Signature
key confidence medium · relative F# minor · tempo confidence high · half-time 56.5 · low end 23% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13 · how accurate
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Lineage
- Coveredbetter joysource
- CoveredGeesesource
- CoveredGlee Castsource
- Written byGregg Alexandersource
- CoveredLMC feat. Rachel McFarlanesource
- CoveredLMCsource
- CoveredMatt Tylersource
- CoveredPeppermint Pattysource
- Sampled byR.E.A.L, dontforgetsource
- Sampled byR.E.A.L, dontforgetsource
- Written byRick Nowelssource
- CoveredThe Creasessource
- CoveredThe Mainesource
- CoveredTimo Räisänensource
- CoveredVitamin String Quartetsource
- CoveredWild Stylerzsource
Why it is here
- The song's closing lyrics, which name-checked Beck, Hanson, Courtney Love and Marilyn Manson, were written by Gregg Alexander as a deliberate test of whether media would focus on political content or celebrity dissing, and drew public reactions from Manson, Beck and Zac Hanson. source
- Joni Mitchell, who appeared to Alexander in a dream that inspired the song, later praised it in her 2004 compilation liner notes as rising 'from the swamp of McMusic like a flower of hope,' while U2's the Edge called it the song he was 'most jealous of.' source
- New Radicals reunited for the first time in 22 years to perform the song at Joe Biden's 2021 inauguration, honoring Beau Biden, for whom the song had been a favorite. source
The full ledger entry: every chart it has been on, where it is live now.