{{Short description|1999 single by Fierce}} {{Use British English|date=December 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox song | name = Dayz Like That | cover = Dayz Like That Fierce cover.png | alt = | caption = | type = single | artist = Fierce | album = Right Here Right Now | B-side = Keep Me from Falling | released = {{start date|1999}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = | length = 4:47 | label = * Wildstar * Hardback | writer = * Karl Gordon * Michelle Escoffery * Ali Tennant | producer = Karl "K-Gee" Gordon | prev_title = Right Here Right Now | prev_year = 1999 | next_title = So Long | next_year = 1999 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|M_y9Foy_234|"Dayz Like That"}}}} }}
"'''Dayz Like That'''" is a song by British girl group Fierce, written by K-Gee, Michelle Escoffery, and Ali Tennant. Produced by K-Gee, it was released as the second single from Fierce's debut album, ''Right Here Right Now'', in 1999. It became the group's first top-20 hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 11 that May, and also reached at number two on the UK R&B Singles Chart the same week. In 2001, Canadian girl group Sugar Jones covered the song and released it as their debut single that May, reaching number one on the Canadian Singles Chart with their version.
==Track listings== '''UK CD1'''<ref name="ukcd1">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dayz Like That|year=1999|type=UK CD1 liner notes|publisher=Wildstar Records, Hardback Records|id=CDWILD19}}</ref> # "Dayz Like That" (K'Gee's extended mix) # "Keep Me from Falling" # "Dayz Like That" (Quake edit)
'''UK CD2'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Dayz Like That|year=1999|type=UK CD2 liner notes|publisher=Wildstar Records, Hardback Records|id=CXWILD19}}</ref> # "Dayz Like That" (K-Gee's radio edit) # "Dayz Like That" (Blacksmith Bishop-Brad Olde Skool edit) # "Dayz Like That" (Phats & Small edit) # "Dayz Like That" (Full Crew remix featuring Tempa)
'''UK cassette single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Dayz Like That|year=1999|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Wildstar Records, Hardback Records|id=CAWILD19}}</ref> # "Dayz Like That" (K-Gee's radio edit) # "Dayz Like That" (Blacksmith Bishop-Brad Olde Skool edit) # "Dayz Like That" (Phats & Small edit)
==Personnel== Personnel are taken from the UK CD1 liner notes.<ref name="ukcd1"/> * K-Gee – writing (as Karl Gordon), production * Michelle Escoffery – writing * Ali Tennant – writing * Andrew Smith – guitar * Sean Cox – keyboards * Marcellus Fernandes – recording, mixing
==Charts== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1999) !Peak<br/>position |- {{single chart|Scotland|41|date=19990515|rowheader=true|access-date=4 December 2025}} |- {{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|11|artist=Fierce|artistid=34699|rowheader=true|access-date=4 December 2025}} |- {{single chart|UKrandb|2|date=19990515|rowheader=true|access-date=4 December 2025}} |}
==Sugar Jones version== {{Infobox song | name = Days Like That | cover = Days Like That Sugar Jones cover.png | alt = | caption = | type = single | artist = Sugar Jones | album = Sugar Jones | released = {{start date|2001|5|1|df=y}} | recorded = 2001 | studio = Metalworks (Mississauga, Ontario) | genre = | length = 3:48 | label = Lone Eagle Music | writer = * Karl Gordon * Michelle Escoffery * Ali Tennant | producer = Justin Gray | next_title = How Much Longer | next_year = 2001 | misc = {{External music video|header=Audio|{{YouTube|WllLwz06XEM|"Days Like That"}}}} }}
===Background=== ''Popstars'' was a television programme originating from New Zealand that focused on creating a pop music group by auditioning thousands of contestants across the country at select venues. For the Canadian incarnation, the top 25 finalists travelled to Toronto, where they began training to become pop singers. Eventually, the programme's judges narrowed the finalists down to five women: Julie Crochetière, Mirella Dell'Aquila, Sahara MacDonald, Andrea Henry and Maiko Watson, who would become Sugar Jones. After their formation, they began working on their debut album, including "Dayz Like That", which was retitled "'''Days Like That'''".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://popstars.ca/about_lastseason.asp|title=Last Season|website=popstars.ca|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011105223427/http://popstars.ca/about_lastseason.asp|archive-date=5 November 2001|access-date=4 December 2025}}</ref>
===Release and reception=== "Days Like That" was serviced to Canadian radio on 6 April 2001 and entered the Canadian CHR chart at number 22, which at the time was the highest entry by a Canadian debut act. The commercial CD single was issued on 1 May 2001 by Lone Eagle Music, containing the song's radio mix and a refix by Baby Silver featuring Canadian rapper Solitair.<ref name="news">{{cite web|url=http://www.sugarjones.ca/|title=News|website=sugarjones.ca|date=6 April 2001|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010516232128/http://www.sugarjones.ca/|archive-date=16 May 2001|access-date=4 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Days Like That|year=2001|type=Canadian CD single liner notes|publisher=Lone Eagle Music|id=7697422132}}</ref> Sugar Jones promoted the release by signing copies of the single at the Bramalea City Centre's Zellers store on the same day.<ref name="news"/> On 9 May, the single debuted at number one on the Canadian Singles Chart, a position it held for six consecutive weeks.<ref name="news"/><ref name="can"/><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Hits of the World: Canada|magazine=Billboard|volume=113|issue=25|page=80|date=23 June 2001}}</ref> At the end of the year, it was ranked as Canada's most successful physical single of 2001.<ref name="canye"/> At the Juno Awards of 2002, the song's producer, Justin Gray, was nominated for Best Producer for his work on this song and the album track "I Got U", losing to Daniel Lanois, who produced U2's "Beautiful Day" and "Elevation".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://junoawards.ca/awards/past-winners-nominees/page/9/?search_year_val1=2002&search_year_val2=2002&search_category_val&search_wins_val=no&tag_search_val&submit=submit|title=Past Nominees + Winners|publisher=Juno Awards|access-date=4 December 2025}}</ref>
===Music video=== A music video was filmed for "Days Like That". Codenamed "Project X", the video was shot on 24 and 25 March 2001. Directed by Noble Jones and produced by Mark Hesselink, the video shows Sugar Jones performing the song in a house.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sugarjones.ca/slideshows/sjslide_vid1.html|title=Behind the Scenes of the New Video Shoot!|website=sugarjones.ca|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010411064434/http://sugarjones.ca/slideshows/sjslide_vid1.html|archive-date=11 April 2001|access-date=4 December 2025}}</ref> The video premiered on ''Popstars'' on 15 April 2001 and debuted on the Canadian music channel MuchMusic the following day; by the following week, it was named MuchMusic's "Big One".<ref name="news"/>
===Credits and personnel=== Credits are taken from the Canadian CD single and ''Sugar Jones'' liner notes.
'''Studios''' * Recorded and mixed at Metalworks Recording Studios (Mississauga, Ontario) * Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York City)
'''Personnel''' {{div col}} * K-Gee – writing (as Karl Gordon) * Michelle Escoffery – writing * Ali Tennant – writing * Justin Abedin – guitar * Sam Sims – bass * Justin Gray – all other instruments, drum programming, vocal arrangements, production * Sugar Jones – vocal arrangements * Graham Brewer – recording, mixing * Bob Guido – recording and mixing assistance * Joel Kazmi – recording and mixing assistance * Tom Coyne – mastering {{div col end}}
===Charts=== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
====Weekly charts==== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (2001) !Peak<br/>position |- !scope="row"|Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref name="can">{{cite magazine|title=Hits of the World: Canada|magazine=Billboard|volume=113|issue=20|page=62|date=19 May 2001}}</ref> |1 |} {{col-2}}
====Year-end charts==== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (2001) !Position |- !scope="row"|Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref name="canye">{{cite web|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_singles.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Singles of 2001|publisher=Jam!|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030126204339/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_singles.html|archive-date=26 January 2003|access-date=4 December 2025}}</ref> |1 |} {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (2002) !Position |- !scope="row"|Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_singles2.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Singles of 2002|publisher=Jam!|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040906184715/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_singles2.html|archive-date=6 September 2004|access-date=4 December 2025}}</ref> |154 |} {{col-end}}
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Category:1999 songs Category:1999 singles Category:2001 debut singles Category:Canadian Singles Chart number-one singles Category:Fierce songs Category:Popstars Category:Songs written by Ali Tennant Category:Songs written by K-Gee Category:Songs written by Michelle Escoffery