"One Small Day" is the first single from Ultravox's seventh studio album, Lament

Lament (Ultravox album)

Lament is an album by Ultravox, released in 1984. This was the seventh full album and the fourth of the band's most-recognisable incarnation, fronted by Midge Ure. It was also the last album featuring original drummer Warren Cann. The album peaked at no.8 on the UK album chart and was certified...

, released on 26 January 1984. It peaked at #27 in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

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The song is unusual for Ultravox in that it is mainly guitar rather than synth driven.

The 'performance' part of the promotional video was shot in very cold conditions over the weekend of Saturday, 14th - Sunday, 15th January 1984, primarily at the Callanish III standing stones site at Callanish on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles) of Scotland. Other non-performance parts were filmed at the main Callanish I standing stones site and edited into the video and featured individual band members reflected in vertically placed triangular-shaped mirrors.

12" version

1. "One Small Day (Special Re-Mix)" – 7:48
2. "Easterly" – 3:48
3. "One Small Day" – 4:27

• Limited editions of the 12" single include the "Special Remix Extra" of One Small Day in place of the "Special Re-Mix", which is 8:31 long.