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"Everyday" is the closing track and third radio single from Dave Matthews Band

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"Everyday" is the closing track and third radio single from Dave Matthews Band

Dave Matthews Band

Dave Matthews Band is an United States rock music band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, Virginia in 1991. Founding members include singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bass guitar Stefan Lessard, violinist Boyd Tinsley, and drum kit Carter Beauford....
's album Everyday
Everyday (Dave Matthews Band album)

Everyday is the fourth studio album by Dave Matthews Band, released on February 27, 2001....
. It reached #36 on the Top 40 Mainstream, #38 on Modern Rock Tracks, and #8 on Adult Top 40. A live version of "Everyday" is featured on the Dave Matthews Band compilation album The Best of What's Around Vol. 1. The song evolved from an earlier DMB song entitled "#36."

When the song is played live, the song "#36" is mixed in with the song "Everyday." It is also a tradition for the crowd to sing, "Hani, Hani, [sometimes transcribed as 'Honey, Honey'] Come and dance with me" during the parts of the song that #36 mixes in with. This can be heard on such CDs as The Best of What's Around Vol. 1, Live Trax Vol. 6
Live Trax Vol. 6

Live Trax Vol. 6, unofficially known as Live at Fenway Park, is the sixth installment in the Dave Matthews Band Live Trax series....
, The Gorge
The Gorge (album)

The Gorge is a collection of the songs played during Dave Matthews Band's three-night concert in 2002 at The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington....
, Live at Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado
Live at Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado

Live at Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado, also known as Live at Folsom Field, is the fourth live album released by the Dave Matthews Band....
, and on Weekend on the Rocks
Weekend on the Rocks

Weekend on the Rocks is a live album by the Dave Matthews Band. It contains highlights of the four-day performance, packaged on two CDs and one DVD....
.

On September 21, 2001, Dave Matthews played an acoustic version

Acoustic music

Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses musical instrument s which produce sound through entirely Musical acoustics means, as opposed to electronic means....
of the song as part of the America: A Tribute to Heroes

America: A Tribute to Heroes

America: A Tribute to Heroes was a benefit concert organized by actor George Clooney and broadcast by the four major United States television networks in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon....
concert, performed in remembrance of the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

The song was not originally supposed to be the third single off of the album. "When the World Ends" was originally supposed to be the single, but after 9/11 it was thought that the dark title would not be appropriate.

Music video

A music video for the song was concepted and directed by then TBWA\Chiat\Day

TBWAChiatDay

TBWAChiatDay is the United States division of the advertising agency TBWA Worldwide. Created in the 1993 merger of TBWA and ChiatDay, the agency operates offices in Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Nashville, Tennessee, Toronto and Vancouver....
North America creative director Chuck McBride, cinematographed by Lance Acord

Lance Acord

Lance Acord, American Society of Cinematographers is an American cinematographer.Acord was born in Marin County, California. He attended Sir Francis Drake High School's School Within A School program and went on to study photography and filmmaking at the San Francisco Art Institute....
and produced by Tim Harman through New York production company cYclops. It features actor Judah Friedlander

Judah Friedlander

Judah Friedlander is an American comedian and actor, known for his trademark trucker's hats, oversized glasses and unkempt appearance, which he retains in most of his screen roles....
walking around hugging people (mostly in the band's hometown of Charlottesville and Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village , often simply called the Village, is a largely residential area on the lower west side of southern Manhattan in New York City....
), including Conan O'Brien

Conan O'Brien

Conan Christopher O'Brien is an Emmy Award-winning United States television host, television writer and comedian, best known as host of NBC Late Night with Conan O'Brien from 1993-2009....
, Vincent Pastore

Vincent Pastore

Vincent Pastore is an United States actor, often cast as a mobster and best known for the role of Sal Bonpensiero on The Sopranos....
, Sheryl Crow

Sheryl Crow

Sheryl Suzanne Crow is an United States singer-songwriter and musician. Her music blends rock music, country music, pop music and folk music, into one mainstream sound, and she has won nine Grammy Awards....
, the Blue Man Group

Blue Man Group

'Blue Man Group' is a creative organization founded by Phil Stanton, Chris Wink and Matt Goldman. The organization produces theatrical shows and concerts featuring music, comedy and multimedia; recorded music and scores for film and television; television appearances for shows such as The Tonight Show, Scrubs , and Arrested Developme...
, Tiki Barber

Tiki Barber

Atiim Kiambu Hakeem-Ah "Tiki" Barber is a sports broadcaster, author, and former American football running back for the New York Giants. He is the identical twin brother of Ronde Barber, a cornerback who plays for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers....
and Hallie Kate Eisenberg

Hallie Kate Eisenberg

Hallie Kate Eisenberg is an American actress.Eisenberg was born in East Brunswick Township, New Jersey, to Barry and Amy Eisenberg. She has an older sister Kerri and an older brother Jesse Eisenberg, who is also an actor....
, as well as the band themselves.

Cultural references and parodies

The song was parodied by Jimmy Fallon

Jimmy Fallon

James Thomas "Jimmy" Fallon, Jr., is an American comedian, actor, musician, and talk show host known for his work on Saturday Night Live....
in his opening act for the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards

2002 MTV Video Music Awards

The 2002 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on August 29, 2002, honoring the best music videos from June 9, 2001 to May 31, 2002. The show was hosted by Jimmy Fallon at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City....
.

The song "#36" was written in response to the assassination of Chris Hani

Chris Hani

Chris Hani, born Martin Thembisile Hani was the leader of the South African Communist Party and chief of staff of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress ....
, who worked to end South African apartheid.

The song was featured in the third episode of The Paper
The Paper (TV series)

The Paper is a reality show on MTV. The show covers the lives of the Cypress Bay High School newspaper staff, focusing mostly on four senior editors....
, after Alex and his new girlfriend kiss for the first time at a Dave Matthews Band concert.

Track listing

"Everyday" (Radio Edit) - 4:10
"Everyday" (Album Version) - 4:44
"Everyday" (Live Version) - 9:31

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles The *Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles* is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It comprises 25 positions that represent songs that are close to charting on the main singles chart, the Billboard Hot 100, acting as an extension to Hot 100....	1
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks Modern Rock Tracks Hot Modern Rock Tracks is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the forty most-played songs on modern rock radios, most of which are alternative rock songs....	38
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40	36