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Bad Day (Daniel Powter song)
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"Bad Day" is a song written and performed by Canadian singer-songwriter Daniel Powter
. It was released as the first single from his second album Daniel Powter
(2005) and achieved the #1 spot in the U.S. and Ireland. In the U.S. it became the most successful single of 2006 as ranked by Billboard Magazine.
The music video
is directed by Marc Webb
and features two single people, a male (Jason Adelman
) and a female (Samaire Armstrong
), waking and going about their daily schedule. The video shows this happening over a three-day period but makes no distinction between the days apart from the different clothing worn for each day. The main event is the two adding graffiti
to the same wall, separately, on each day, culminating in the completion of a heart. At the end of the video, life mirrors the image created on the wall, with the boy offering the soaking wet girl a red umbrella in the pouring rain, as a cab stops for them. Parts of it were shot in a split-screen. Throughout the video, Powter is shown with his tuque
, playing his piano. The Metro Red Line subway in Los Angeles
was used during the shooting of this video and prominently featured throughout. The area where the two meet and add the graffiti on the wall is on the mezzanine level of Pershing Square Station
in downtown Los Angeles.
; it was also successful in the United Kingdom
, where it reached number two on the UK Singles Chart
after it was used in an advertising campaign for Coca-Cola
. In the United States
, it reached number one on both the Billboard Hot 100
and Adult Contemporary charts. The song grew in popularity in the United States when it was used in the fifth season of American Idol
in the farewell video packages for eliminated contestants. It was also featured in the compilation album Voices from the FIFA World Cup
during the 2006 FIFA World Cup
. It is also currently a popular song to play in sporting events, usually whenever the home team loses. It was even played after the 2008 U.S. Presidential election
after John McCain
's concession speech.
"Bad Day" has been certified 2x platinum by the RIAA in the U.S. for digital sales of over 2 million. The song was featured as a free download on the iTunes Store
from August 2–9, 2005. It was nominated for a 2007 Grammy Award for "Best Male Pop Vocal Performance".
Billboard named "Bad Day" the No. 1 Hot 100
song of 2006
. It is one of four "one hit wonders" to become Billboard's single of the year, following 1958's "Volare (Nel Blu Di Pinto Di Blu)" by Domenico Modugno, 1962's "Stranger On The Shore" by Mr. Acker Bilk, and 1996's "Macarena
" by Los del Río
.
On the 16th July 2008, it was revealed by BBC News that "Bad Day" was the most played song in the UK during the period 2003-2008.
for their 2007 film
Alvin and the Chipmunks
. Their version made the charts in January 2008, peaking at #86 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Bad Day" was also covered by Kidz Bop
, also the first Kidz Bop song to be a single.
The Maccabeats, the all-male acapella group of Yeshiva University
recorded an acapella version of the song on their 2010 album, Voices From The Heights.
"Bad Day" was also parodied by UK based parody group Amateur Transplants
in the form of "King of the Dead" in which a man wakes up one morning and everyone's dead - which is a bad day.
Daniel Powter
Daniel Richard Powter is a Canadian recording artist. He is known for his hit "Bad Day", which spent five weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100. Powter became the only act to register the #1 hit of the year but chart no other Hot 100 hit.- Life and career :Powter grew up in Vernon, in the...
. It was released as the first single from his second album Daniel Powter
Daniel Powter (album)
Daniel Powter is the self-titled album by Canadian singer-songwriter Daniel Powter, released on July 26, 2005 in Canada and on April 4, 2006 in the United States. The album debuted at #9 on the Billboard 200 with 89,213 copies sold that week. As of 12 July 2006, Daniel Powter has sold 464,136...
(2005) and achieved the #1 spot in the U.S. and Ireland. In the U.S. it became the most successful single of 2006 as ranked by Billboard Magazine.
Music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
is directed by Marc Webb
Marc Webb
Marc Preston Webb is an American music video, short film and major motion picture director. He directed the 2009 romantic comedy-drama Days of Summer and is currently directing the 2012 Spider-Man reboot The Amazing Spider-Man.-Life and career:Webb was born in Bloomington, Indiana, the son of...
and features two single people, a male (Jason Adelman
Jason Adelman
Jason Adelman is an American actor. At the age of ten, a talent scout chose him to do a commercial for McDonald's...
) and a female (Samaire Armstrong
Samaire Armstrong
Samaire Rhys Armstrong is an American actress, fashion designer and model. She is best known for her roles in Stay Alive, The O.C. and It's a Boy Girl Thing. Her best known role to date is portraying the role of Juliet Darling in the ABC television series Dirty Sexy Money...
), waking and going about their daily schedule. The video shows this happening over a three-day period but makes no distinction between the days apart from the different clothing worn for each day. The main event is the two adding graffiti
Graffiti
Graffiti is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property....
to the same wall, separately, on each day, culminating in the completion of a heart. At the end of the video, life mirrors the image created on the wall, with the boy offering the soaking wet girl a red umbrella in the pouring rain, as a cab stops for them. Parts of it were shot in a split-screen. Throughout the video, Powter is shown with his tuque
Tuque
A – variously known as a knit hat or stocking cap among other names – is a knitted cap, originally of wool though now often of synthetic fibers, that is designed to provide warmth in winter...
, playing his piano. The Metro Red Line subway in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
was used during the shooting of this video and prominently featured throughout. The area where the two meet and add the graffiti on the wall is on the mezzanine level of Pershing Square Station
Pershing Square (LACMTA Station)
Pershing Square Station is a heavy-rail subway station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system. It is located on Hill Street between 4th and 5th Streets, near Pershing Square in Downtown Los Angeles. This station is served by the Red Line and the Purple Line and various local bus services. ...
in downtown Los Angeles.
Critical reception
Billboard called the song "one of the great discoveries of the year" and the top One Hit Wonder of the 2000s.Release history
| Country | Release date |
|---|---|
| Europe | |
| Australia | |
| United Kingdom | |
| United States |
Chart performances
"Bad Day" reached number seven on the Canadian Singles ChartCanadian Singles Chart
The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays....
; it was also successful in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, where it reached number two on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
after it was used in an advertising campaign for Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke...
. In the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, it reached number one on both the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
and Adult Contemporary charts. The song grew in popularity in the United States when it was used in the fifth season of American Idol
American Idol
American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
in the farewell video packages for eliminated contestants. It was also featured in the compilation album Voices from the FIFA World Cup
Voices from the FIFA World Cup
Voices from the FIFA World Cup is a collection of songs released at the time of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.-Track listing :Disc 1# "The Time of Our Lives" - Il Divo and Toni Braxton...
during the 2006 FIFA World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...
. It is also currently a popular song to play in sporting events, usually whenever the home team loses. It was even played after the 2008 U.S. Presidential election
United States presidential election, 2008
The United States presidential election of 2008 was the 56th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on November 4, 2008. Democrat Barack Obama, then the junior United States Senator from Illinois, defeated Republican John McCain, the senior U.S. Senator from Arizona. Obama received 365...
after John McCain
John McCain
John Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election....
's concession speech.
"Bad Day" has been certified 2x platinum by the RIAA in the U.S. for digital sales of over 2 million. The song was featured as a free download on the iTunes Store
ITunes Store
The iTunes Store is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple. Opening as the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003, with over 200,000 items to purchase, it is, as of April 2008, the number-one music vendor in the United States...
from August 2–9, 2005. It was nominated for a 2007 Grammy Award for "Best Male Pop Vocal Performance".
Billboard named "Bad Day" the No. 1 Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
song of 2006
Top Hot 100 Hits of 2006
This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 2006.-See also:*2006 in music*List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2006...
. It is one of four "one hit wonders" to become Billboard's single of the year, following 1958's "Volare (Nel Blu Di Pinto Di Blu)" by Domenico Modugno, 1962's "Stranger On The Shore" by Mr. Acker Bilk, and 1996's "Macarena
Macarena (song)
"Macarena" is a Spanish dance song by Los del Río about a woman of the same name. Appearing on the 1994 album A mí me gusta, it was an international hit between 1995 and 1996, and continues to have a cult following. It was ranked the "#1 Greatest One-Hit Wonder of all Time" by VH1 in 2002.The song...
" by Los del Río
Los del Río
Los Del Rio, also known as "The Del Rios," was a Spanish Latin dance group formed in 1992 and broke up in mid-2007. They were best known by their smash-hit and hot dance single Macarena originally released in early 1994. The song peaked at the Hot Dance Singles and Billboard 200 by mid-1994. The...
.
On the 16th July 2008, it was revealed by BBC News that "Bad Day" was the most played song in the UK during the period 2003-2008.
Cover versions
"Bad Day" was covered by the fictional music group Alvin and the ChipmunksAlvin and the Chipmunks
Alvin and the Chipmunks is an American animated music group created by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. in 1958. The group consists of three singing animated anthropomorphic chipmunks: Alvin, the mischievous troublemaker, who quickly became the star of the group; Simon, the tall, bespectacled intellectual;...
for their 2007 film
2007 in film
This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Alvin and the Chipmunks (film)
Alvin and the Chipmunks is a 2007 comedy film directed by Tim Hill. Based on the animated series of the same name, the film stars Jason Lee, David Cross, and Cameron Richardson with the voices of Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, and Jesse McCartney. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox and...
. Their version made the charts in January 2008, peaking at #86 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Bad Day" was also covered by Kidz Bop
Kidz Bop
Kidz Bop is a brand of compilation albums featuring child session musicians performing contemporary music. The series was developed by Razor & Tie co-founders Cliff Chenfeld and Craig Balsam in 2001...
, also the first Kidz Bop song to be a single.
The Maccabeats, the all-male acapella group of Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University is a private university in New York City, with six campuses in New York and one in Israel. Founded in 1886, it is a research university ranked as 45th in the US among national universities by U.S. News & World Report in 2012...
recorded an acapella version of the song on their 2010 album, Voices From The Heights.
"Bad Day" was also parodied by UK based parody group Amateur Transplants
Amateur Transplants
Amateur Transplants are a London based, British parody musical duo consisting of medical professionals, Dr. Adam Kay and Dr. Suman Biswas , who came to prominence in 2005 with a song about the London Underground, parodying the Jam song "Going Underground"...
in the form of "King of the Dead" in which a man wakes up one morning and everyone's dead - which is a bad day.
Peak positions
| Chart (2005/06/07) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
3 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 13 |
| Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart | 5 |
| Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart | 7 |
| Canadian Singles Chart Canadian Singles Chart The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays.... |
7 |
| Danish Singles Chart Tracklisten Tracklisten is a Danish top 40 record chart that is presented every Thursday midnight at .The weekly Danish Singles Chart also known as Track Top-40 combines the 40 best selling tracks from legal music downloads and the sales of music singles on either CD or vinyl... |
5 |
| Dutch Singles Chart Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting... |
6 |
| French Singles Chart | 3 |
| German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
17 |
| Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... |
1 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 3 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 7 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by... |
7 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 8 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 5 |
| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
2 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
1 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Pop 100 The Pop 100 was a songs chart that debuted in February 2005 and was released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States until its discontinuation in 2009... |
1 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States... |
1 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 2 |
End of year charts
| End of year chart (2005) | Position |
|---|---|
| Australian Singles Chart | 18 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 40 |
| Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart | 23 |
| Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart | 36 |
| Dutch Top 40 | 6 |
| French Singles Chart | 46 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 9 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 32 |
| UK Singles Chart | 11 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
1 |
Certifications
| Country | Certification | Date | Sales certified | Physical sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Platinum | 2005 | 70,000 | |
| Canada | 2 x Platinum (Digital) | April 10, 2006 | 20,000 | |
| France | Silver | September 28, 2005 | 125,000 | 126,000 |
| Germany | Gold | 2010 | 150,000 | 150,000 |
| U.S. | 3x Platinum | October 1, 2007 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 |
Chart successions
See also
- 2005 in music2005 in music-Events:*During the year 2005, 12 rock music albums scored number 1 in the USA. This was the first time even ten albums have scored number 1 since 1996.-January:...
- 2006 in music2006 in musicThis is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2006.-January:*January 10 – Eric Burdon releases his album Soul of a Man and begins touring with a new band....
- Billboards Top Hot 100 Hits of 2006Top Hot 100 Hits of 2006This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 2006.-See also:*2006 in music*List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2006...
- Musical parody by Internet Sketch Comedy Show Moron LifeMoron LifeMoron Life is an independently produced, self funded sketch comedy show shot entirely in San Jose, California, that strives to epitomize the true spirit of local television by serving as a humorous commentary on life and providing a showcase for local comedic and musical talent...
Called Overplayed
External links
- "Bad Day" at AOLAOLAOL Inc. is an American global Internet services and media company. AOL is headquartered at 770 Broadway in New York. Founded in 1983 as Control Video Corporation, it has franchised its services to companies in several nations around the world or set up international versions of its services...
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