"Bad Day" is a song and single released by R.E.M..
It is included on R.E.M.'s Warner Bros.-era-spanning 2003 compilation In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003. In addition, an earlier version of the song appears on EMI's 2006 compilation, And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987.
The song first appeared in 1985, when Michael Stipe sang a few words of it during a concert in Albany, New York as part of the Reconstruction tour. Then, around the time of Lifes Rich Pageant, the song emerged in a more polished version with the title "PSA" — an abbreviation for "public service announcement". An anti-media rant inspired by a day Stipe found a camcorder lens in his face when he answered the front door, the song was never released but did serve as a sort of forerunner to "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)", a song with a similar cadence and delivery. In 2003, Stipe saw that the song still had contemporary resonance, and the band finally recorded it for In Time, with only slightly updated lyrics and under the new title "Bad Day".
The song's music video, directed by Tim Hope and shot in Vancouver, is a spoof of media news and was produced by Pressure Pictures. It appears on In View, the DVD companion of In Time, and is also found on the main CD of In Time. In the video, Stipe appears as the Morning Team's news anchor Cliff Harris; Mills doubles as roving reporter Ed Colbert and meteorologist Rick Jennings; and Buck as climate expert Geoff Sayers and the reporter Eric Nelson. News stories shown include a monsoon contained within an apartment, a senator's office flooding, and a tornado inside a boy's bedroom.
The song can be heard in a third-season episode of Alias.
The song is included on R.E.M. Live.
"Bad Day" is a pop song written by Canadian singer Daniel Powter. It was released as the first single from his debut album Daniel Powter (2005) and reached number one on the Canadian Singles Chart; it was also successful in the United Kingdom, where it reached number two on the UK Singles Chart after it was used in an advertising campaign for Coca-Cola. In the United States, it reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was also the number 1 song of the year on the Billboard Hot 100.
During the fifth season of American television singing competition show American Idol, whenever a contestant was voted off, the song was played with a video of the contestant's journey on the show. On the last performance show, Powter appeared live to sing the song. In the following season, Bad Day was replaced by Daughtry's song "Home" for the elimination song.
"Bad Day" has been certified 2x platinum by the RIAA in the U.S. for digital sales of over 2 million, and it became the second-best-selling digital single of all time. The song was featured as a free download on the iTunes Store from August 2-9, 2005. It was nominated for a 2007 Grammy Award for "Best Male Pop Vocal Performance".
"Bad Day" is a song by the American rock band Fuel originally released on their 2000 album Something Like Human.
Written by guitarist Carl Bell, "Bad Day" was written before the band was signed to a major label. The band tried to record a version for their major label debut, but according to lead singer Brett Scallions, "We tried recording 'Bad Day' back when we did the Sunburn album [in 1998] and just didn’t get it right. It was a song that was with us way before we signed on with Sony and Epic."
"Bad Day" was the final single released from Something Like Human and peaked at #64 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart that year.
