Everything You Want (Vertical Horizon album) explained

Everything You Want
Type:studio
Artist:Vertical Horizon
Cover:Vertical Horizon Everything You Want.jpg
Released:June 15, 1999
Recorded:1998
Length:45:45
Label:RCA
Prev Title:Live Stages
Prev Year:1997
Next Title:Go
Next Year:2003

Everything You Want is the third studio album by Vertical Horizon[1] and its first major label effort.[2] Released in 1999, it was a breakthrough album for the band.[3] Four singles were released from the album.[4] The second single, "Everything You Want", became one of the most played singles of 2000, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2001, the album was certified double platinum by the RIAA, having sold two million copies in the United States, making it the band's best selling album.[5]

Background

In the late 1990s, Vertical Horizon's indie albums began to attract record executives from several record labels.[6] The band signed with RCA Records in 1998.[6]

Release and commercial success

The album was released on June 15, 1999.[7] The album's first single was "We Are", which managed to reach the Modern Rock Tracks chart and peaked at no. 21.[8] The album's second single was "Everything You Want". The song became a massive hit, reaching number one at the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the Adult Top 40 chart and becoming Billboard's Most Played Single of 2000. "Everything You Want" remains Vertical Horizon's most successful single.[9] Two other singles from the album, "You're a God" and "Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)", were also hits; they peaked at 23 and 58, respectively, at the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

The album peaked at number 40 at the Billboard 200 albums chart and number three at the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.[10]

Track listing

All songs written by Matt Scannell, except "Shackled" by Keith Kane.

  1. "We Are" – 4:00
  2. "You're a God" – 3:38
  3. "Everything You Want" – 4:17
  4. "Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)" – 4:30
  5. "You Say" – 3:58
  6. "Finding Me" – 4:32
  7. "Miracle" – 4:22
  8. "Send It Up" – 3:42
  9. "Give You Back" – 4:22
  10. "All of You" – 3:04
  11. "Shackled" – 5:19

Personnel

Vertical Horizon[11]

Additional personnel[11]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1999–2000)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] 66

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)! scope="col"
Position
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[13] 190
US Billboard 200[14] 82

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Christina Aguilera to Enrique Iglesias: No.1 Songs From 2000. Billboard.
  2. Web site: Vertical Horizon is enjoying their hard-won success. Allison Stewart Special to the. Tribune. chicagotribune.com.
  3. News: Vertical Horizon to headline World Food & Music Festival in Des Moines. Des Moines Register. August 13, 2019. August 20, 2019.
  4. Web site: REVIEW: Vertical Horizon at Musikfest Cafe strong, but not everything you want; Tonic still has kick. John J.. Moser. mcall.com.
  5. Web site: Gold and Platinum Database Search. June 18, 2009.
  6. Web site: Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. Inc. May 12, 2001. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Google Books.
  7. Web site: Everything You Want - Vertical Horizon - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic. AllMusic.
  8. Web site: Artist Search for "vertical horizon". AllMusic.
  9. Web site: Vertical Horizon. Billboard.
  10. Web site: Album Search for "everything you want". AllMusic.
  11. Everything You Want . 1999 . booklet . RCA.
  12. 294.
  13. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20040906184459/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2000_2.html. September 6, 2004. Canada's Top 200 Albums of 2000. Jam!. March 29, 2022.
  14. Web site: Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2000. Billboard. July 8, 2021.

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