“The Day You Come” by Powderfinger

"The Day You Come" was the first taste of Internationalist, Powderfinger's third album, released by Universal in August 1998 and written by Bernard Fanning, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton, John Collins and Jon Coghill. It was also a bit of a misdirection. Fanning said it gave the wrong idea of the album, a slower song than most of what surrounded it, and Haug admitted it only led the way because the band couldn't settle on anything else; the rowdier "Don't Wanna Be Left Out/Good-Day Ray" followed partly as a corrective.

Brisbane trio Tiddas sing backing vocals, their first time working with the band, and they would return on later songs such as "Like a Dog" and "Thrilloilogy". Accident or not, the choice paid off: it won Single of the Year at the 1999 ARIA Music Awards.

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