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{{Disambiguation|the song|the painting|Last Day on Earth}}
 
 
 
{{Song
 
{{Song
 
| Name        = The Last Day on Earth
 
| Name        = The Last Day on Earth
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| Released    = September 14, 1998
 
| Released    = September 14, 1998
 
| Recorded    = 1997–1998 at the White Room, Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood, California and Conway Studios
 
| Recorded    = 1997–1998 at the White Room, Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood, California and Conway Studios
| Genre      = Electronic rock, alternative rock
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| Genre      = Alternative rock
 
| Length      = 5:01
 
| Length      = 5:01
| Label      = [[Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
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| Label      = [[Nothing Records|Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
 
| Writer      = [[Marilyn Manson]]
 
| Writer      = [[Marilyn Manson]]
| Composer    = Marilyn Manson, [[Madonna Wayne Gacy]], [[Twiggy Ramirez]]
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| Composer    = Marilyn Manson, [[Stephen Bier|Madonna Wayne Gacy]], [[Twiggy Ramirez]]
 
| Producer    = Michael Beinhorn, Marilyn Manson
 
| Producer    = Michael Beinhorn, Marilyn Manson
 
}}
 
}}
 
"'''The Last Day on Earth'''" is the thirteenth track on the 1998 release ''[[Mechanical Animals]]''. A live acoustic recording was released a year later on ''[[The Last Tour on Earth]]''.
 
"'''The Last Day on Earth'''" is the thirteenth track on the 1998 release ''[[Mechanical Animals]]''. A live acoustic recording was released a year later on ''[[The Last Tour on Earth]]''.
  
== Appearances ==
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==Appearances==
=== Albums ===
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===Albums===
 
* ''[[Mechanical Animals]]''
 
* ''[[Mechanical Animals]]''
  
== Versions ==
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==Versions==
* "The Last Day on Earth" <small>Appears on ''Mechanical Animals''.</small>
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* "The Last Day on Earth" <small>&mdash; Appears on ''Mechanical Animals''.</small>
* "The Last Day on Earth" ([[1998/12/31 Las Vegas, NV|Live acoustic]]) <small>Appears on ''The Last Tour on Earth''.</small>
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* "The Last Day on Earth" ([[1998/12/31 Las Vegas, NV|Live acoustic]]) <small>&mdash; Appears on ''The Last Tour on Earth''.</small>
  
== Lyrics ==
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==Lyrics==
 
     Yesterday was a million years ago
 
     Yesterday was a million years ago
     In all my past lives I've played an asshole
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     In all my past lives I played an asshole
 
     Now I found you, it's almost too late
 
     Now I found you, it's almost too late
 
     And this earth seems obliviating
 
     And this earth seems obliviating
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     High and dead our skin is glass
 
     High and dead our skin is glass
 
     I'm so empty here without you
 
     I'm so empty here without you
     I crack my xerox hands
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     I crack and split my xerox hands
 
      
 
      
 
     I know it's the last day on earth
 
     I know it's the last day on earth
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     We'll never say goodbye
 
     We'll never say goodbye
  
== Personnel ==
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==Trivia==
* [[Marilyn Manson]] – vocals and vocoder, lead guitar
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* [[Twiggy Ramirez]] – lead and acoustic guitar
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* [[Madonna Wayne Gacy]] – bass synth and all keyboards
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* [[Ginger Fish]] – drums
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== Trivia ==
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* In 1998, a poll was held on [[MarilynManson.com]] to gather opinions on whether the band's next music video should be for "The Last Day on Earth" or "[[Rock Is Dead]]".
 
* In 1998, a poll was held on [[MarilynManson.com]] to gather opinions on whether the band's next music video should be for "The Last Day on Earth" or "[[Rock Is Dead]]".
* ''The Last Day on Earth'' has only been performed live three times: the first time in Las Vegas, Nevada on [[1998/12/31 Las Vegas, NV|December 31st, 1998]], the second time in Kyiv, Ukraine on [[2012/12/20 Kyiv, Ukraine|December 20th, 2012]], almost 14 years later, and finally the third time in Minsk, Belarus on [[2012/12/21 Minsk, Belarus|December 21st, 2012]].
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* ''The Last Day on Earth'' has only been performed live once in Las Vegas, Nevada on [[1998/12/31 Las Vegas, NV|December 31st, 1998]].
  
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[[Category:Mechanical Animals Era]]
[[Category:Mechanical Animals era]]
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[[Category:Marilyn Manson Songs]]
[[Category:Marilyn Manson songs]]
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[[Category:Songs from Mechanical Animals]]
 
[[Category:Songs from Mechanical Animals]]
 
[[Category:Songs from The Last Tour on Earth]]
 
[[Category:Songs from The Last Tour on Earth]]
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[[Category:Marilyn Manson]]
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[[Category:Ginger Fish]]
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[[Category:Twiggy]]
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[[Category:Zim Zum]]

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