"Something's Always Wrong" | ||||
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Single by Toad the Wet Sprocket | ||||
from the album Dulcinea | ||||
Released | 1994 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock [1] [2] | |||
Length | 4:59 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Todd Nichols, Glen Phillips | |||
Producer(s) | Gavin MacKillop | |||
Toad the Wet Sprocket singles chronology | ||||
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"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.
Singer Glen Phillips said,
'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. [3]
"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. [4] The single also peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 15 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart. [5] [6] The single helped to make Dulcinea Toad the Wet Sprocket's first top-forty album on the Billboard 200.[ citation needed ]
Chart (1994) | Peak position |
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Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [6] | 15 |
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40) [7] | 39 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [5] | 41 |
US Album Rock Tracks ( Billboard ) [8] | 22 |
US Modern Rock Tracks ( Billboard ) [4] | 9 |
US Top 40/Mainstream ( Billboard ) [9] | 14 |