"Day-In Day-Out" is the first track on David Bowie's album Never Let Me Down. It was issued as a single ahead of the album's release. The song criticised the urban decay and deprivation in American cities at the time, concerned largely with the depths a young mother has to sink to in order to feed her child, including attempting to shoplift and becoming a prostitute.Julien Temple's video made the message explicit, showing the young couple's struggle against an uncaring society, watched by a pair of angels through fake video cameras. This was banned by some TV stations (though contrary to popular belief, not the BBC, who showed the first part of the video on their Top of the Pops music show), even after edits removed the female protagonist's heavily implied rape, and an alternate version of a scene where the couple's child spells out "Mom", "Food" and "Fuck" in building blocks (representing the child's cycle of dependency; the alternate version had the child spell out the meaningless words "Mom", "Look" and "Luck") -- as a result, EMI issued it on a video EP. The video was nominated for a 1987 MTV Video Music award in the category of "Best Male Video," but lost to Peter Gabriel's video for "Sledgehammer.""Day In Day Out"Day-In Day-OutStay-In Fade-OutDay-In Oo OoDay-Out Oo Oo OoShe was born in a handbagLove lefton a doorstepWhat she lacks is a backupNothing seems to make a dentGonna find her some money honeyTry to pay her rentThat's the kind of protection everyone is shouting about[CHORUS]Day-In Day-OutStay-In Fade-OutDay-In Oo OoDay-Out Oo Oo OoFirst thing she learns isshe's a citizenSome things they turn out rightWhen you're under the USASomething rings a belland it's all overShe's going out her wayStealing for that one good rushDay-In Day-OutStay-In Fade-OutShe could use a little moneyShe's hangin' on his armslike a cheap suitShe's got no money, honeyShe's on the other sideOh come on little babyLate night, big town,police, shake downOo OoOo OoDay-In Day-OutStay-In Fade-OutOo OoOo OoDay-In Day-OutStay-In Fade-OutShe's got a ticket to nowhereShe's gonna take a train rideNobody knows her, or knows her nameShe's in the pocket of a home boyOo she's gonna take her a shotgun PowSpin the grail spin the drugShe's gonna make them well awareShe's an angry galDay-In Day-OutStay-In Fade-OutSuddenly there's angels everywhereAngels in a ton of soundAnd they shootin' her downShootin her with video-drugs-bullets and promises