Everybody Here Wants You
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{{Infobox song
| name = Everybody Here Wants You
| cover = Jeff-Buckley-Everybody-Here-Wa-406468.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Jeff Buckley
| album = Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk
| released = May 18, 1998
| recorded = 1996
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|Soul{{cite web|last=Hochman|first=Steve|date=May 25, 1998|title=Buckley's Restless Spirit, Rich Music Preserved|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-may-25-ca-53228-story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510103350/https://articles.latimes.com/1998/may/25/entertainment/ca-53228|archive-date=May 10, 2018|access-date=February 28, 2022|url-status=live|website=Los Angeles Times}}{{cite web|date=February 12, 2018|title=The 50 Best Albums of 1998|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-50-best-albums-of-1998/|access-date=February 28, 2022|website=Pitchfork}}|R&B{{cite web|last=Dombal|first=Ryan|date=December 11, 2016|title=Jeff Buckley: Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22317-sketches-for-my-sweetheart-the-drunk/|access-date=April 17, 2023|website=Pitchfork}}}}
| length = 4:47
| label = Columbia
| writer = Jeff Buckley
| producer = {{flatlist|
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| prev_title = Eternal Life
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = Forget Her
| next_year = 2004
| misc =
}}
"Everybody Here Wants You" is a song by American musician Jeff Buckley, released as the lead single from the posthumous album Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk. It was written as a love song for Joan Wasser, his girlfriend at the time. In October 2011, NME placed it at number 88 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".{{cite web|last=Schiller|first=Rebecca|date=October 6, 2011|title=150 Best Tracks Of The Past 15 Years|url=https://www.nme.com/list/150-best-tracks-of-the-past-15-years-1257|access-date=December 8, 2021|website=NME}} Kylie Auldist recorded a cover version with The Bamboos for the album Just Say (TRUCD159), as did the French band MIG (vocalist: Djazia Satour) on their 2004 album, Dhikrayat and Lewis Taylor on his 2000 album, Lewis II. The single was nominated for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance at 41st Annual Grammy Awards in 1999.
Track listing
- "Everybody Here Wants You"
- "Thousand Fold"
- "Eternal Life" (Road Version)
- "Hallelujah" (live from the Bataclan)
- "Last Goodbye" (live from Sydney)
The Australian version includes an interactive component (the same as that featured on other countries' versions of Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk).
Charts
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|+ Chart performance for "Everybody Here Wants You" ! scope="col"| Chart (1998) ! scope="col"| Peak |
{{single chart|Australia|35|artist=Jeff Buckley|song=Everybody Here Wants You|rowheader=true|access-date=10 October 2023}} |
{{single chart|UK|43|date=19980531|rowheader=true|access-date=10 October 2023}} |
References
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Bibliography
- Browne, David. Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley. HarperEntertainment. 2001, 2002.
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Category:Columbia Records singles