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"I Will Buy You a New Life" is a rock song by American rock band Everclear from their third studio album, So Much for the Afterglow (1997). The song peaked at number three on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, number 20 on the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart, and number 31 on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart.
"Everything to Everyone", "I Will Buy You A New Life", and "Father of Mine" received heavy rotation on MTV's Total Request Live and launched Everclear into mainstream popularity in the late-90s. So Much for the Afterglow provided Everclear with their only Grammy nomination to date, a Best Rock Instrumental nod in 1998 for "El Distorto de Melodica."
C ^ "I Will Buy You a New Life" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 33 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart. D ^ "Father of Mine" originally did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 46 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart, but the song later charted on the Billboard Hot 100 since the rules have changed after December 1998 ...
Lyrically, I write some autobiographical songs where I tell stories: “I Will Buy You a New Life”—a few other songs are there. Then, there’s songs [where] I take things from my life and ...
The first two singles from the album, "Everything to Everyone" and "I Will Buy You a New Life", performed modestly, but helped to begin a slow build for the album, while "Local God" was featured in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet in 1996 as well as on the soundtrack. The band completed a US tour at the end of the year and started 1998 with a tour ...
"Everything to Everyone" is a song by American alternative rock band Everclear, released as the first single off their album So Much for the Afterglow (1997). It was commercially successful, topping the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in December 1997.
"Father of Mine" is a rock song by American rock band Everclear from their 1997 album So Much for the Afterglow. This song is autobiographical, as lead singer Art Alexakis's father left his family when he was a young boy. [3] "Father of Mine" was the third top-five Modern Rock Tracks single from So Much for the Afterglow, peaking at number four.
(Originally released on the album Songs from an American Movie Vol. One: Learning How to Smile.) "Father of Mine" – 3:55 (Originally released on the album So Much For The Afterglow.) "I Will Buy You A New Life" – 3:54 (Originally released on the album So Much For The Afterglow.) "Everything to Everyone" – 3:21