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"Bad Day"
Song

"Bad Day" is a pop song written and composed by Canadian singer-songwriter Daniel Powter, that borrows the melody from the chorus of Faith Hill's "Breathe."{{{reference?}}} It was released as the first single from his debut album Daniel Powter (2005) and reached number one on the Canadian Singles Chart; it also experienced success in the UK, where it reached number two. In the U.S., it reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The music video features The O.C. actress Samaire Armstrong. On the American television singing competition show, American Idol, whenever a contestant was voted off, the song was played with a video of the contestant's journey on the show. On the last performance show, Powter appeared live to sing the song.

During the 2006 NBA Playoffs, the song has been played in the arena whenever the team gets eliminated from the series on their home court. Other competitions where it has made appearances are the 2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Canadian Idol, Madden NFL 07, 2006 FIFA World Cup, and So You Think You Can Dance. Popular satirical news show The Daily Show With Jon Stewart played Powter's song over a montage of terrorist-oriented tapes following the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

"Bad Day" has been certified eight times platinum in the U.S for digital sales of over 1.6 million. It became the best-selling digital single of all time. The song was featured as a free download on Apple Computer's iTunes Music Store during August 2 - 9, 2005.

Music video

The music video features two people, presumably soon after a break-up, a boy (Jason Adelman) and a girl (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. The main event is the two adding graffiti to the same wall, separately, until one of them draws a heart. The following day in heavy rain, the boy offers the soaking wet girl an umbrella. Parts of it are shot in a 24-style splitscreen. Throughout the video, Powter is shown with his famous beanie hat playing his piano.

Charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart 2
Australian ARIA Chart 3
Canadian Singles Chart 1
Chart (2006) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay 5
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 1
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Airplay 4
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Tracks 1
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 1
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 1
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream 2
U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40 2

Chart trajectories

UK Top 75 Singles Chart Run (Wks 1-30)
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Position
2
2
2
3
3
3
5
5
6
6
10
8
8
13 17 16 19 20 24 26 28 34 21 27 34 42 46 52 57 61
UK Top 75 Singles Chart Run (Wks 31-39)
Week 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39
Position 64 74
75
(re)
66 56 58
72
(re)
73
72
(re)
US Billboard Hot 100 Chart Run
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Position
55
41
29
14
5
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
5
5
11
16
20
18
Preceded by Billboard Hot 100 number one single
April 8 2006 		Succeeded by

See also

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