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Everyday Is a Winding Road

"Everyday Is a Winding Road"is the second single from American singer and songwriterSheryl Crow's 1996eponymous album.Neil Finn,lead singer ofCrowded House,provides backing vocals.[3]Paul Hester,another member ofCrowded House,was the inspiration for the song.[3]The single was issued in the United Kingdom in November 1996 and was released in the United States the following year.

"Everyday Is a Winding Road"
SinglebySheryl Crow
from the albumSheryl Crow
B-side"Sad Sad World"
ReleasedNovember 18, 1996(1996-11-18)
StudioKingsway (New Orleans)
Genre
Length4:16
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Crowsingles chronology
"If It Makes You Happy"
(1996) 		"Everyday Is a Winding Road"
(1996) 		"Hard to Make a Stand"
(1997)
Music video
"Sheryl Crow - Everyday Is A Winding Road (Official Music Video)"onYouTube

The single was well-received on the radio and peaked at number 11 on the USBillboardHot 100chart. It also reached number 12 on theUK Singles Chartand became Crow's fourth and final number-one single in Canada. The song received a nomination forRecord of the Yearat the1998 Grammy Awards,losing to "Sunny Came Home"byShawn Colvin.[4]BillboardandThe Guardianboth named it as Crow's second-best song.[5][6]

A music video for this song was directed by Peggy Sirota and filmed in New York City insepia tone.It features a toy airplane flying from person to person throughout the city.

The song was covered byPrinceon his 1999 albumRave Un2 the Joy Fantastic.

Composition

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The song is composed in the key of D-flat mixolydian with a tempo of 113 beats per minute.[7]

Criticism

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Greg Kotof theChicago Tribunesaid the song "blatantly swipes" fromthe Rolling Stones' song "Sympathy for the Devil".[8]

Track listings

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Credits and personnel

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Credits are lifted from the UK CD1 liner notes and theSheryl Crowalbum booklet.[13][15]

Studios

  • Recorded at Kingsway Studios (New Orleans)
  • Mastered at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine,US)

Personnel

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[38] Gold 35,000‡

‡Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom November 18, 1996
  • CD
  • cassette
 A&M [39]
United States January 14, 1997 Contemporary hit radio [40]
Japan January 25, 1997 CD [41]

References

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  8. ^Kot, Greg (August 26, 1997)."Lawdy, Ms. Crow: Top-selling Singer Has Songs But Lacks Emotional Honesty".Chicago Tribune.RetrievedJanuary 18,2013.
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  11. ^Everyday Is a Winding Road(European CD single liner notes). Sheryl Crow. A&M Records. 1996. 582 049-2.{{cite AV media notes}}:CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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