Everything Is Automatic

"Everything is Automatic"
Single by Matthew Good Band
from the album Underdogs
Released	November 10, 1997
Recorded	1997; Greenhouse Studios, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	4:17
Label	Darktown Mercury (Canada) Polygram (US)
Songwriter(s)	Matthew Good Dave Genn
Producer(s)	Warne Livesey
Matthew Good Band singles chronology
"Raygun" (1997) "Everything is Automatic" (1997) "Indestructible" (1998)
Music video
"Everything Is Automatic" on YouTube

"Everything is Automatic" is a song by the Matthew Good Band. It was released as the lead single from the band's second studio album, Underdogs .

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Everything Is Automatic - album version (clean)"	4:14
2.	"Everything Is Automatic - single edit (clean)"	3:54
3.	"Everything Is Automatic - album version (remix)"	4:20

Inspiration

In a 1997 interview, Good said that he was inspired to write "Everything Is Automatic" after watching a television program about liposuction:

"I was watching some show about how this woman had to get this (stuff) sucked out of her hips so she could fit into her dress to go to an opera," says Good. "It's a song about how things are so accessible. People used to worry about things like making sure there was gas in the truck so they could drive their wares to market and now they're worried about getting a new nose. And I find that pathetic." ^[1]

Music video

The music video for "Everything Is Automatic" was directed by Bill Morrison and filmed in Burnaby in October, 1997. The video features several up-close, zoomed and defocussed shots of the band preparing and performing for a video shoot. These are intermixed with fast-action shots of various streets and computer-generated billboards with catchphrases like "Think of your future, prepare for the distaster[ sic ]" and "Everything is allright[ sic ]".

The video was nominated for "Best Video" at the 1998 Juno Awards. ^[2]

Charts

Chart (1997–98)	Peak position
Canada Alternative 30 (RPM) [3]	11
Canada Top Singles (RPM) [4]	32

References

1. "Making Good with the Band". Archived from the original on 1999-08-26. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
2. "Awards". junoawards.ca. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
3. "Rock/Alternative - Volume 66, No. 14, December 08 1997". RPM . Archived from the original on 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
4. Top Singles - Volume 66, No. 18, January 26 1998. Retrieved on 2009-10-24.