Bless My Soul

"Bless My Soul"
"Bless My Soul"
Single by Powderfinger
from the album Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 1994-2000
Released	2004 (Australia)
Recorded	Sing Sing Studios, Melbourne
Genre	Rock
Length	4:06
Label	Universal; Grudge
Songwriter(s)	Jon Coghill, John Collins, Bernard Fanning, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton
Producer(s)	Nick DiDia
Powderfinger singles chronology

"Bless My Soul" is a song from Powderfinger's first "best of" album, Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 1994-2000. The song was released a promotional single only. Although the album is described as compiling hits from 1994-2000, this song was recorded by the band in 2004 especially for the Fingerprints album.^[2]

The song was written whilst the band was holidaying in Spain, according to lead singer Bernard Fanning.^[3] Several lyrics of the song refer to Spain and its national flag colours of "red and gold".

In Australia, the song was ranked #9 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004.

Music video

The music video for "Bless My Soul" features lead singer Bernard Fanning walking along the rocks on the cliff face of a beach singing the song. The video's colour has been warped with an effect to make everything appear unnatural. These scenes are edited amongst scenes of the band playing the song.

Audio sample

"Bless My Soul"

A 19 second sample from Powderfinger's "Bless My Soul"

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References

^ Bless My Soul promo page on Hindley Site Archived 8 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 18 June 2007
^ Footprints booklet, Empty Spaces entry.
^ Bless my Soul page on Hindley Site Archived 11 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 18 June 2007

[1] Bless My Soul promo page on Hindley Site Archived 8 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 18 June 2007

[2] Footprints booklet, Empty Spaces entry.

[3] Bless my Soul page on Hindley Site Archived 11 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 18 June 2007

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v t e Powderfinger
Bernard Fanning Darren Middleton Ian Haug John Collins Jon Coghill Steven Bishop
Studio albums	Parables for Wooden Ears Double Allergic Internationalist Odyssey Number Five Vulture Street Dream Days at the Hotel Existence Golden Rule
Extended plays	Transfusion Mr Kneebone The Triple M Acoustic Sessions One Night Lonely
Other releases	These Days: Live in Concert Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 1994–2000 Footprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 2001–2011 Fingerprints & Footprints: The Ultimate Collection Unreleased (1998–2010)
Singles	"Tail" "Pick You Up" "D.A.F." "Living Type" "Take Me In" "The Day You Come" "Don't Wanna Be Left Out/Good-Day Ray" "Already Gone" "Passenger" "My Happiness" "My Kind of Scene" "Like a Dog" "The Metre/Waiting for the Sun" "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind" "Love Your Way" "Sunsets" video "Since You've Been Gone" "Stumblin'" "Bless My Soul" "Lost and Running" "I Don't Remember" "Nobody Sees" "Who Really Cares (Featuring the Sound of Insanity)" "All of the Dreamers "Burn Your Name" "Sail the Wildest Stretch"
Other songs	"These Days" "Black Tears"
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