" No Aphrodisiac " was written for Freedman 's then-girlfriend , who was living in Melbourne , while he was in Sydney . He later recalled , " We were growing apart , not writing to each other so much ... Pinky Beecroft and Chit Chat had just played me a demo of theirs , which consisted of very funny personal classifieds , and we used 6 lines of that to finish the song . " One of the lyric lines is " truth , beauty and a picture of you " , Freedman later explained " their role in the song is just to be comedic . I 'm saying ' I miss you but the universe will turn me on in your absence ' . Truth of course does n't exist , and beauty is all . " AllMusic 's Jonathan Lewis felt it was " a melancholy , piano-driven song about long-distance relationships " . According to Bernard Zuel of '' The Sydney Morning Herald '' , it was " A ballad about infidelity , or even masturbation – ' there 's no aphrodisiac like loneliness ' – it became a national love-song request . The single was released independently by Freedman 's own label , had no film clip , no commercial radio airplay and no marketing budget . " " No Aphrodisiac " won Song of the Year at the ARIA Music Awards of 1998 and was also nominated for Single of the Year , but lost out to Natalie Imbruglia 's cover version of " Torn " . The track was performed by the band at a ceremony in Sydney before the Millennium . It was also performed live during the closing ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games
ARIA Music Awards of 1998
ARIA Music Awards of 1998
No Aphrodisiac