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Santa Monica (Everclear song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Santa Monica
| cover = Everclear - Santa Monica cd single.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Everclear
| album = Sparkle and Fade
| B-side = "Heroin Girl" (live)
| released = December 5, 1995 (radio)
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Grunge
| length = 3:11
| label = Capitol
| writer =
| producer = Art Alexakis
| prev_title = Heroin Girl
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = Heartspark Dollarsign
| next_year = 1996
| misc =
}}
"'Santa Monica'" (subtitled "'Watch the World Die'" in Europe) is a song by American rock band Everclear, from their 1995 album 'Sparkle and Fade'. The song was written by the band's lead singer, Art Alexakis. Though it was not officially released as a single in the United States, American radio stations played "Santa Monica" enough for it to reach number 29 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 Airplay chart and top the 'Billboard' Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for three weeks in 1996. It became a top-forty hit in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom; it is the band's highest-charting single in Australia.
Background and content
In an October 2003 interview with 'Songfacts', Alexakis explained the song:
When Alexakis was a teenager, his girlfriend committed suicide; shortly thereafter, Alexakis attempted the same by jumping off the Santa Monica Pier in southern California. One theory as to the meaning of this song is that Alexakis was drawing on this experience from earlier in his life.
Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the song was placed on the list of post-9/11 inappropriate titles distributed by Clear Channel Communications.
Track listings
'US 7-inch jukebox vinyl'
:A. "Santa Monica" 3:12
:B. "Heroin Girl" (live) 2:51
'UK limited-edition 7-inch red vinyl single'
:A1. "Santa Monica (Watch the World Die)"
:A2. "American Girl" (Tom Petty cover, KDGE version)
:B1. "Fire Maple Song" (KDGE version)
:B2. "Strawberry" (KDGE version)
'UK CD1'
# "Santa Monica (Watch the World Die)"
# "Heroin Girl" (KDGE version)
# "Summerland" (KDGE version)
# "Sin City" (AC/DC cover)
'UK CD2'
# "Santa Monica (Watch the World Die)"
# "Strawberry" (KDGE version)
# "Fire Maple Song" (KDGE version)
# "American Girl" (Tom Petty cover, KDGE version)
'European maxi-CD single'
# "Santa Monica (Watch the World Die)"
# "Heroin Girl" (acoustic version)
# "Happy Hour" (demo)
# "Sin City" (AC/DC cover)
'Dutch maxi-CD single'
# "Santa Monica (Watch the World Die)"
# "Strawberry" (live)
# "Fire Maple Song" (live)
# "Santa Monica (Watch the World Die)" (live)
'Australian CD single'
# "Santa Monica" (album version)
# "Heroin Girl" (acoustic version)
# "Don't Change" (INXS cover)
# "Sin City" (AC/DC cover)
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
Category:1990s ballads
Category:1995 singles
Category:1995 songs
Category:Capitol Records singles
Category:Everclear (band) songs
Category:Rock ballads
Category:Songs about California
Category:Songs about suicide
Category:Songs written by Art Alexakis
Category:Songs written by Craig Montoya
Category:Songs written by Greg Eklund
Category:Grunge songs
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