Days Are Forgotten
single
CoverDaysAreForgotten.jpg
ArtistKasabian
AlbumVelociraptor!
B-side
  • "Pistols at Dawn"
  • "Switchblade Smiles" (Music video)
Released12 August 2011
GenreBlues rock[1]
Length5:02 (album version)
4:05 (single version)
LabelRCA
WriterSergio Pizzorno
ProducerDan the Automator
Prev year2010
Next year2011

"Days Are Forgotten" is a song by British rock band Kasabian. The song serves as the lead single of the band's fourth studio album, Velociraptor!. The song was first released in Belgium on 12 August, and was later released in the United Kingdom on 9 September 2011 - where it debuted at number 28 on the UK Singles Chart.

Music video

The black-and-white video for the song features the band in an empty room playing animated instruments, drawn with white crayon pencil; singer Tom Meighan sings into a pencil-drawn microphone with a pencil-drawn cable. Throughout the video the music generates soundwaves, also pencil-drawn, which blow up a guitar amplifier and the instruments themselves. At the end of the video, all of the white pencil lines collapse into op art-like geometrical shapes, until the entire environment dissolves into a single line.

Remix

The Z-Trip Remix features the American rapper, entrepreneur and actor LL Cool J. This remix served as the official theme to WWE's pay-per-view.

In 2026, a version of the song, sung by Sergio Pizzorno, served as the opening theme for television series Young Sherlock.

Charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
Czech Republic Modern Rock (IFPI)[2]10
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[3]10

Chart performance

The single made its first appearance on the UK Singles Chart on 15 September 2011, when it debuted at number twenty-eight. On its second week, the single fell fourteen places to number forty-two; before returning to the top 40 at number thirty-six on 2 October - following a price reduction on the UK iTunes store.

Release history

CountryRelease dateFormat
Australia[4]12 August 2011Digital download
Belgium[5]
France[6]
Germany[7]
New Zealand[8]
Canada[9]9 September 2011
Ireland[10]
United Kingdom[11]
Spain[12]
Mexico[13]

Personnel

Kasabian

  • Tom Meighan – lead vocals
  • Sergio Pizzorno – guitars, synths, programming, backing vocals
  • Chris Edwards – bass
  • Ian Matthews – drums

Additional personnel

  • Gary Alesbrook – trumpet
  • Tim Carter--guitar, keyboards, drums, and flute
  • Mat Coleman – trombone
  • Andrew Kinsman – saxophone
Remix
  • Z-Trip – remixing
  • LL Cool J – rap vocals

References

  1. ^ "BBC - Music - Review of Kasabian - Velociraptor!". BBC. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  2. ^ "CZ - Radio - Top 20 Modern Rock - Days Are Forgotten - Kasabian" (in Czech). IFPI Czech Republic. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Chart Search Results - Japan Hot 100 Singles 2011-10-08". Billboard.biz. Retrieved 30 August 2012.[dead link]
  4. ^ "Days Are Forgotten - Single by Kasabian". iTunes. www.apple.com/itunes/.
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  8. ^ "Days Are Forgotten - Single by Kasabian". iTunes. www.apple.com/itunes/.
  9. ^ "Days Are Forgotten - EP by Kasabian". iTunes. www.apple.com/itunes/.
  10. ^ "Days Are Forgotten - EP by Kasabian". iTunes. www.apple.com/itunes/.
  11. ^ "Days Are Forgotten - EP by Kasabian". iTunes. www.apple.com/itunes/.
  12. ^ "Days Are Forgotten - EP by Kasabian". iTunes. www.apple.com/itunes/.
  13. ^ "Days Are Forgotten - EP by Kasabian". iTunes. www.apple.com/itunes/.