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2001 single by Powderfinger
"The Metre"
"Waiting for the Sun"
Single by Powderfinger
from the album Odyssey Number Five
Released27 June 2001 (Australia)
RecordedSing Sing Studios, Melbourne
GenreRock
Length3:54
LabelUniversal
Songwriter(s)Jon Coghill, John Collins, Bernard Fanning, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton
Producer(s)Nick DiDia & Powderfinger
Powderfinger singles chronology
"Like a Dog"
(2000)
"The Metre"
"Waiting for the Sun
"
(2001)
"(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind"
(2003)

"The Metre" and "Waiting for the Sun" are two songs released together as a double A-Side single by Powderfinger in support of their fourth studio album Odyssey Number Five. It was released on 27 June 2001 as the album's final single. "The Metre" and "Waiting for the Sun" both had music videos produced. "Waiting for the Sun" also featured on Powderfinger's compilation album Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 1994–2000.

Powderfinger "The Metre" 20 second sample from Powderfinger's "The Metre"
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Powderfinger "Waiting for the Sun" 25 second sample from Powderfinger's "Waiting for the Sun"
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Track listing

  1. "The Metre" – 4:33 (Jon Coghill, John Collins, Bernard Fanning, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton)
  2. "Waiting for the Sun" – 3:54 (Coghill, Collins, Fanning, Haug, Middleton)
  3. "Number of the Beast" – 4:55 (Steve Harris)
  4. "Odyssey #3" – 2:25 (Coghill, Collins, Fanning, Haug, Middleton)
  5. "Whatever Makes You Happy" (piano version) – 2:27 (Fanning)

Charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) 31

Notes

  1. https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Powderfinger&titel=The+Metre&cat=s
  2. ^ From the 2000 album Odyssey Number Five.
  3. Originally by Iron Maiden from the 1982 album Number of the Beast.
  4. Part of Powderfinger's "Odyssey" song series.
  5. "Powderfinger – The Metre". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
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