Uneventful Days

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"Uneventful Days"
Single by Beck
from the album Hyperspace
ReleasedOctober 19, 2019 [1]
Genre Vaporwave
Length3:17
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Beck, Pharrell Williams
Producer(s) Beck, Pharrell Williams, David Greenbaum
Beck singles chronology
"Saw Lightning"
(2019)
"Uneventful Days"
(2019)
"Dark Places"
(2019)

"Uneventful Days" is a song by the American musician Beck. It was released on October 17, 2019, as the second single from his fourteenth studio album Hyperspace . [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Music video

Dev Hynes directed the music video for "Uneventful Days". Rolling Stone described the song's music video as surreal. [5] [6] The music video contains references to Beck's past music videos, including "Devils Haircut" (1996) and "Sexx Laws" (1999), [7] [8] and stars Evan Rachel Wood, Tessa Thompson and Alia Shawkat.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2019–2020)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders) [9] 33
Japan Hot Overseas ( Billboard ) [10] 16
US Adult Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [11] 1
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [12] 24
US Rock Airplay ( Billboard ) [13] 36

Year-end charts

Chart (2020)Position
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard) [14] 12

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