Song · Everclear
“Heartspark Dollar Sign” by Everclear
From the album Sparkle and Fade (1995)
“Heartspark Dollar Sign” by Everclear appears on 16 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 1996 and 2024. It was first released in 1995 on the album Sparkle and Fade. Its best result is #11 on The End Top 107 Songs of 1996. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #75 alternative song of 1996 and #2,789 alternative song of all time.
"Heartspark Dollar Sign" turned up on Sparkle and Fade, Everclear's second album, in May 1995, but Art Alexakis had been carrying the song around since before the band existed, back when he was playing in Colorfinger. It's a love song about an interracial couple, drawn from the kind of romance Alexakis lived through in his younger days, and he sells it with a grin and a sneer over bright, buzzing guitars and a chorus made for yelling along in the car.
Alexakis produced it himself, with Michael W. Douglass and Brian Malouf as co-producers, and Malouf mixed it. When it came out as a single in March 1996, it gave Everclear their first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 and climbed to number 13 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 96 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996 | 101 |
| 1996 | 11 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1996 | 107 |
| 1996 | 65 | WBCN Boston, MA | WBCN Top 104 Songs of 1996 | 104 |
| 1996 | 58 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1996 | 100 |
| 1996 | 75 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 96 Songs of 1996 | 96 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 649 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 1999 | 1675 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1675 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1675 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1667 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2002 | 355 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1485 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1485 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1484 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2021 | 796 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2024 | 905 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
Also listed as: Heartspark Dollarsign.
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