(Every Day Is) Halloween

"All Day / (Every Day Is) Halloween"
Single by Ministry
A-side	"All Day"
B-side	"(Every Day Is) Halloween"
Released	1985 October 31, 2019 (acoustic version)
Genre	Synth-pop[1] dark wave industrial[2]
Label	Wax Trax!
Songwriter(s)	Al Jourgensen
Producer(s)	Al Jourgensen
Ministry singles chronology
"Nature of Love" (1984) "All Day / (Every Day Is) Halloween" (1985) "Over the Shoulder" (1986)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

"All Day" and "(Every Day Is) Halloween" are songs by American band Ministry, both written and produced by Al Jourgensen. These were originally released by Wax Trax! Records in 1985 as Ministry's “comeback” single following their departure from Arista Records,[4]: 78  with "All Day" on the A-side and "(Every Day Is) Halloween" on the B-side, respectively. In 1987, these were included on Ministry's compilation Twelve Inch Singles (1981–1984). The remixed version of "All Day", titled “All Day Remix”, was featured on Ministry's 1986 album Twitch.[5] “(Every Day Is) Halloween” has been featured in the 1998 Rhino Records compilation Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Halloween.[6]

Music writer Dave Thompson described "(Every Day Is) Halloween" as having been "adopted as the anthem of America's disenfranchised Gothic community."[7]

On October 31, 2019, the track was re-released as an acoustic version with the help of Dave Navarro on acoustic guitar.[8]

On October 30, 2020, Stabbing Westward released a cover.

In 1988, Everyday (Is Halloween) was used in an Old Style Dry beer commercial in the US. This commercial popularized the song to be featured at dance clubs.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"All Day"	5:51
2.	"(Every Day Is) Halloween"	6:35

1986 12"

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Halloween (Remix)"	10:41
2.	"Nature of Outtakes"	8:10

2010 digital single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Every Day Is Halloween"	6:24
2.	"Every Day Is Halloween" (2010 Version)	4:29

Every Day Is Halloween: The Remixes

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Every Day Is Halloween"	6:24
2.	"Every Day Is Halloween" (Nu Wave Version)	6:03
3.	"Every Day Is Halloween" (Al Jourgensen Mix)	4:29
4.	"Every Day Is Halloween" (Razed in Black Remix)	4:24
5.	"Every Day Is Halloween" (Leather Strip Remix)	4:46
6.	"Every Day Is Halloween" (Tre Lux cover version)	4:17

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes of the “All Day / (Every Day Is) Halloween” single, Twelve Inch Singles (1981–1984) and Twitch.[9][10][11]

• Al Jourgensen – vocals, instrumentation, production
• Brad Hallen – bass (“All Day”)
• Stephen George – drums (“All Day”)
• Patty Jourgensen – backing vocals (“All Day Remix”)
• Brian Shanley and Jim Nash – artwork (single)

See also

• Ministry discography

References

1. Ladouceur 2011, p. 89: “With its bouncy synthpop rhythms and lyrics all about woe-begotten Goth life, it's up there to ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’ on the short list of universal Goth anthems...”
2. "50 Best Industrial Songs of All Time". Consequence. July 20, 2023. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
3. Book, John. "Everyday is Halloween - Ministry". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved December 26, 2017.^[dead link‍]
4. Blush, Steven (October 1991). "Cult of Personality". Spin Magazine. Vol. 7, no. 7. pp. 77–78. ISSN 0886-3032. Retrieved February 23, 2018 – via Google Books.
5. Reed 2013, pp. 237–238.
6. MTV News Staff (June 27, 1998). "Ministry And More On Fright Disc". MTV. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
7. Thompson, Dave (2002). Alternative Rock. San Francisco, CA: Miller Freeman. p. 497. ISBN 0-87930-607-6. LCCN 00-58249. OCLC 1193377576 – via the Internet Archive.
8. "Ministry - (Every Day Is) Halloween Acoustic". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
9. Ministry (1985). “All Day / (Everyday Is) Halloween” (vinyl disc). Chicago, IL: Wax Trax! Records. WAX 007.
10. Ministry (1987). Twelve Inch Singles (1981–1984) (vinyl disc). Chicago, IL: Wax Trax! Records. WAXCD 035.
11. Ministry (1986). Twitch (vinyl disc). Sire Records. 9 25309-1.

Further reading

• Ladouceur, Liisa (2011). Encyclopedia Gothica. ECW Books. ISBN 978-1-77041-024-4. Retrieved October 31, 2017 – via Google Books.
• Reed, S. Alexander (2013). Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-983260-6. LCCN 2012-42281. OCLC 1147729910 – via the Internet Archive.

External links

• All Day / Every Day (Is Halloween) at Discogs (list of releases)