“Photograph” by The Verve Pipe

"Photograph" was the song the Verve Pipe picked to announce Villains, their 1996 major-label debut for RCA, and it's a sturdy slab of mid-'90s alternative rock: chiming guitars that turn to churn, a big brooding chorus, the heart-on-sleeve earnestness of the moment cranked up loud. The writing credit is split five ways, among Donny Brown, Doug Corella, A.J. Dunning, Brad Vander Ark and Brian Vander Ark.

It never broke as big as "The Freshmen", but rock radio took to it, lifting it to number 6 on the US alternative chart and number 5 on the Canadian rock chart. Lawrence Carroll directed the video.

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