Winning Days (song)

"Winning Days"
Single by The Vines
from the album Winning Days
Released	24 May 2004
Format	Single
Length	3:33
Label	EMI/Capitol Records
Writer(s)	Craig Nicholls
Producer(s)	Rob Schnapf
The Vines singles chronology
"Ride" (2004) "Winning Days" (2004) "Don't Listen to the Radio" (2006)

"Winning Days" was the third and final single from the album of the same name by the Vines. It came out in May 2004, the same week as the Annandale Hotel incident took place in Sydney, in which Craig Nicholls, the song's writer and the group's lead singer-guitarist, assaulted a photographer, and charges were pressed.^[1][2]

Triple M also permanently banned the Vines from airplay on their network the same week,^[1][2] which resulted in the single having no radio backing at all in the wake of the national negative publicity created by Triple M during the days that followed. It appeared on the ARIA Singles Chart top 100 and the top 50 on the UK Singles Chart.^[3][4][5]

Track listing

1. "Winning Days" – 3:34
2. "Landslide (Demo)" – 3:11
3. "Watch the World (Demo)" – 2:36

References

1. Sams, Christine (6 June 2004). "Help Me, I'm a Pop Star". The Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 1 September 2011.
2. Jinman, Richard (5 June 2004). "Vines in a Tangle". The Age (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 3 September 2011.
3. "ARIA Top 100 Singles" (PDF) (744). ARIA. 2004-05-31: 2. Retrieved 2008-10-04..
4. "UK Top 40 Chart Archive". everyHIT.com. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
5. "UK Chart Log". zobbel.de. Retrieved 2008-11-23.