These Days (Powderfinger song)

"These Days"
Promotional single by Powderfinger
from the album Odyssey Number Five
Released1999 (Australia)
2000 (Canada)
Recorded1998, Sing Sing Studios, Melbourne, Australia
GenreAlternative rock
Length4:39 (Single version)
4:58 (Album version)
LabelUniversal Music
Songwriter(s)Jon Coghill, John Collins, Bernard Fanning, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton
Producer(s)Nick DiDia

"These Days" is a 1999 song by Australian alternative rock band Powderfinger, later included on their fourth studio album, Odyssey Number Five.

"These Days" was not released as a single; however, it topped the Triple J Hottest 100 chart in 1999. It was also awarded Song of the Year at the 2000 Music Critic's Awards. Powderfinger have described "These Days" as one of their most simple, enduring, and popular works to date.[1]

In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "These Days" was ranked number 77.[2]

The song was certified 3× Platinum in Australia in June 2020.

In May 2020, Thelma Plum released a cover version of the song. In a statement, Plum said "I was given the chance to record a song I grew up with, and as a Brissie local, I already know a couple of the Powderfinger guys so of course, I said yes".[3]

On 24 October 2020, Cub Sport performed the song live at the 2020 AFL Grand Final and released a studio version of the song immediately after.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Fingerprints was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Here Are The Songs That Made Triple M's 'Ozzest 100'". Musicfeeds. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Thelma Plum shares gorgeous cover of Powderfinger's "These Days"". ABC. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  4. ^ "These Days - single". Apple Music. 24 October 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.