Saviour's Day (song)

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For the holiday celebrated by the Nation of Islam, see Saviours' Day.

"Saviour's Day"
Chris Eaton
Producer(s)Cliff Richard and Paul Moessl
Cliff Richard singles chronology
"From a Distance"
(1990) 		"Saviour's Day"
(1990) 		"More to Life"
(1991)
Music video
"Saviours Day" on
YouTube

"Saviour's Day" is a song by

Christmas number one single in 1990, the second occasion Richard had a solo Christmas number one (the first being "Mistletoe and Wine"). The video for the song was filmed in Dorset
.

Composition

"Saviour's Day" was written by

Rolls-Royce. Richard immediately liked the song and predicted that it could be a number one record.[2]

Music video

The music video for "Saviour's Day" was filmed in Dorset, in the town of Swanage and at Durdle Door.[3] The video was shot in September 1990. Richard and the extras in the video were asked to wear winter clothes for the Christmas song, but the day's filming took place on a warm September day with blue sky and sunshine.[4] The video featured Richard and the extras singing together on top of the limestone arch of Durdle Door.

Release and reception

In the UK, "Saviour's Day" entered the

Christmas number one in the UK, after "Mistletoe and Wine" in 1988.[7]

In 2017, ShortList's Dave Fawbert listed the song as containing "one of the greatest key changes in music history".[8]

Charts and certifications

Chart positions

References

  1. ^ a b "Cliff Richard – Saviour's Day" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  2. ISBN 9780745952796
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  3. ^ "Gulf Holiday Ad 'Borrows Dorset Landmark'". Sky News. 15 August 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  4. ^ Durdle Door, Cliff Richard and me (20 December 2007). "Dorset - History - Durdle Door, Cliff Richard and me". BBC. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  5. ^ "All The Number One Singles - 1990". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  6. ^ a b "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  7. ^ Whiting, Kate (15 December 2008). "Cliff Richard - stepping back into the shadows". Chester Chronicle. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  8. ^ "The 19 greatest key changes in music history". ShortList. 1 October 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  9. ^ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 13 Jan 1991 (61–100) (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 51)". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  10. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Saviour's Day". Irish Singles Chart.
  11. ^ UK Best Selling Singles of 1990
  12. ^ "British single certifications – Cliff Richard – Saviour's Day". British Phonographic Industry. Select singles in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Saviour's Day in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

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