When the band formed on April 8, 1997, through the renaming from Soda to Padi, all of its members were still studying at Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia.

[5] Formed on April 8, 1997, this group is a place for the art creativity of five students at Airlangga University, Surabaya.

This album managed to achieve success thanks to the support of several strong hits such as "Sudahlah", "Seperti Kekasihku", "Begitu Indah", and "Mahadewi", which made the album get platinum in April 2000 and quadruple platinum in 2001 with total the sales reached 800,000 copies.

With the released of several monster hits from the album which topped the national chart such as "Bayangkanlah", "Seandainya Bisa Memilih", "Sesuatu Yang Indah", "Kasih Tak Sampai", and "Semua Tak Sama", this album recorded one of the highest domestic sales of music records in Indonesia by selling approximately 2 million copies, with 450,000 copies of which sold in just 2 weeks.

The biggest price was when they won Favorite Artist Indonesia at the 2002 MTV Asia Awards.

Tak Hanya Diam is the fifth album of Padi which was released on Friday, November 16, 2007.

Padi launched their latest album by singing on the deck of the KRI Teluk Mandar 514 which sailed slowly in the waters of Jakarta Bay on Monday, November 12, 2007.