Something's Always Wrong

{{Infobox song

| name = Something's Always Wrong

| cover = Something's Always Wrong.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Toad the Wet Sprocket

| album = Dulcinea

| released = 1994

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Alternative rock{{cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Vincent |title=How Toad the Wet Sprocket Navigates the Age of Nostalgia |url=https://www.postandcourier.com/free-times/music/how-toad-the-wet-sprocket-navigates-the-age-of-nostalgia/article_1bd0007b-4093-545d-87bf-1bace722855d.html |access-date=February 5, 2022 |work=Post and Courier |date=September 12, 2018}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/08/100-best-alternative-rock-songs-1994-alt/|title=The 100 Best Alternative Rock Songs Of 1994 |date=August 18, 2014 |website=SPIN |access-date=March 19, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817201009/https://www.spin.com/2014/08/100-best-alternative-rock-songs-1994-alt/|archive-date=August 17, 2021}}

| length = 4:59

| label = Columbia

| writer = Todd Nichols, Glen Phillips

| producer = Gavin MacKillop

| prev_title = Fall Down

| prev_year = 1994

| next_title = Fly from Heaven

| next_year = 1995

}}

"Something's Always Wrong" is a single by American alternative rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket. The song is included on their fourth studio album, Dulcinea (1994). "Something's Always Wrong" was co-written by Glen Phillips and Todd Nichols. Although not as popular as "Fall Down", "Something's Always Wrong" became a chart hit in the United States and Canada.

Background

Singer Glen Phillips said, {{quote|'Something's Always Wrong' is an amalgam of a whole bunch of relational observations. Todd had that music and the only line he had was, 'Something has gone wrong.' And I kind of lifted that and switched it. As a person who struggles a lot with depression and negative ideation, for me that's the state I'm always swimming upstream against: that feeling that something's wrong. It's usually based on a true story, but it's almost never the whole story.{{cite web|url=https://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/glen-phillips|title=Glen Phillips : Songwriter Interviews |last=Prato|first=Greg|website= Songfacts|date=November 1, 2022 |accessdate=December 13, 2022}}}}

Chart performance

"Something's Always Wrong" was a hit, although not to the extent of "Fall Down." The single peaked at number nine on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The single also peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 15 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart. The single helped to make Dulcinea Toad the Wet Sprocket's first top-forty album on the Billboard 200.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

Track listing

"Something's Always Wrong"
"Don't Go Away (Live)"
"Corporal Brown (Live)"

Charts

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1994) !Peak position
{{single chart\|Canadatopsingles\|15\|chartid=2669\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 10, 2019\|refname="can"}}
scope="row"\|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1994-11-26/\|title=Billboard Hot 100\|magazine=Billboard\|date=November 26, 1994\|access-date=August 24, 2023}} \|41
scope="row"\|US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-mainstream-rock-tracks/1994-11-12/\|title=Mainstream Rock Airplay\|magazine=Billboard\|date=November 12, 1994\|url-access=subscription\|access-date=August 24, 2023}} \|22
scope="row"\|US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-airplay/1994-10-22/\|title=Alternative Airplay\|magazine=Billboard\|date=October 22, 1994\|url-access=subscription\|access-date=August 24, 2023}} \|9
scope="row"\|US Top 40/Mainstream (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/pop-songs/1994-11-19/\|title=Pop Airplay\|magazine=Billboard\|date=November 19, 1994\|url-access=subscription\|access-date=August 24, 2023}} \|14

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!Chart (1994)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|15|chartid=2669|rowheader=true|access-date=August 10, 2019|refname="can"}}

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1994-11-26/|title=Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=November 26, 1994|access-date=August 24, 2023}}

|41

scope="row"|US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-mainstream-rock-tracks/1994-11-12/|title=Mainstream Rock Airplay|magazine=Billboard|date=November 12, 1994|url-access=subscription|access-date=August 24, 2023}}

|22

scope="row"|US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-airplay/1994-10-22/|title=Alternative Airplay|magazine=Billboard|date=October 22, 1994|url-access=subscription|access-date=August 24, 2023}}

scope="row"|US Top 40/Mainstream (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/pop-songs/1994-11-19/|title=Pop Airplay|magazine=Billboard|date=November 19, 1994|url-access=subscription|access-date=August 24, 2023}}

|14

References

Category:1994 singles

Category:1994 songs

Category:Columbia Records singles

Category:Protest songs

Category:Songs written by Glen Phillips (singer)

Category:Songs written by Todd Nichols (musician)

Category:Toad the Wet Sprocket songs