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“Day After Day” by The Pretenders
From the album Pretenders II (1981)
“Day After Day” by The Pretenders appears on 8 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1981 and 2005. It was first released in 1981 on the album Pretenders II. Its best result is #89 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1981. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #89 alternative song of 1981 and #2,410 alternative song of all time.
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"Day After Day" is one of the songs Chrissie Hynde wrote with guitarist James Honeyman-Scott, and it sits on Pretenders II, the British band's second album, issued by Sire in August 1981 with Chris Thomas producing. That makes it part of the original Pretenders' last stand, because this was the final album that lineup made together.
The end came fast and cruelly. The following year bassist Pete Farndon was fired, and in that same week Honeyman-Scott died; Farndon himself died in 1983. By the time the band got around to Learning to Crawl, it was a new lineup doing the playing.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 89 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1981 | 106 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 975 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1026 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1027 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1027 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1012 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1012 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1012 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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