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Bad Day
Daniel Powter
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- Album
- Daniel Powter
- Released
- 2005
- Genres
- Length
- 3:54
- Tempo
- 140 BPM
- Label
- Warner Records
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About this song
The song was released in Europe in 2005 and became a hit after Coca-Cola used it as the theme for an advertising campaign on the continent. It topped the Italian and German charts and reached number two in England for three weeks. In America, it became a hit when American Idol used it as the theme for the goodbye videos of contestants voted off in the show's fifth season. Billboard named Daniel Powter the top one-hit wonder of the 2000s for this song, and it became the first hit to top the US charts for a Canadian act since Nickelback's "How You Remind Me" in 2002. In 2008, the British Performing Rights Society revealed it was the most played song in the UK over the previous five years.
What it's about
The song says that even if you have a bad day once in a while, things will get better.
Fun facts
- Sampled in 3 other songs, like “A Bad Day for Cheers by Noodle Noggin”.
- Covered 7 times, including “Bad Day by Achampnator”.
- Written by Daniel Powter.
- Produced by Jeff Dawson and Mitchell Froom.