Wages Day (Deacon Blue Song)

"Wages Day"
Cover of 7" single
Single by Deacon Blue
from the album When the World Knows Your Name
B-side	"Take Me to the Place" "Take the Saints Away" "Trampoline"
Released	February 1989
Format	7" vinyl, 7" EP, 12" vinyl, Cassette, CD, 3" CD
Recorded	February 1988
Genre	Pop rock
Length	3:08 5:04 (12" mix)
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Ricky Ross
Producer(s)	Warne Livesey
Deacon Blue singles chronology
"Real Gone Kid" (1988) "Wages Day" (1989) "Fergus Sings the Blues" (1989)
"Real Gone Kid" (1988) "Wages Day" (1988) "Fergus Sings the Blues" (1989)

"Wages Day" is the second single from the album When the World Knows Your Name by the Scottish rock band Deacon Blue. The Song Managed to get to Number 12 on the New Zealand Singles chart.

The main B-side is "Take Me to the Place", which is musically based on the hymn "Abide with Me" and the traditional melody "Eventide". Some versions of the single contain two songs, "Take the Saints Away" and a cover of Julian Cope's "Trampolene" .

All songs written by Ricky Ross, except where noted: