Everything Falls Apart (song)

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"Everything Falls Apart"
Everything Falls Apart CD single cover.JPG
Single by Dog's Eye View
from the album Happy Nowhere
B-side
  • "What Fox"
  • "Small Wonders" (acoustic)
  • "Shine" (demo)
ReleasedJanuary 1996 (1996-01)
Length3:54
Label Columbia [1]
Songwriter(s) Peter Stuart
Producer(s)
  • Jim "Jimbo" Barton
  • Peter Stuart
Dog's Eye View singles chronology
"Everything Falls Apart"
(1996)		"Small Wonders"
(1996)

Everything Falls Apart is a song by American band Dog's Eye View, written by lead vocalist Peter Stuart. The song is the lead single from Dog's Eye View's debut album, Happy Nowhere , released in January 1996 by Columbia Records. It received considerable airplay on radio, MTV and VH1, [1] reaching the top 40 on multiple US Billboard charts. Internationally, the single charted in Canada and New Zealand, peaking at numbers five and 41, respectively.

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Chart performance

"Everything Falls Apart" peaked at number 66 on the US Billboard Hot 100 as a double A-side with "Small Wonders". [2] It also reached number eight on the Billboard Top 40/Mainstream chart and number one on the Billboard Triple-A ranking. [3] [4] Outside the US, "Everything Falls Apart" peaked at number five in Canada, [5] where it ended 1996 as the country's 31st-most-successful single, [6] and number 41 in New Zealand. [7]

Music video

The music video for "Everything Falls Apart" was placed on regular rotation on MTV on February 5, 1996. [1]

Track listings

European CD single [8]

  1. "Everything Falls Apart"
  2. "What Fox" (LP outtake)
  3. "Small Wonders" (acoustic)
  4. "Shine" (original demo)

Australian CD single [9]

  1. "Everything Falls Apart"
  2. "Small Wonders" (acoustic)
  3. "Shine" (original demo)

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesJanuary 1996 Alternative radio Columbia [18]
February 20, 1996 Contemporary hit radio [19]

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  9. ↑ Everything Falls Apart (Australian CD single liner notes). Dog's Eye View. Columbia Records. 1995. 662764 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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