Never Comes the Day

"Never Comes the Day"
"Never Comes the Day"
Single by The Moody Blues
from the album On the Threshold of a Dream
B-side	"So Deep Within You"
Released	2 April 1969
Recorded	22 January 1969
Genre	Folk rock
Length	4:43
Label	Deram
Songwriter(s)	Justin Hayward
Producer(s)	Tony Clarke
The Moody Blues singles chronology

"Never Comes the Day" is a 1969 single by the progressive rock band the Moody Blues. It was written by band member Justin Hayward, and was the only single released from their 1969 album On the Threshold of a Dream.

Background

The song was edited from the album version of 4:43 down to 2:42. The single edit omits the second verse and simply goes into the longer chorus after the first verse. A similar edit was done on the Justin Hayward/John Lodge (Blue Jays) song "I Dreamed Last Night", but that version ends cold. Despite the fact that the album was a number-one hit in the UK, "Never Comes the Day" was a commercial flop as a single, and did not chart in the UK. The single also included Mike Pinder's "So Deep Within You," another track from the same album, on the B-side.

Reception

Cash Box described it as "starting in a gentle folk vein" with less impact than expected, but then grows to become a "hypnotic outing."^[1] Record World said that "This soft and sweet art -rock picks up halfway through and could be the biggest yet for the group."^[2] In Canada, the song peaked at #74 in May and was then off the charts through June, but came back to rank #85 in July.^[3]

Personnel

Justin Hayward – acoustic & electric guitars, lead vocals, Mellotron,^[4] handclapping
John Lodge – bass guitar, backing vocals, handclapping
Mike Pinder – Mellotron^{[citation needed]}, backing vocals, handclapping
Ray Thomas – harmonica, backing vocals, handclapping
Graeme Edge – drums, percussion, backing vocals^{[citation needed]}, handclapping