"Underwhelmed" | ||||
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Single by Sloan | ||||
from the album Smeared | ||||
Released | 1992 (CAN) 1993 (U.S.) | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 4:45 | |||
Label | Geffen Records, Murderecords | |||
Songwriter(s) | Chris Murphy, Sloan | |||
Sloan singles chronology | ||||
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Alternative Cover | ||||
![]() Cover of UK Version | ||||
Music video | ||||
"Underwhelmed" on YouTube |
"Underwhelmed" is the debut single by Canadian alternative rock band Sloan. The song was originally released on the DTK Records compilation Hear and Now '92:The Best Of The East Coast's Independent in 1992 and was later included on the band's debut EP,Peppermint. A music video was released of the Peppermint version. The song was re-recorded for the band's debut full-length album, Smeared ,and was released as the album's lead single. The song is the band's best-charted single outside Canada,peaking at #25 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in 1993. [1]
Sloan's Chris Murphy says the song's lyrical approach was influenced by "Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing",a song by Minutemen on their 1984 album, Double Nickels on the Dime . [2]
In 1996,2000,and 2005,the music magazine Chart conducted reader polls to determine the best Canadian songs of all time,in which Underwhelmed was voted the second greatest Canadian song of all time. [3] In 2007,CFNY-FM ranked the song #1 on their list of Top 102 Canadian New Rock Songs.
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