"Already Gone" is a song from Powderfinger

Powderfinger

Powderfinger was an Australian rock band that formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their breakup the band lineup consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bassist John Collins, and drummer Jon Coghill....

's third studio album Internationalist

Internationalist (album)

Internationalist is the third studio album by Australian alternative rock band, Powderfinger. The album was released on 7 September 1998 and was often labelled Powderfinger's most adventurous work, with greater experimentation than in previous works....

. It was released as a single on 12 February 1999.

Australian Idol

Australian Idol

Australian Idol is a Logie Award-winning Australian singing competition, which began its first season on July 2003 and ended its run in November 2009. As part of the Idol franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program Pop Idol, which was created by British entertainment executive...

's first season runner-up Shannon Noll

Shannon Noll

Shannon Noll first came to prominence as runner-up of the first series of Australian Idol which led to him being signed to Sony BMG. Since then he has released five Top 10 albums and ten Top 10 singles. His first two albums That's What I'm Talking About in 2004 and Lift in 2005 debuted at No...

 performed "Already Gone" in the 22 September episode of Australian Idol 2003 as his contribution to the Australian Hits category.

Music video

The music video for "Already Gone" was a change in direction for Powderfinger, and one that caused a certain degree of backlash from their fans. Fanning himself has publicly disowned the music clip, meanwhile still embracing the song attached to it. Fanning put this down to "being lazy" and has commented that he never meant to misinterpret women in such a way. The music video has some women scantily clad playing Totem tennis

Totem tennis

Totem tennis is a game usually played by children. It has a pole, called the totem, with a ball on a string attached to it. Players use small tennis racquet made out of plastic to hit the ball around the pole. The pole has at the bottom a spike and foot paddles to push it into the ground...

 in a suggestible manner.

Track listing

1. "Already Gone"
2. "Control Freak"
3. "Today You Come"
4. "The Day You Come (Remix)"
5. "Tom (Demo)"