The Day You Went Away
"The Day You Went Away" | ||||
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Single by Wendy Matthews | ||||
from the album Lily | ||||
Released | 31 August 1992 | |||
Recorded | Rhinoceros Studios, Sydney | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 4:44 | |||
Label | rooART | |||
Songwriter(s) | Guy Batson, Johnny Male | |||
Producer(s) | T-Bone Burnett | |||
Wendy Matthews singles chronology | ||||
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"The Day You Went Away" is a song by Australian recording artist Wendy Matthews. Released in August 1992 as the lead single from her second solo studio album, Lily. It debuted on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart at No. 43 in September, before peaking at No. 2 in December 1992. This is Matthews' highest charting single on the Australian chart. In the United Kingdom and Europe, the song was released on RooART in 1993 but was not a hit. Matthews subsequently included the song on her 1999 Greatest Hits album, Stepping Stones and her 2007 compilation album, The Essential Wendy Matthews.
"The Day You Went Away" won two ARIA Music Awards at the ARIA Music Awards of 1993; one for Single of the Year and one for Highest Selling Single.[1]
Composition[]
"The Day You Went Away" is performed in a slow 4/4 time with the range of E4 - C#6.[2]
Track listing[]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Day You Went Away" | G. Batson, J. Male[3] | 4:44 |
2. | "I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You" (recorded live Melbourne, May 1991) | E. Floyd[4] | 6:09 |
3. | "Won't Let Me Be (Georgia's Song)" (recorded live Melbourne, May 1991) | A. Duffield, J. Valentine, W. Matthews[5] | 5:32 |
Total length: | 16:25 |
Charts[]
Weekly charts[]
Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA)[6] | 2 |
Year-end charts[]
Chart (1992) | Position |
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Australia (ARIA)[7] | 8 |
Sales and certifications[]
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[8] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
In popular culture[]
The single was played regularly in the TV series E Street in 1992 and was also used prominently in a promo for the series when it aired on Sky One in the UK from 1992 to 1995.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ "1991 ARIA Award Winners". ARIA. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
- ^ http://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/se/ID_No/39137/Product.aspx
- ^ "'The Day You Went Away' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ^ ""I Don't Want To Be With Nobody But You" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ^ "'Won't Let Me Be' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ^ "Australian-charts.com – Wendy Matthews – The Day You Went Away". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ^ "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Singles 1992". ARIA. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ^ "ARIA Accreditations (1987-2010)". Australian Fun Countdowns. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
External links[]
- 1992 singles
- 1992 songs
- ARIA Award-winning songs
- Song recordings produced by T Bone Burnett
- Wendy Matthews songs