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“Mr. E's Beautiful Blues” by The Eels
From the album Daisies of the Galaxy (1999)
“Mr. E's Beautiful Blues” by The Eels appears on 12 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2000 and 2026. It was first released in 1999 on the album Daisies of the Galaxy. Its best result is #26 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2000. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #143 alternative song of 2000 and #3,486 alternative song of all time.
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Mark Oliver Everett never wanted "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" on the album at all. He wrote it after Daisies of the Galaxy was already finished, with Michael Simpson of the Dust Brothers co-writing and producing, and when the record company insisted it go on, he agreed only to tack it on as a bonus track, convinced it broke the album's flow. The Eels released it as the first single anyway, in February 2000, and it climbed to number 11 in the UK.
You can hear why the label wanted it: it's a sunny, bouncing shrug of a tune, all breezy groove and a wink. It landed prominently in the 2000 film Road Trip, a placement Everett later counted among his few real regrets, agreed to only because the label had threatened to shelve the album unless he went along with the music video.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 56 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2000 | 99 |
| 2000 | 26 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2000 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1963 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 454 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) | 498 |
| 2002 | 413 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) | 500 |
| 2002 | 98 | The Buzz | The Buzz Top Songs of All-Time (Labor Day 2002, partial) | 144 |
| 2003 | 226 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) | 500 |
| 2005 | 345 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) | 500 |
| 2006 | 299 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) | 499 |
| 2022 | 760 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
| 2022 | 827 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2026 | 432 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
Also listed as: Mr E's Beautiful Blues; Mr. E's Beautiful's Blues; Mrs. E's Beautiful Blues.
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