"The Day You Went Away" is a song by English
pop/
soul group Soul Family Sensation. The track served as the third single from the group's debut studio album, New Wave, and was released in February 1992 on
One Little Indian Records.[2] It was written by Guy Batson and
Johnny Male. Despite the success of their first single, "I Don't Even Know If I Should Call You Baby", which peaked at
No. 49 on the
UK Singles Chart, "The Day You Went Away" did not chart.[3] In 1992, Australian singer-songwriter
Wendy Matthews covered the song, which reached No. 2 on the
Australian Singles Chart and won two
ARIA Music Awards.
Wendy Matthews' cover was released 31 August 1992 by
rooArt 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 No. 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 / Other Stuff (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Soul Family Sensation.
One Little Indian Records. 1992. 77TP7.{{
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^The Day You Went Away / Other Stuff (UK 12-inch single sleeve). Soul Family Sensation. One Little Indian Records. 1992. 77TP12.{{
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^The Day You Went Away / Other Stuff (UK CD single liner notes). Soul Family Sensation. One Little Indian Records. 1992. 77TP 7CD.{{
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^The Day You Went Away (Australian CD single liner notes).
Wendy Matthews.
rooArt. 1992. 4509905222.{{
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^The Day You Went Away (Australian cassette single sleeve). Wendy Matthews. rooArt. 1992. 4509905224.{{
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^The Day You Went Away (Australian 7-inch single sleeve). Wendy Matthews. rooArt. 1992. 4509919687.{{
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