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Cover of Songs From an American Movie, Vol. One: Learning How to Smile by Everclear
Cover: Songs From an American Movie, Vol. One: Learning How to Smile

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“Wonderful” by Everclear

From the album Songs From an American Movie, Vol. One: Learning How to Smile (2000)

“Wonderful” by Everclear appears on 24 radio countdowns from 18 stations between 2000 and 2024. It was first released in 2000 on the album Songs From an American Movie, Vol. One: Learning How to Smile. Its best result is #27 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 2000. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #50 alternative song of 2000, #2,195 alternative song of all time and #468 of the '00s.

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Everclear - Wonderful (Official Music Video)

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"Wonderful" opened the book on Everclear's fourth studio album, Songs from an American Movie Vol. One: Learning How to Smile, arriving as its first single on May 22, 2000. Under that bright, chiming, sing-along surface lies a divorce seen through a kid's eyes, one stage per verse: covering your ears while the parents fight and remembering how it used to be, then putting on a brave face for friends at school, and finally, in the bridge, blowing up at parents who have drifted apart and started seeing other people.

Art Alexakis wrote the lyrics and produced it himself, the band shares the music credit, and Neal Avron mixed it. It climbed to number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, the band's only top-40 hit there, and it topped the RPM Top 30 Rock Report in Canada.

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#StationCountdownof
2000 64 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2000 107
2000 29 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2000 91
2000 67 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2000 105
2000 36 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2000 101
2000 66 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2000 100
2000 51 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2000 93
2000 60 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2000 107
2000 60 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2000 89
2000 78 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2000 99
2000 27 93XRT Chicago, IL WXRT Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2000 30
2000 91 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2000 100
2000 65 103.3 The Edge Buffalo, NY 103.3 The Edge Top 103 of 2000 103
2000 27 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2000 102
2000 31 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2000 100
2001 30 WHTG Monmouth-Ocean, NJ G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2001 106

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2007 884 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 934 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 960 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 989 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1021 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1068 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1111 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2020 271 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2024 1009 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century 1055

Charting alongside it in 2000

Best songs of 2000 →
  1. 1JudithA Perfect Circle
  2. 2Last ResortPapa Roach
  3. 3CalifornicationRed Hot Chili Peppers
  4. 4Pardon MeIncubus
  5. 5OthersideRed Hot Chili Peppers
  6. 6Kryptonite3 Doors Down

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