Beautiful Day (3 Colours Red song)
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'Beautiful Day' was the first single from 3 Colours Red
s second album, Revolt. It was released on Creation Records
in 1999.
The song was written by frontman/ bassist Pete Vuckovic
and recorded at Westside Studios in London; it surprised many, showing a more sensitive and epic side to the band's previously punk/ pop dominated sound (although they had already released their debut album featuring 'Fit Boy and Faint Girl' and 'Copper Girl' which had already featured the aforementioned 'sensitive and epic' side). It went on to become the band's biggest commercial hit, reaching number 11 in the U.K charts in January 1999, throwing them further into the media headlights at a time when the talk around the band was of them being dropped and paving the way for the band's American campaign where the song received considerable radio airplay, even entering the charts. The band toured the U.S with Silverchair
, later Vuckovic did an acoustic promotional tour of radio stations on the back of the songs success.
It was later rather incorrectly and naively blamed for splitting the band up having 'allegedly' distanced Vuckovic from his bandmates and fueled a creative powerstruggle between him and his co-writer Chris McCormack, although this remains highly doubtful when taking into consideration they reformed 3 years later and went on to play the song at every gig. The video for the song can be found on youtube.com where it has currently enjoyed 6 times as many 'hits' as anything else the band recorded or released, and played a massive part in procurring the band the opening slot at Wembley Stadium in 1999 (opening for Aerosmith).
'Beautiful Day' was later used on Channel 4
s 2003 dating show 'Boys & Girls'. The song was also used in the USA Network show 'White Collar', in the episode 'Hard Sell'. it can be heard in the background inside the beach house.
3 Colours Red
3 Colours Red were a rock band from the United Kingdom. They achieved their biggest chart success at the end of the 1990s, along with other Britrock bands such as Ash and Feeder. The band was named by sticking a pin in a London listings magazine, Time Out...
s second album, Revolt. It was released on Creation Records
Creation Records
Creation Records was a British independent record label headed by Alan McGee. Along with Dick Green and Joe Foster, McGee founded Creation in 1983. The label lasted until its demise in 1999. The name came from the 1960s band The Creation , whom McGee greatly admired. McGee, Green and Foster were...
in 1999.
The song was written by frontman/ bassist Pete Vuckovic
Pete Vuckovic
Pete Vuckovic is a British/ Serbian singer/songwriter born in 1971 in Devon, England.He was a keen hard rock/ heavy metal fan as a youngster, playing bass in bands with his older brother throughout his teens in his hometown of Tiverton in Devon, his first success came in 1993 after leaving his own...
and recorded at Westside Studios in London; it surprised many, showing a more sensitive and epic side to the band's previously punk/ pop dominated sound (although they had already released their debut album featuring 'Fit Boy and Faint Girl' and 'Copper Girl' which had already featured the aforementioned 'sensitive and epic' side). It went on to become the band's biggest commercial hit, reaching number 11 in the U.K charts in January 1999, throwing them further into the media headlights at a time when the talk around the band was of them being dropped and paving the way for the band's American campaign where the song received considerable radio airplay, even entering the charts. The band toured the U.S with Silverchair
Silverchair
Silverchair were an Australian rock band, which formed in 1992 as Innocent Criminals in Merewether, Newcastle with the line-up of Ben Gillies on drums, Chris Joannou on bass guitar and Daniel Johns on vocals and guitars. The group got their big break in mid-1994 when they won a national demo...
, later Vuckovic did an acoustic promotional tour of radio stations on the back of the songs success.
It was later rather incorrectly and naively blamed for splitting the band up having 'allegedly' distanced Vuckovic from his bandmates and fueled a creative powerstruggle between him and his co-writer Chris McCormack, although this remains highly doubtful when taking into consideration they reformed 3 years later and went on to play the song at every gig. The video for the song can be found on youtube.com where it has currently enjoyed 6 times as many 'hits' as anything else the band recorded or released, and played a massive part in procurring the band the opening slot at Wembley Stadium in 1999 (opening for Aerosmith).
'Beautiful Day' was later used on Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
s 2003 dating show 'Boys & Girls'. The song was also used in the USA Network show 'White Collar', in the episode 'Hard Sell'. it can be heard in the background inside the beach house.
Credits
- Pete VuckovicPete VuckovicPete Vuckovic is a British/ Serbian singer/songwriter born in 1971 in Devon, England.He was a keen hard rock/ heavy metal fan as a youngster, playing bass in bands with his older brother throughout his teens in his hometown of Tiverton in Devon, his first success came in 1993 after leaving his own...
- Vocals/ Bass/ Composer - Chris McCormack- Guitar
- Ben Harding- Guitar
- Keith BaxterKeith Baxter (drummer)Keith Baxter was an English rock drummer. He was born in Morecambe, Lancashire, England.-Biography:As a teenager he became a founder member of folk metal pioneers Skyclad, recording five albums with them before leaving in 1995, to move to London and join 3 Colours Red, with whom he recorded two UK...
- Drums - Sally Herbert/ Anne Stephenson- Violin
- Dave EringaDave EringaDave Eringa is an English record producer from Essex who has engineered, mixed, produced, and played on albums by such bands as Manic Street Preachers, Ocean Colour Scene, Idlewild, 3 Colours Red, South and Johnny Boy...
- Producer - Chris SheldonChris SheldonChris Sheldon is a record producer, particularly of rock music, based in London, UK. He has produced or mixed records for the Foo Fighters, Garbage, Feeder, Biffy Clyro, Oceansize and Pixies amongst others...
- Mixed