Song · Powderfinger
“DAF” by Powderfinger
From the album Double Allergic (1996)
“DAF” by Powderfinger appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1996. It was first released in 1996 on the album Double Allergic. Its best result is #18 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1996. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #141 alternative song of 1996.
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"D.A.F." came off Double Allergic, the second studio album by Australian alternative rockers Powderfinger, and went out as a single in August 1996. The title had people guessing. When the TV show Recovery ran a competition asking viewers what the letters stood for, guitarist Darren Middleton remembers the entries drifting into cheeky jokes about the host, Dylan Lewis. The truth was plainer: D, A and F are simply the song's chords. Bassist John Collins just blamed the band's own stupidity.
It climbed to number 39 in Australia and picked up 2 nominations at the 1997 ARIA Awards, for Song of the Year and Single of the Year, winning neither. Mainstream stations such as the Today Network played it heavily, which surprised the band: only the single before it, "Pick You Up", had drawn that kind of airplay.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 18 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1996 | 100 |
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