Everything You Want (Vertical Horizon song)

"Everything You Want" is a song by American alternative rock band Vertical Horizon, the title track and second single from their third studio album of the same name.[1] Released to radio in June 1999, the single reached the top of the US Billboard Hot 100 on July 15, 2000, following a commercial release on June 27, 2000. It also peaked atop the Billboard Adult Top 40 and was Billboard's "Most Played Single" of 2000.[1] To date, "Everything You Want" is Vertical Horizon's most successful single.[2]

"Everything You Want"
Single by Vertical Horizon
from the album Everything You Want
B-side"You're a God"
ReleasedJune 1999
Recorded1998
Genre
Length
  • 4:17 (album version)
  • 4:06 (radio mix)
Label
Songwriter(s)Matthew Scannell
Producer(s)
Vertical Horizon singles chronology
"We Are"
(1999)		 "Everything You Want"
(1999)		 "You're a God"
(2000)
Music video
"Everything You Want" on YouTube

Composition

In 2009, lead vocalist Matt Scannell said he "still experience[d] joy" singing "Everything You Want" because he knew "it came from a true place".[3] The song deals with unrequited love, and Scannell explained its background in a 2010 interview:

I was in love with this girl, and she was just a broken person. She kept turning to everyone except me for love and acceptance, and I wanted so much to help her. I wanted to be the one to give her everything she wanted, but I couldn't. She just couldn't accept it from me, and it was that pain, that led me to creating the song.[4]

Music video

A music video for the single was directed by Clark Eddy in Los Angeles.[5] Throughout the video, a split screen effect depicts two versions of Scannell acting differently in mirror environments. Lyrics flash across the screen as the band performs the song in a bright, illuminated room with black, vertical pinstripes. Couples are shown arguing, with various messages appearing across the screen such as "every six seconds you think about sex" and "there are two sides to every story." Finally, the view blurs with a message reading "everything you want is not everything you need" as the video comes to a close.

In January 2000, the video was chosen as "Inside Track" of the month by VH1.[6]

Track listings

US CD single[7]

  1. "Everything You Want" (radio mix) – 4:06
  2. "The Man Who Would Be Santa" (live) – 5:33

US 7-inch single[8]

A. "Everything You Want" (radio mix) – 4:06
B. "You're a God" (radio mix) – 3:48

European and Australian CD single (released July 10, 2000)[9]

  1. "Everything You Want" (modern rock mix) – 4:06
  2. "The Man Who Would Be Santa" (live edit version) – 5:33
  3. "Heart in Hand" (live edit version) – 5:46

Charts

Release history
Region Date Label
United States (radio) June 1999 (1999-06)[27] RCA Records
United States (retail) June 27, 2000 (2000-06-27)[28]
Europe and Australia July 10, 2000 (2000-07-10)[9] RCA Records, BMG

References
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  4. Interview with Lead Singer of Vertical Horizon Matt Scannell Archived March 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Out and About in Jax (November 18, 2010). Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  5. "Production Notes" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 112 no. 9. February 26, 2000. p. 90. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  6. Rogovoy, Seth Vertical Horizon: Pittsfield native cracks Billboard's Top 20 by Seth Rogovoy Archived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine The Beat (March 31, 2000). Retrieved June 30, 2011.
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