Sweetness (Jimmy Eat World song)

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"Sweetness"
Sweetness (Jiimmy Eat World single - cover art).jpg
Single by Jimmy Eat World
from the album Bleed American
ReleasedJune 3, 2002
Genre
Length3:40
Label DreamWorks
Songwriter(s) Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Eat World singles chronology
"Last Christmas"
(2001)
"Sweetness"
(2002)
"A Praise Chorus"
(2002)

"Sweetness" is a song by American rock band Jimmy Eat World. It was released in June 2002 as the third single from their 2001 album, Bleed American . It was originally written soon after the band finished recording Clarity but before the label had finally decided to release the album. However, "Lucky Denver Mint" became a surprise radio hit off of Clarity before the album was even released, driving the label to release Clarity before "Sweetness" could ever be added to its tracklisting. [3] The band also played the song live many times during the Clarity tour, and a demo recording of it was included on the 2007 re-issue of Clarity.

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Critical reception

Like the rest of Bleed American, "Sweetness" was generally well received by critics. Punknews.org stated that "'Sweetness' is so unbelievably catchy, I'm having trouble coming up with an analogy to get it across." [4]

Music video

The video for "Sweetness", directed by Tim Hope, depicts the band performing the song in a bedroom while apparently recording a demo cassette. Compositing and various forms of animation (including stop-motion, rotoscoping, and computer animation) were used to add surreal elements throughout the video, as well as to show the band performing in different locations: a bar, a concert, and a recording studio.

Track listing

UK 7" vinyl

  1. "Sweetness" (3:40)
  2. "Clarity" (live) (4:24)

UK CD1

  1. "Sweetness" (3:40)
  2. "Blister" (live) (5:52)
  3. "Your New Aesthetic" (live) (2:46)

UK CD2

  1. Sweetness
  2. "A Praise Chorus" (live) (4:05)
  3. "Lucky Denver Mint" (live) (3:11)
  4. "Sweetness" (video)

Australian single (2002)

  1. "Sweetness" (3:41)
  2. "If You Don't, Don't" (live La Scala 10 November 2001) (4:29)
  3. "Lucky Denver Mint" (live La Scala 10 November 2001) (3:12)
  4. "Sweetness" (*.mov video) (3:59)
  5. "Goodbye Sky Harbor" (*.mov video) (live La Scala 10 November 2001) (3:29)

Personnel

Personnel adapted from CD booklet [5]

Charts

Chart (2002)Peak
position
Scotland (OCC) [6] 31
UK Singles (OCC) [7] 38
US Billboard Hot 100 [8] 75
US Adult Top 40 ( Billboard ) [9] 40
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [10] 2

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [11] Silver200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

The song was also featured on the soundtrack for the EA Sports video game NHL 2003 . [12] [13]

Starting during the 2017–18 NHL season, the Florida Panthers used "Sweetness" as their goal song up until the conclusion of the 2021-22 NHL season. From the 2021-22 NHL season, the Anaheim Ducks have used the song after a home win.

The song is also available as a downloadable song in the music/rhythm game Rock Band 2 .

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