Footprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 2001–2011

Footprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 2001–2011 is the second greatest hits album by Australian alternative rock band Powderfinger, released on 5 November 2011 in Australia.

Footprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 2001–2011
Greatest hits album by Powderfinger
Released	5 November 2011
Recorded	Various
Genre	Alternative rock
Label	Universal Music Australia
Powderfinger chronology
Golden Rule (2009) Footprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 2001–2011 (2011) Fingerprints & Footprints: The Ultimate Collection (2011)
Singles from Footprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 2001–2011
"Empty Space" Released: 2011

The album contained tracks from Powderfinger's last three albums, as well as the single "I'm On Your Side", which was released in 2010 for the Flood Relief, and two previously unreleased songs, "Empty Space" and "Silver Bullet".^[1][2]

"Empty Space" was released to radio on 10 October and a music video released later on 18 October.^[3]

Background

The compilation was first announced on 22 June 2011 in an article announcing the release of the band's first authorised biography.^[4] It was revisited in greater detail on 7 October, when the band released a trailer of the biography on their website.

Track listing

Standard album

No.	Title	Album	Length
1.	"Empty Space"	Previously unreleased	4:27
2.	"(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind"	Vulture Street	3:21
3.	"Burn Your Name"	Golden Rule	3:52
4.	"Sunsets"	Vulture Street	3:50
5.	"Lost and Running"	Dream Days at the Hotel Existence	3:41
6.	"Nobody Sees"	Dream Days at the Hotel Existence	4:14
7.	"Love Your Way"	Vulture Street	4:30
8.	"Since You've Been Gone"	Vulture Street	4:12
9.	"I Don't Remember"	Dream Days at the Hotel Existence	3:40
10.	"A Fight About Money"	Golden Rule	5:09
11.	"Who Really Cares (Featuring the Sound of Insanity)"	Dream Days at the Hotel Existence	5:12
12.	"Sail the Wildest Stretch" (Michael Brauer Radio Mix)	Golden Rule	3:38
13.	"Head Up In the Clouds"	Dream Days at the Hotel Existence	3:46
14.	"I'm On Your Side"	Flood Appeal single, 2011	4:20
15.	"All of the Dreamers"	Golden Rule	3:37
16.	"Stumblin'"	Vulture Street	3:47
17.	"Silver Bullet"	Previously unreleased	4:29
18.	"Poison In Your Mind"	Golden Rule	2:44

Charts

Chart (2011–12)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[5]	23

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)	Position
Australian Artist Albums Chart^[6]	23

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[7]	Gold	35,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Powderfinger Footprints: Full Biography + Previously Unreleased Tracks". 6 October 2011.
2. "News".
3. "News".
4. "News".
5. "Australiancharts.com – Powderfinger – Footprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 2001–2011". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
6. "2011 ARIA AUSTRALIAN ARTIST ALBUMS CHART". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
7. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2011 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 23 January 2020.