Song · Evanescence
“Everybody's Fool” by Evanescence
From the album Fallen (2003)
“Everybody's Fool” by Evanescence appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 2004. It was first released in 2003 on the album Fallen. Its best result is #82 on the G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #582 alternative song of 2004.
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Amy Lee wrote "Everybody's Fool" in 1999, four years before Evanescence's debut album Fallen arrived, and pointed it straight at the music business: its selling of an unreal, hyper-sexualized picture of perfection, and the damage that does to how young fans see themselves. Wind-up pulled it from Fallen in 2004 as the fourth and last single, after "My Immortal".
Lee sings lead and shares the writing credit with guitarist Ben Moody and David Hodges, who plays keyboards and piano; Francesco DiCosmo is on bass, Josh Freese on drums, and the Millennium Choir adds choir vocals. Dave Fortman produced and mixed. Critics mostly liked it, singling out the concept and Lee's voice, and Philipp Stölzl's video casts her as several characters, setting glossy on-screen images against the struggle behind them.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 85 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2004 | 89 |
| 2004 | 82 | WHTG Monmouth-Ocean, NJ | G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2004 | 106 |
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