20 Good Reasons

"20 Good Reasons" was the first single from Thirsty Merc's second album Slideshows. It was released on 17 March 2007 and is to date the band's highest-charting single, reaching number four on the Australian Singles Chart and number seventeen on the New Zealand Singles Chart. The song was nominated for 'Song of the Year' at the 2008 APRA awards. The single was also the number one most added track to radio across Australia in March 2007.^[1]

"20 Good Reasons"
Single by Thirsty Merc
from the album Slideshows
Released	17 March 2007
Genre	Rock
Length	3:49
Label	Warner Music Group
Songwriter(s)	Rai Thistlethwayte
Producer(s)	Lindsay Gravina
Thirsty Merc singles chronology
"When the Weather Is Fine" (2005) "20 Good Reasons" (2007) "The Hard Way" (2007)

Music video

The music video for "20 Good Reasons" features the band playing in what appears to be a gritty warehouse of some kind. Intercut with the band scenes, the clip features a few couples going through various relationship troubles, echoing the story told by the song. The music video was a MySpace feature video for Australian visitors in April 2007 in preparation and for promotion of the forthcoming full-length album Slideshows. Thistlethwayte wrote the song when arriving in New York City once. He notes he did not write it asking a question about what love or relationships are about, however wrote it saying as a statement, but with the question as to why relationships are often troubled or "lost within all the hysteria".^[2]

Lost promotion

The song was used in the Seven Network's advertising for the hit television series, Lost—specifically its third season, which aired in 2007.

Track listing

1. "20 Good Reasons"
2. "Blood & Guts"
3. "Midnight Sun"

Charts

Chart performance for "20 Good Reasons"

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[3]	4
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[4]	17

Certifications

Certifications for "20 Good Reasons"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[5]	Gold	35,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. (Source: AU Warner Music report on "20 Good Reasons", which is now 404).
2. Thistlethwayte writes about writing "20 Good Reasons."
3. "Thirsty Merc – 20 Good Reasons". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
4. "Thirsty Merc – 20 Good Reasons". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
5. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2007 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 21 October 2022.