 On 7 September 1998 , Powderfinger released their third studio album , Internationalist , which peaked at No. 1 and spent 101 weeks in the Top 50 of the ARIA Albums Chart , it was produced by Nick DiDia ( Rage Against the Machine , Pearl Jam ) . Allmusic 's Jonathan Lewis had mixed feelings about the album , he was enchanted by its lead single , " The Day You Come " , however " the rest of the album didn 't measure up " except for " some fine tracks " in " Don 't Wanna Be Left Out " and " Already Gone " . Nevertheless , by 2007 the album had shipped over 350 @,@ 000 copies and was certified five times platinum domestically , and had reached European audiences . Internationalist was the first Powderfinger album to win any ARIA Music Awards . At the 1999 ceremony it won " Album of the Year " , " Best Rock Album " and " Best Cover Art " ( by Kevin Wilkins ) ; and " The Day You Come " won " Single of the Year " . " Passenger " , another single from Internationalist , was nominated for three additional categories in the following year . The band was both praised and criticised for their political views on Internationalist . In a November 1998 interview with Benedict Watts of Juice Magazine , Haug said that political messages in " The Day You Come " were not something they were just preaching about , but rather were something they saw as a responsibility . 
