"The Day Before I Met You" is a song by Australian recording artist Jessica Mauboy from the platinum edition of her third studio album, Beautiful. It was released on 13 February 2015 as the album's sixth overall single and the second single from the platinum edition. "The Day Before I Met You" was written by Antonio Dixon, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Khristopher Riddick-Tynes, Helen Jane Culver and Mauboy. Dixon and Edmonds also produced the song with The Rascals. "The Day Before I Met You" is a pop love song which features an acoustic guitar riff and "very low pitched" vocals in its verses. Lyrically, Mauboy sings about "not wanting to go back to a time before that special someone was in her life".

Upon its release, "The Day Before I Met You" debuted at number 41 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. An accompanying music video was directed by Nick Waterman and filmed in Mauboy's hometown of Darwin, Northern Territory. It features appearances by her parents, sisters and grandmother. Children from the Aboriginal communities of Kulaluk and Bagot also appear in the video. Mauboy performed "The Day Before I Met You" at the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup opening ceremony and on the Today show live at Uluru. She also promoted the single's release on social media and during radio interviews.

"The Day Before I Met You" was written by Antonio Dixon, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Khristopher Riddick-Tynes, Helen Jane Culver and Jessica Mauboy. It was produced by Dixon, Edmonds and The Rascals. The song was recorded and mixed by Paul Boutin at Brandon's Way Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California. The mastering was done by Leon Zervos at Studios 301 in Sydney. Eric Jackson provided the guitars for the song. "The Day Before I Met You" is a pop love song with an acoustic guitar riff and "very low pitched" vocals in the verses. Lyrically, it is about Mauboy "not wanting to go back to a time before that special someone was in her life". During the chorus, she sings: "What did I do without you here / How did I breathe when you're my air / If I had a time machine I would never go back / to the day before I met you." Kirsten Maree of Renowned for Sound noted that the chorus has a "soft melody". According to Mauboy, "The Day Before I Met You" also has another meaning, "[It's] about my own journey in life and reflects on my family and loved ones as well as the people, the lifestyle, the spirit & soul of my hometown of Darwin."

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