: Amazon.co.uk: Joel Whitburn: Books . .
  4. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . October 27, 2012.
  5. Web site: Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . October 27, 2012.
  6. Web site: On an unusually chilly Southern California morning in March, Hillman fretted over radios cool response to Desert Roses Will This Be the Day. Its not doing as well as any of the other singles, - Google Search. 2014-02-14.
  7. Book: The Journal of Country Music - Google Books . 1991 . October 27, 2012.
  8. Web site: Desert Rose Band - Will This Be The Day / Our Baby's Gone (Vinyl) at Discogs . Discogs.com . October 27, 2012.
  9. Web site: DESERT ROSE BAND/Will This Be The Day/45rpm record . DESERT ROSE BAND/Will This Be The Day/45rpm record: Music . Amazon . August 8, 2012 . October 27, 2012.
  10. Web site: Images for Desert Rose Band - Will This Be The Day / Our Baby's Gone . Discogs.com . October 27, 2012.
  11. Web site: images/Will%20This%20Be%20The%20Day. drb-fans.com. 2014-02-14.
  12. Web site: ET/VideoLink - CDs and Vinyl at Discogs . Discogs.com . October 27, 2012.
  13. Cash Box newspaper - February 9, 1991 - Country: single releases, feature picks - page 22
  14. Web site: Google. 2014-02-14.
  15. Book: CD Review - Google Books . 1991 . October 27, 2012.
  16. Web site: Los Angeles Times: Archives - O.C. POP MUSIC REVIEW Ex-Byrd's Feet on the Ground Chris Hillman's Desert Rose Band was too busy with today's country to be concerned with yesterday's rock. The often-dazzling band played at the Crazy Horse Steak House . https://archive.today/20130131203635/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/59986381.html?dids=59986381:59986381&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+05,+1990&author=RANDY+LEWIS&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=O.C.+POP+MUSIC+REVIEW+Ex-Byrd's+Feet+on+the+Ground+Chris+Hillman's+Desert+Rose+Band+was+too+busy+with+today's+country+to+be+concerned+with+yesterday's+rock.+The+often-dazzling+band+played+at+the+Crazy+Horse+Steak+House.&pqatl=google . dead . January 31, 2013 . Pqasb.pqarchiver.com . December 5, 1990 . October 27, 2012.
  17. Web site: Google. 2014-02-14.
  18. Web site: Southern Charm and a New York Attitude . https://archive.today/20130131152313/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/102664871.html?dids=102664871:102664871&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+03,+1991&author=By+Steve+Zipay.+STAFF+WRITER&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Southern+Charm+and+a+New+York+Attitude&pqatl=google . dead . January 31, 2013 . Pqasb.pqarchiver.com . October 27, 2012.
  19. Web site: desert rose will be day - Google Search. 2014-02-14.

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