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The Day You Went Away
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Wikipedia article
"'The Day You Went Away'" is a song originally recorded by the project Soul Family Sensation in 1991. 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 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.
Composition
"The Day You Went Away" is performed in a slow time with a vocal range of E4 to C6.
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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.
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Category:1992 singles
Category:1992 songs
Category:ARIA Award-winning songs
Category:Song recordings produced by T Bone Burnett
Category:Wendy Matthews songs
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