Bless My Soul

"Bless My Soul" is a single from Powderfinger's first "best of" album, Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 1994-2000. The other new song on the album, "Process This," was not released as a single. Though 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]

For other uses, see Bless My Soul (disambiguation).

"Bless My Soul"
Single by Powderfinger
from the album Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 1994-2000
Released2004 (Australia)[1]
RecordedSing Sing Studios, Melbourne
GenreRock
Length4:06
LabelUniversal
Grudge
Songwriter(s)Jon Coghill, John Collins, Bernard Fanning, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton
Producer(s)Nick DiDia
Powderfinger singles chronology
"Stumblin'"
(2004)		 "Bless My Soul"
(2004)		 "Lost and Running"
(2007)

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.

Track listing

Music by Powderfinger. Lyrics by Bernard Fanning.

  1. "Bless My Soul" - 4:06

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
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References
  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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