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“I Will Buy You a New Life” by Everclear

From the album So Much for the Afterglow (1997)

“I Will Buy You a New Life” by Everclear appears on 54 radio countdowns from 20 stations between 1998 and 2025. It was first released in 1997 on the album So Much for the Afterglow. Its best result is #4 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1998. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #8 alternative song of 1998, #1,071 alternative song of all time and #83 of the '90s.

54countdowns
20stations
#4best position
0#1 finishes
6top 10 finishes
1998–2025years charted

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"I Will Buy You a New Life" comes from So Much for the Afterglow, Everclear's third studio album, from 1997, and it's the band at their most bittersweet. Art Alexakis wrote the words and made the music with Greg Eklund and Craig Montoya, and he produced it himself with Neal Avron co-producing and recording.

The title is a promise, and the song sells it with a big, bright, crunchy chorus over a steady mid-tempo sway. Rami Jaffee's organ warms the edges, and Andy Wallace's mix keeps the guitars punchy without flattening the heart out of it.

Radio took to it. It reached number three on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks and number 20 on the Adult Top 40, and in Canada it topped the RPM Alternative 30 chart.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1998 6 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1998 107
1998 36 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1998 91
1998 14 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1998 106
1998 4 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 101
1998 28 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1998 100
1998 5 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 101.7 Songs of 1998 102
1998 8 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1998 107
1998 12 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 1998 100
1998 18 DC101 Washington, D.C. DC101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 101
1998 9 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1998 103
1998 9 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 103 Songs of 1998 102

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1998 971 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 151 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 174 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 248 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 455 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 145 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 1802 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 945 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2000 93 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of the '90s (September 2000) 100
2000 71 DC101 DC101 Top 101 Rock Songs of the 90s 101
2000 221 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 1804 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 467 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 1803 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 393 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 1790 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 110 The Buzz The Buzz Top Songs of All-Time (Labor Day 2002, partial) 144
2003 1770 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1770 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1772 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 448 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2007 267 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 1378 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 488 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 1441 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 434 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 1459 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1488 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1557 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1610 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1619 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 419 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 396 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 347 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 220 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2020 237 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2021 506 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2021 397 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2021 228 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 229 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2023 259 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2024 320 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) 400
2025 235 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) 400

Also listed as: I Will Buy You A New Life; I Will Buy You a Knew Life.

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