The Day You Went Away

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"The Day You Went Away"
File:The Day You Went Away single cover.jpeg
Single by Wendy Matthews
from the album Lily
Released1992
StudioRhinoceros (Sydney, Australia)
Length4:44
LabelrooART
Songwriter(s)Guy Batson, Johnny Male
Producer(s)T-Bone Burnett
Wendy Matthews singles chronology
"Let's Kiss (Like Angels Do)"
(1991) 		"The Day You Went Away"
(1992) 		"Friday's Child"
(1993)

"The Day You Went Away" is a song originally recorded by the project Soul Family Sensation in 1991.[1] Australian singer-songwriter Wendy Matthews' cover was released in 1992 as the lead single from her second solo studio album, Lily (1992). The song debuted on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart in August 1992, eventually peaking at No. 2 in December of the same year. 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.[2]

Composition

"The Day You Went Away" is performed in a slow 4
4 time with a vocal range of E4 to C♯6.[3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Day You Went Away"G. Batson, J. Male[4]4:44
2."I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You" (recorded live Melbourne, May 1991)E. Floyd[5]6:09
3."Won't Let Me Be (Georgia's Song)" (recorded live Melbourne, May 1991)A. Duffield, J. Valentine, W. Matthews[6]5:32
Total length:16:25

Charts

Sales and certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[9] 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

  1. ^ "Soul Family Sensation – New Wave (1991)". Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  2. ^ "1991 ARIA Award Winners". ARIA. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  3. ^ "The Day You Went Away Sheet Music | Wendy Matthews | Lead Sheet / Fake Book".
  4. ^ "'The Day You Went Away' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  5. ^ ""I Don't Want To Be With Nobody But You" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  6. ^ "'Won't Let Me Be' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  7. ^ "Wendy Matthews – The Day You Went Away". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  8. ^ "ARIA Top 50 Singles for 1992". ARIA. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  9. ^ "ARIA Accreditations (1987–2010)". Australian Fun Countdowns. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
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