"As the Days Go By"
Single by Daryl Braithwaite
from the album Edge
B-side"In My Life"
ReleasedAugust 19, 1988 (1988-08-19)
StudioPlatinum Studios, Melbourne
GenreRock, pop
Length4:04
5:07 (extended mix)
Label
Songwriter(s)Ian Thomas
Producer(s)Simon Hussey
Daryl Braithwaite singles chronology
"Prove Your Love"
(1980)
"As the Days Go By"
(1988)
"All I Do"
(1988)

"As the Days Go By" is a song written by Ian Thomas and recorded by Australian singer Daryl Braithwaite as the first single from his second studio album, Edge, in 1988. It features singer John Farnham as a backing vocalist in the chorus. The song was also released in the UK.[1]

The track is one of Braithwaite's most popular recordings, and was included on his compilation albums The Essential Daryl Braithwaite (2007) and Days Go By (2017). An extended mix features in the 1994 compilation album Six Moons: The Best of Daryl Braithwaite 1988–1994 and an acoustic version opens the 2008 live album The Lemon Tree. The song was also included on the soundtrack to the 1992 British comedy film Peter's Friends.

Track listing

CD single (1988)
  1. "As The Days Go By" – 4:04
  2. "In My Life" – 5:07

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1988) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 11
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[3] 49

Year-end charts

(1988) Position
Australia (ARIA Charts) 70[4]

References

  1. "M&M-1989-02-25-OCR-Page-0013.pdf" (PDF). Music Week. 25 February 1989. p. 13. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  2. "Daryl Braithwaite – As the Days Go By". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  3. "Daryl Braithwaite – As the Days Go By". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  4. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
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