丹尼尔·理查德·波特（ Daniel Richard Powter， 1971年 2月 25日－），亦作丹尼尔·帕德，加拿大唱作音乐人。 2005年以出道首发单曲《 Bad Day》红遍欧洲随后又席卷北美而为全世界乐迷熟知。丹尼尔细腻独特的感受力及出色的琴艺，让他总是能够在平淡无奇的生活中，找到音乐创作的题材，因此有着“城市琴人丹尼尔”的称号。

《坏天气》( Bad Day)为加拿大流行歌手丹尼尔·波特（ Daniel Powter）所创作的单曲，收录在丹尼尔首张同名专辑《 Daniel Powter》中，推出后成为加拿大单曲榜冠军。在欧洲，被可口可乐选为广告宣传曲，在英国跃居英国单曲榜亚军。而后在美国推出后，攻占公告牌流行榜榜首，成为同年告示牌流行榜冠军。

《 Bad Day》一曲获得 RIAA白金认证，并且在线上付费下载超过 200万次。 2005年 8月 2日到 9日，在 iTunes Store提供免费下载。丹尼尔借由本曲获得 2007年格莱美奖最佳流行男歌手提名。公告牌选出《 Bad Day》为 2006年流行音乐榜最棒的音乐。

歌词赏析：

Where is the moment when we need it the most

You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost

They tell me your blue sky's faded to grey

They tell me your passion's gone away

And I don't need no carrying on

You stand in the line just to hit a new low

You're faking a smile with the coffee to go

You tell me your life's been way off line

You're falling to pieces every time

And I don't need no carrying on

Cause you had a bad day

You're taking one down

You sing a sad song just to turn it around

You say you don't know

You tell me don't lie

You work at a smile and you go for a ride

You had a bad day

The camera don't lie

You're coming back down and you really don't mind

You had a bad day

Well you need a blue sky holiday

The point is they laugh at what you say

And I don't need no carrying on

You had a bad day

You're taking one down

You sing a sad song just to turn it around

You say you don't know

You tell me don't lie

You work at a smile and you go for a ride

You had a bad day

The camera don't lie

You're coming back down and you really don't mind

You had a bad day

Sometimes the system goes on the blink and the whole thing it turns out

Wrong

You might not make it back and you know that you could be well oh that

Strong

Well I'm not wrong

So where is the passion when you need it the most

Oh you and I

You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost