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The Good in Everyone
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = The Good in Everyone
| cover = Sloan_The_Good_In_Everyone.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Sloan
| album = One Chord to Another
| released = 1996
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Rock, power pop
| length = 2:17 (Album version)
2:09 (Radio Edit)
| label = murderecords, The Enclave
| writer = Patrick Pentland, Sloan
| producer =
| prev_title = People of the Sky
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = Everything You've Done Wrong
| next_year = 1996
| misc =
}}
"'The Good in Everyone'" is a song by Canadian rock band, Sloan. It was released as the lead single from the band's third studio album, 'One Chord to Another'. The song peaked at #9 on Canada's Singles Chart, and continues to be one of the band's most popular songs. The song is featured on the first edition of MuchMusic's Big Shiny Tunes compilation series. The song was also the theme for the CBC television program 'George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight'.
Versions
There are two versions of "The Good in Everyone"; the album version and the radio version. The album version begins with Neil "Brother Bill" Morrison (a DJ at Toronto's CFNY-FM radio station) saying "Would you please welcome to the stage...Sloan!", with screams from fans included. The introduction is from a recording of Sloan's concert at the Molson Amphitheatre on August 5, 1995.Exclaim! Magazine, [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/sloan_farewell_concert_breakup_edgefest_1995_canrock "Remembering Sloan's "Farewell" Concert 25 Years Later: How Edgefest '95 Became an Iconic Turning Point in CanRock History"]. 'Exclaim! Magazine', August 5, 2020.
The album version ends with more fan screams from the concert recording. The radio version removes the introduction of the band and the fan screams and features two additional singings of the chorus at the end of the song.
Music video
The music video for "The Good In Everyone" was filmed at Toronto Pearson International Airport (on Convair Drive at the southwest end of runway 06L/24R at ) and directed by Mike Andringa, who would later direct several more music videos for Sloan. The video's introductory scene is a spoof of the 1969 film, 'Easy Rider'. In the scene, each band member plays a character from the film, with Andrew Scott playing Billy (Dennis Hopper), Chris Murphy playing Wyatt (Peter Fonda), Jay Ferguson playing Connection (Phil Spector) and Patrick Pentland playing the Bodyguard. The entire introductory scene before the music begins is longer than the song itself.
The music video received play on MTV's '120 Minutes'.
Track list
'7"'
*A: The Good In Everyone
*B: Autobiography (demo)
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
Category:Sloan (band) songs
Category:1996 singles
Category:1996 songs
Category:Songs written by Patrick Pentland
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