| Footprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 2001–2011 | |
| Type: | greatest hits |
| Artist: | Powderfinger |
| Cover: | Powderfinger-Footprints.png |
| Released: | 5 November 2011 |
| Recorded: | Various |
| Genre: | Alternative rock |
| Label: | Universal Music Australia |
| Prev Title: | Golden Rule |
| Prev Year: | 2009 |
| Next Title: | Fingerprints & Footprints: The Ultimate Collection |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
Footprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 2001–2011 is the second greatest hits album by Australian alternative rock band Powderfinger, released on 5 November 2011 in Australia.
The album contained tracks from Powderfinger's last three albums, as well as the single "I'm On Your Side", which was released on 25th January 2011 for the Flood Relief, and two previously unreleased songs, "Empty Space" and "Silver Bullet".[1] [2]
"Empty Space" was released to radio on 10 October and a music video released later on 18 October.[3]
The compilation was first announced on 22 June 2011 in an article announcing the release of the band's first authorised biography.[4] It was revisited in greater detail on 7 October, when the band released a trailer of the biography on their website.