(Every Day Is) Halloween
| "All Day / (Every Day Is) Halloween" | ||||
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| Single by Ministry | ||||
| A-side | "All Day" | |||
| B-side | "(Every Day Is) Halloween" | |||
| Released | 1984 2019 (acoustic version) | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Label | Wax Trax! | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Al Jourgensen | |||
| Producer(s) | Al Jourgensen | |||
| Ministry singles chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
"All Day" and "(Every Day Is) Halloween" are songs by American band
Rhino Records compilation Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Halloween.[5]
Music writer Dave Thompson described "(Every Day Is) Halloween" as having been "adopted as the anthem of America's disenfranchised Gothic community."[6]
On October 31, 2019, the track was re-released as an acoustic version with the help of Dave Navarro on acoustic guitar.[7]
On October 30, 2020, Stabbing Westward released a cover version.[8]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "All Day" | 5:51 |
| 2. | "(Every Day Is) Halloween" | 6:35 |
1986 12"
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Halloween (Remix)" | 10:41 |
| 2. | "Nature of Outtakes" | 8:10 |
2010 digital single
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Every Day Is Halloween" | 6:24 |
| 2. | "Every Day Is Halloween" (2010 Version) | 4:29 |
Every Day Is Halloween: The Remixes
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Every Day Is Halloween" | 6:24 |
| 2. | "Every Day Is Halloween" (Nu Wave Version) | 6:03 |
| 3. | "Every Day Is Halloween" ( Leather Strip Remix) | 4:46 |
| 6. | "Every Day Is Halloween" (Tre Lux cover version) | 4:17 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes of the “All Day / (Every Day Is) Halloween” single, Twelve Inch Singles (1981–1984) and Twitch.[9][10][11]
- Al Jourgensen – vocals, instrumentation, production
- Brad Hallen – bass (“All Day”)
- Stephen George – drums (“All Day”)
- Patty Jourgensen – backing vocals (“All Day Remix”)
- Brian Shanley and Jim Nash – artwork (single)
See also
References
- ^ Ladouceur 2011, p. 89: “With its bouncy synthpop rhythms and lyrics all about woe-begotten Goth life, it's up there to ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’ on the short list of universal Goth anthems...”
- All Media Network. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
- ISSN 0886-3032. Retrieved February 23, 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ Reed 2013, pp. 237–238.
- ^ MTV News Staff (June 27, 1998). "Ministry And More On Fright Disc". MTV. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
- OCLC 1193377576– via the Internet Archive.
- ^ "Ministry - (Every Day Is) Halloween Acoustic". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
- ^ "Stabbing Westward - (Every Day Is) Halloween Cover". bandcamp.
- ^ Ministry (1985). “All Day / (Everyday Is) Halloween” (vinyl disc). Chicago, IL: Wax Trax! Records. WAX 007.
- ^ Ministry (1987). Twelve Inch Singles (1981–1984) (vinyl disc). Chicago, IL: Wax Trax! Records. WAXCD 035.
- ^ Ministry (1986). Twitch (vinyl disc). Sire Records. 9 25309-1.
Further reading
- Ladouceur, Liisa (2011). Encyclopedia Gothica. ECW Books. .
- Reed, S. Alexander (2013). Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music. Oxford University Press. OCLC 1147729910 – via the Internet Archive.
External links
- All Day / Every Day (Is Halloween) at Discogs (list of releases)
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