20 Good Reasons

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“20 Good Reasons”
“20 Good Reasons” cover
Single by Thirsty Merc
from the album Slideshows
Released March 17, 2007
Format CD Single
Digital download
Recorded 2006
Genre Rock
Length 3:49
Label Warner Music Australia
Writer(s) Rai Thistlethwayte
Producer Lindsay Gravina
Thirsty Merc singles chronology
When the Weather Is Fine
(2005)		 "20 Good Reasons"
(2007)		 The Hard Way
(2007)

"20 Good Reasons" is the first single from Thirsty Merc's second album Slideshows. It was released on March 17, 2007 and is to date the band's highest charting single, reaching #4 on the ARIA Charts and #17 on the New Zealand Singles Chart. The single was also the #1 most added track to radio across Australia in March 2007[1].

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[edit] Music video

The music video for "20 Good Reasons" features the band playing in what appears to be a gritty warehouse of some kind. Intercut with the band scenes, the clip features a few couples going through various relationship troubles, echoing the story told by the song. The music video was a MySpace feature video for Australian visitors in April 2007 in preparation and for promotion of the forthcoming full length album Slideshows. Thistlethwayte wrote the song when arriving in New York City once. He notes he didn't write is asking a question about what love or relationships are about, however wrote it saying as a statement, but with the question as to why relationships are often troubled or "lost within all the hysteria"[2].

[edit] Lost promotion

The song is used in Australia's Seven Network's advertising for the television show Lost specifically its third season, airing in 2007. Since its feature on the Lost advertisement, Vinnie and Hayden might've accidentally adopted it as their song.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "20 Good Reasons"
  2. "Blood & Guts"
  3. "Midnight Sun"

[edit] References

  1. ^ Warner Music reports on "20 Good Reasons".
  2. ^ Thistlethwayte writes about writing "20 Good Reasons."
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Thirsty Merc
Rai Thistlethwayte · Phil Stack · Karl Robertson · Sean Carey · Matt Baker (former)
Studio albums
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"Wasting Time" · "Emancipate Myself" · "My Completeness" · "Someday, Someday" · "In the Summertime" · "When the Weather Is Fine" · "20 Good Reasons" · "The Hard Way" · "Those Eyes"