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“Have a Nice Day” by Stereophonics
From the album Just Enough Education to Perform (2001)
“Have a Nice Day” by Stereophonics appears on 16 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2001 and 2025. It was first released in 2001 on the album Just Enough Education to Perform. Its best result is #2 on the Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #138 alternative song of 2001 and #2,790 alternative song of all time.
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"Have a Nice Day" was the second single from Stereophonics' third album, Just Enough Education to Perform, out on V2 in 2001, and it finds Kelly Jones playing travel writer. He built it from a cab ride in San Francisco while the trio were touring America: a driver who grumbled about the tourists, called himself a poet and reckoned the whole world is the same people with different accents. Jones turns that into a breezy, sun-bleached singalong, all easy strum and shrugging wisdom, and Marshall Bird and Steve Bush's production keeps it light on its feet.
Critics sniffed at it, but it climbed to number five in the UK, turned into one of their biggest hits and gave them their first American chart entry, reaching 26 on Billboard's Adult Top 40.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 47 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 | 101 |
| 2001 | 2 | Virgin Radio United Kingdom | Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 2001 | 10 |
| 2001 | 72 | 99X Atlanta, GA | 99X Top 99 Songs of 2001 | 99 |
| 2002 | 60 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 78 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
| 2003 | 21 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio VR10x10 (April 2003) | 100 |
| 2004 | 115 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 500 |
| 2005 | 316 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 500 |
| 2006 | 189 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) | 500 |
| 2007 | 1987 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1971 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1996 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1993 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2022 | 796 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2024 | 1034 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2025 | 687 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
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