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Daylight (Jimmy Barnes song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Daylight'" is a song by Australian rock musician, Jimmy Barnes. Released in January 1985 as the third and final single from his debut studio album, 'Bodyswerve'. The song peaked at number 12 on the Australian Kent Music Report. A limited edition of the single featuring the first live recording of the Jimmy Barnes band with the band's performance of "Resurrection Shuffle" (Recorded in December 1984) as the b-side of side two as well as a poster pack sold for 2.99 dollars.
Barnes originally wrote and recorded the song (then titled "A Little Bit of Daylight") while he was still with Cold Chisel. The Cold Chisel version (which is faster, and features a significantly different arrangement and different lyrics) remained unissued until the release of the band's post-split compilation 'Teenage Love' in 1994.
Barnes' solo version -- a much more "heavy rock" arrangement, featuring lead guitar by Mal Eastick and guest backing vocals by Rene Geyer -- was included on Barnes' 1984 debut Australian solo album 'Bodyswerve', and was issued both as a two track single, and on a limited-edition four track "maxi single", with "Daylight and the studio track "Paradise" on the A-side and live versions of "Daylight" and "Resurrection Shuffle" on the B-side.
A remixed version of the song was subsequently included on Barnes' first internationally distributed LP 'For The Working Class Man' (1985), which was issued in the USA on Geffen Records, and which featured a mixture of new recordings and remixed versions of tracks from 'Bodyswerve', including "Daylight".
Track listing
'7" Single (K 9582)'
*Side A "Daylight"
*Side B "Paradise"
*Side C "Daylight" (Live)
*Side D "Paradise" (Live)
Charts
References
Category:Mushroom Records singles
Category:1985 singles
Category:1984 songs
Category:Jimmy Barnes songs
Category:Songs written by Jimmy Barnes
Category:Song recordings produced by Mark Opitz
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