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.[2] The single reached the top of the US Billboard Hot 100 on July 15, 2000. It also peaked atop the Billboard Adult Top 40 and was Billboard's "Most Played Single" of 2000.[2] To date, "Everything You Want" is Vertical Horizon's most successful single.[3]

"Everything You Want"
Single by Vertical Horizon
from the album Everything You Want
Released	December 1999[1]
Recorded	1998
Genre	Alternative rock post-grunge
Length	4:17 (album version) 4:06 (radio mix)
Label	RCA
Songwriter(s)	Matthew Scannell
Producer(s)	Mark Endert Ben Grosse
Vertical Horizon singles chronology
"We Are" (1999) "Everything You Want" (1999) "You're a God" (2000)

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".[4] 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.[5]

Music video

A music video for the single was directed by Clark Eddy and gained significant rotation. 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 listing

US CD single

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

US 45 single

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

European CD single

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

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2000) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[7] 24 Canada Top Singles (RPM)[8] 6 Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[9] 45 Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM)[10] 1 Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[11] 33 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[12] 96 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[13] 23 Scotland (Official Charts Company)[14] 45 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[15] 42 UK Rock and Metal (Official Charts Company)[16] 8 US Billboard Hot 100[17] 1 US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[18] 2 US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[19] 1 US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[20] 5 US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[21] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2000) Position US Billboard Hot 100[22] 5 Decade-end charts Chart (2000–2009) Position US Billboard Hot 100[23] 55 All-time charts Chart Position US Billboard Hot 100[24] 388 US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[25] 22

References

1. "Vertical Horizon – Everything You Want". AllMusic.
2. "Vertical Horizon to headline World Food & Music Festival in Des Moines". Des Moines Register. August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
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5. 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.
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.
7. "Australian-charts.com – Vertical Horizon – Everything You Want". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
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9. "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 7233." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
10. "Top RPM Rock/Alternative Tracks: Issue 9820." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
11. "Íslenski Listinn Sætin 21 til 40 (1.6–8.6 2000)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). June 2, 2000. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
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21. "Vertical Horizon Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
22. "Billboard Top 100 – 2000". Archived from the original on March 4, 2009. Retrieved August 31, 2010.
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