The chorus line lyric " one day like this a year would see me right " had been in singer Guy Garvey 's diary for several years before the song was written . Speaking in 2014 about the song Garvey said , " We put the chords behind it and realised it was going to be the hook of all hooks . I was like , ' what do we think ? ' ... It was , ' it 's kind of similar to " Hey Jude " , is n't it ? ' I was like , ' yeah , and it 's also similar to " Loaded " by Primal Scream , and we like both those songs , do n't we ? ' So is n't it just generous to do that , is n't it a satisfying thing for the listener ? ... And my God , how it changed our fortunes . " " One Day Like This " debuted at number 39 in the UK Singles Chart on 8 June 2008 , marking Elbow 's seventh UK Top 40 single . After 14 weeks , the single finally peaked at number 35 on 14 September 2008 . Due to the band 's increasing popularity in the UK after winning their 2009 BRIT Award for Best British band " One Day Like This " spent more weeks in the UK Top 75 than any of Elbow 's other singles with 31 weeks in five runs by the end of 2014 , peaking at number 4 in August 2012 following their appearance at the closing ceremony of the London Olympics . In December 2013 , it was certified Platinum in the UK by the BPI
closing ceremony
2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony
One Day Like This (song)