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"Wasn't It Good"
Single by Tina Arena
from the album Don't Ask
Released	18 September 1995 (1995-09-18)
Length	5:14 (album version)
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Tina Arena Heather Field Robert Parde
Producer(s)	David Tyson
Tina Arena singles chronology
"Heaven Help My Heart" (1995) "Wasn't It Good" (1995) "Show Me Heaven" (1995)

"Wasn't It Good" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Tina Arena from her third studio album, Don't Ask (1994). Arena co-wrote the song along with Heather Field and Robert Parde, and it was produced by David Tyson. The song peaked at number 11 in Australia and received four nominations at the ARIA Awards in 1996. Upon release as a single, the title was rendered with an ellipsis ("Wasn't It Good...").

Arena has performed the song on most tours, including her 2004 Greatest Hits tour and 2012 Australian tour. It is track four on her 2004 Greatest Hits compilation.

Musical and lyrical content

"Wasn't It Good" was composed in the key of G, while the lyrics lament a past friendship that did not turn into a romantic relationship.

Award nominations

ARIA Awards

The ARIA Awards are presented annually from 1987 by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). "Wasn't It Good" was nominated in four categories, including Single of the Year. It did not win any awards.

APRA Awards

The Australasian Performing Right Association have presented the APRA Awards annually from 1982; "Wasn't It Good" was nominated in 1996 and won the Song of the Year.

Track listing

A five-track single was released through Columbia Records; it contains both the single edit and original album version of "Wasn't It Good", as well as live versions of three other tracks from Don't Ask.

Australian CD single

1. "Wasn't It Good" (single version)
2. "Greatest Gift" (live)
3. "Love Is the Answer" (live)
4. "Message" (live)
5. "Wasn't It Good" (album version)

Charts

Certifications

References

1. The ARIA Report. Vol. 292. ARIA. 17 September 1995. p. 21.
2. "Buy Greatest Hits 1994-2004 Tina Arena, Rock/Pop, CD". Sanity. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
3. "Wasn't It Good chords by Tina Arena". e-chords.com. Petaxxon. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
4. "Winners By Year". ARIA. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
5. "APRA|AMCOS : Nominations - 1996". APRA. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
6. Wasn't It Good... (Australian CD single liner notes). Tina Arena. Columbia Records. 1995. 661022.2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
7. "Tina Arena – Wasn't It Good...". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
8. "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1995". ARIA. Retrieved 14 March 2023 – via Imgur.
9. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 18.

v t e Tina Arena songs
Strong as Steel	"I Need Your Body" "The Machine's Breaking Down" "Strong as Steel" "Woman's Work"
Don't Ask	"Chains" "Sorrento Moon (I Remember)" "Heaven Help My Heart" "Wasn't It Good" "Show Me Heaven"
In Deep	"Burn" "If I Didn't Love You" "Now I Can Dance" "Whistle Down the Wind" "I Want to Know What Love Is" "I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You" "If I Was a River" "Aller plus haut" "Les Trois Cloches"
Just Me	"Soul Mate #9" "Dare You to Be Happy" "Tu es toujours là" "Symphony of Life"
Vous êtes toujours là	"Je te retrouve un peu"
Greatest Hits 1994–2004	"Italian Love Song"
Un autre univers	"Aimer jusqu'à l'impossible" "Je m'appelle Bagdad" "Tu aurais dû me dire (Oser parler d'amour)"
Songs of Love & Loss	"To Sir with Love"
7 vies	"Entends-tu le monde?"
Songs of Love & Loss 2	"Oh Me, Oh My"
Reset	"You Set Fire to My Life" "Only Lonely"
Eleven	"I Want to Love You"
Quand tout Recommence	"Tant que tu es là"
Other releases	"Turn Up the Beat" "Ti Voglio Qui" "Live for the One I Love" "Never (Past Tense)" "Voici les clés" "The Things We Do For Love" "A Foreign Affair"
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