“The Days” by Avicii

song info

    “The Days” by Avicii (official video) is an EDM song.

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    Summary quotation from Wikipedia:

    “The Days” is a song by Swedish DJ Avicii featuring uncredited vocals from English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams. The song was written by Brandon Flowers, Salem Al Fakir, Avicii, and Vincent Pontare, and it was produced by Avicii, Fakir, and Pontare. It was released for digital download on 3 October 2014. The United Kingdom release is set for November 23, 2014. It is the first single from Avicii’s upcoming second studio album Stories.

Music videos

Lyric video

    An official lyric video was also released on YouTube by the official Avicii VEVO channel. In the video INO, an artist, spray-paints the lyrics of “The Days” in black against a white wall. At the end, we see a method in the painter’s madness, revealing an artwork of Avicii made up of the seemingly random posts he made. The artist then makes splashes of colourful paints over his work.

Reception

    Upon release, “The Days” received generally mixed to positive reviews from critics and fans alike while critics praising it’s catchy beat, Williams vocals and lyrics, critics criticized for it being quite similar to “Hey Brother”.

    Flux BPM Online gave it a positive review saying “He is now arguably one of the most sought after DJ’s ever and celebrated worldwide huge success. Now Avicii announces the first single from his highly anticipated second album Stories. “The Days” will be released on October 03, the release of the album will follow in 2015. “The Days” is another masterpiece of this very talent artist. His music constantly develop without losing its unique handwriting and once again clearly stands out. With “The Days”, it provides a single that will continue the legacy of his the phenomenal success of his debut album True, which has sold now over 5 million copies worldwide, build. To top it all the vocals are delivered of none other than Robbie Williams”

    Later the song garnered critical acclaim with many considering it to be the Song of the Year.

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