: Overwhelmed by the spotlight, he turned to drugs and alcohol to cope, spending years in a cycle of addiction.
The massive success of "Bad Day" came with a heavy personal cost for Powter: Daniel Powter – Bad Day
: "Weird Al" Yankovic originally wanted to parody it as "You Had a Bad Date," but Powter initially said no. By the time Powter changed his mind, Yankovic had moved on to record "White & Nerdy". : Overwhelmed by the spotlight, he turned to
: While living in Victoria and traveling on a ferry to Vancouver, Powter saw a poster that asked, "Having a bad day?" . That single line sparked the idea, and he wrote the lyrics in about an hour during the journey. : While living in Victoria and traveling on
: Record labels initially turned Powter down, citing a lack of stage presence.
: At the time, Powter was a struggling artist. He wrote the lyrics based partly on his own life and intended for them to be "phonics-based" —words that just sounded great when sung.