What to Do with Daylight

What to Do with Daylight is the debut album by New Zealand singer/songwriter, Brooke Fraser released in 2004. What to Do with Daylight was the top New Zealand album for 2004 (according to RIANZ), and went seven times Platinum.

The album title comes from the album's first track "Arithmetic", as heard in the line "Wondering what to do with daylight, Until I can make you mine". The song was released as the album's fourth single in New Zealand. All five singles from the album reached the top 20 NZ singles chart and achieved #1 airplay status.

All tracks on the album were written by Fraser herself.

Track listing

1. "Arithmetic" – 4:01
2. "Saving the World" – 4:10
3. "Still In Love" – 4:28
4. "Lifeline" – 4:08
5. "Waste Another Day" – 5:25
6. "Without You" – 2:59
7. "Reverie" – 5:14
8. "Indelible" – 4:38
9. "Better" – 4:05
10. "Scarlet" – 5:57
11. "Mystery" – 4:02

Special edition

What To Do With Daylight was also re-released as a two disc CD+DVD "Special Edition" in 2004, following the albums success. The first disc was the album with the second disc being a live DVD of four songs from the album. This set also came with a slipcase cover with a different photo of Fraser. The DVD was filmed and recorded live at The Pumphouse, Takapuna, Auckland on 2 April 2004.

Live DVD tracklist:

1. "Saving the World"
2. "Lifeline"
3. "Arithmetic"
4. "Better"

Charts and certifications

What To Do With Daylight debuted at number one on the New Zealand RIANZ Album Chart. It was also certified Gold in the first week with sales of over 7,500. Within three weeks the album was certified Platinum with sales of over 15,000.

The album had a 66 week run on the New Zealand chart dating from 16 November 2003 – 28 February 2005, and would go on to reach number one a further two times and be certified 7x Platinum.

Certifications in weeks:

Gold - First week
Platinum - 3 weeks
2x Platinum - 7 weeks
3x Platinum - 21 weeks
4x Platinum - 36 weeks
5x Platinum - 48 weeks
6x Platinum - 53 weeks
7x Platinum - 63 weeks