Song · The Eels
“Your Lucky Day In Hell” by The Eels
From the album Beautiful Freak (1996)
“Your Lucky Day In Hell” by The Eels appears on 6 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2004. It was first released in 1996 on the album Beautiful Freak. Its best result is #1823 on the CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,409 alternative song of all time.
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"Your Lucky Day in Hell" came off Beautiful Freak, the 1996 debut from Eels, and went out as the album's fourth single in 1997. E sings lead, plays guitar and Wurlitzer electric piano and produced it, with Mark Goldenberg co-producing and adding guitar and keyboards; Tommy Walter on bass and Butch on drums chip in backing vocals, and Mike Simpson mixed. The songwriting credit goes to Mark Oliver Everett and Goldenberg.
It couldn't match the album's earlier singles, stalling at No. 35 in the UK where those had gone Top 10, but a remix used in its high-8 video got moderate play on American modern rock stations, and the clip turned up on MTV's 12 Angry Viewers and 120 Minutes. Filmmakers kept reaching for it: Scream 2, Grosse Pointe Blank, Dead Man on Campus and Yes Man among them.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1856 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1856 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1863 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1849 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1823 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1823 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
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