One Day Like This by Elbow - Song of the Decade

Artist Info

Elbow are an alternative rock band which formed in Bury, Greater Manchester, England in 1990 while at sixth-form college. The band consists of Guy Garvey (vocals, guitar), Mark Potter (guitar, vocals), Pete Turner (bass), Craig Potter (keyboards) and Richard Jupp (drums). Over the band's 18 year career they have released four studio albums, four EPs and ten top fifty singles in the UK. The band are named after a line in the BBC TV mini-series The Singing Detective which says that the word Read more...

Elbow

Song Stats

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Awards

Best song musically and lyrically
Ivor Novello Awards (2009)

Comments (51)

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mattyspr

@ 2:43am on 26 November 2009

Perfection. Well deserved recognotion for a hard working band. They didnt sell them selves out. They just keep getting better. Amazing poetry ..... enough said

BerrysGirl

@ 1:11am on 26 November 2009

Perfectly sublime.....the chorus chant went on forever when I saw them live at the V Festival on the Gold Coast (Australia) earlier this year and Guy was so chuffed!!!

shakyfish

@ 8:14pm on 23 November 2009

heartskippingly great...

jeremynorth

@ 5:01pm on 23 November 2009

fabulous 'feel-good' song.

danieu

@ 4:50am on 23 November 2009

this song is good but honestly it´s not the song of the decade

boood

@ 9:27pm on 22 November 2009

awsome

maltwiz

@ 7:32pm on 22 November 2009

great song from a great album - tho prefer their earlier stuff - listening to the Elbow Story now and waiting for the MEN replay - what a fabulous night that was - a truly stunning thoughtful and uplifting band