" Bad Day " won an award from the Society of Composers , Authors and Music Publishers of Canada as one of six Canadian pop songs with the most radio airplay in 2005 . In 2006 , it won the Tokio Hot 100 Award for Best Song , and guaranteed Powter the Canadian Radio Music Award for Best New Group or Solo Artist — Mainstream AC . In the following year , the song won a BMI Pop Award , and shared the 2007 Japan Gold Disc Award for the most-downloaded international song with " You Raise Me Up " by Celtic Woman and " Dani California " by Red Hot Chili Peppers . The song was nominated for Pop 100 Single of the Year at the 2006 '' Billboard '' Music Awards losing to Nelly Furtado 's " Promiscuous " . At the APRA Music Awards of 2006 , it was nominated for Most Performed Foreign Work but lost to Rob Thomas 's " Lonely No More " . In 2007 , it was nominated for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards but John Mayer 's performance on " Waiting on the World to Change " won him the award . It received a nomination for Best Song at the 2007 Kids ' Choice Awards but lost to Beyoncé 's " Irreplaceable "
APRA Music Awards of 2006
APRA Music Awards of 2006
Bad Day (Daniel Powter song)