Hanginaround
1999 single by Counting Crows
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::summary 1999 single by Counting Crows ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Hanginaround |
| cover | HanginaroundCC.jpg |
| type | single |
| artist | Counting Crows |
| album | This Desert Life |
| B-side | A Long December |
| released | September 28, 1999 |
| genre | |
| length | 4:16 |
| producer | David Lowery, Dennis Herring |
| prev_title | Daylight Fading |
| prev_year | 1997 |
| next_title | Mrs. Potter's Lullaby |
| next_year | 2000 |
| :: |
| name = Hanginaround | cover = HanginaroundCC.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Counting Crows | album = This Desert Life | B-side = A Long December | released = September 28, 1999 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = | length = 4:16 | label =
- DGC
- Geffen | writer =
- David Bryson
- Adam Duritz
- Charlie Gillingham
- Matt Malley
- Ben Mize
- Dan Vickrey | producer = David Lowery, Dennis Herring | prev_title = Daylight Fading | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = Mrs. Potter's Lullaby | next_year = 2000 "Hanginaround" is a song by American rock band Counting Crows. It is the first track on their third album, This Desert Life (1999). It was serviced to US radio on September 28, 1999, as the album's lead single. It reached number 28 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming their biggest hit on the chart from this album. It also reached number one on the Billboard Triple-A chart, their second number-one single on this listing.
Outside the United States, "Hanginaround" became the band's fifth top-10 single in Canada, reaching number three on the RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart, and peaked within the top 50 in Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. In April 2022, American Songwriter ranked the song at number nine on their list of "The Top 10 Counting Crows Songs".
Background
As with on much of the This Desert Life album, Hanginaround saw the band experimenting with different recording techniques - in this case, utilizing looping. The song consists of eight different piano loops arranged in various configurations in setup inspired by Brian Wilson's Smile project. According to Counting Crows fansite anna-begins.com, Duritz says:
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In an interview with Songfacts, Adam Duritz summed up his thought process behind the lyrics by stating "The idea of a song created with loops made me think of being on a loop myself. I wrote that song about when I was younger and the latter years in Berkeley and how I loved it there, but I was kind of going nowhere."
Music video
The music video for the song shows the band performing the song in a living room of a house surrounded by a large crowd (which includes actress Meredith Salenger), as well as Adam Duritz waiting at a bus stop on a clear, colorful day. Throughout the video, the scene changes constantly, from people walking by (including one woman naked with her exposed areas blurred) to a construction crew removing the bench and replacing it with a bus canopy they built, to the other band members performing with Adam. At the end, a woman walks up to the canopy and sits next to Adam. After he glances at her necklace, a bus pulls up. Many others board it first, and as the woman is about to do so, she asks Adam to ride with her. He agrees, and gets on. The video ends with the crowd in the living room applauding the performance, and the bus (with posters of the band's "This Desert Life" album cover on the back of it) driving away from the stop.
Track listings
US 7-inch single :A. "Hanginaround" :B. "A Long December"
UK CD single
- "Hanginaround" (CD version)
- "Baby, I'm a Big Star Now"
- "Omaha" (live)
European CD single
- "Hanginaround" – 4:12
- "Mercury" – 8:17
- "Goodnight Elisabeth" (live) – 6:44
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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| Chart (1999) | Position | Canada Top Singles (RPM) | Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM) | US Adult Top 40 (Billboard) | US Triple-A (Billboard) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | |||||
| 39 | |||||
| 99 | |||||
| 39 | |||||
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| Chart (2000) | Position | US Adult Top 40 (Billboard) | US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard) | US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard) | US Triple-A (Billboard) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | |||||
| 78 | |||||
| 82 | |||||
| 13 | |||||
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Release history
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| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. | United States | United Kingdom | United States | United Kingdom (re-release) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 28, 1999 | DGC | |||||||
| October 4, 1999 | Hot adult contemporary radio | |||||||
| October 18, 1999 | CD | Geffen | ||||||
| October 19, 1999 | Contemporary hit radio | DGC | ||||||
| March 15, 2004 | CD | Geffen | ||||||
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References
References
- "Counting Crows – ''This Desert Life''". [[AllMusic]].
- Uitti, Jacob. (April 29, 2022). "The Top 10 Counting Crows Songs".
- (November 12, 2013). "Adam Duritz of Counting Crows-Songwriter Interviews".
- "Lisa's Counting Crows Shrine".
- (1999). "Hanginaround". [[DGC Records]].
- (1999). "Hanginaround". Geffen Records.
- (1999). "Hanginaround". Geffen Records.
- "RPM 1999 Top 100 Hit Tracks".
- "RPM 1999 Top 50 Rock Tracks".
- (December 24, 1999). "Most Played Adult Top 40 Songs of 1999".
- (December 24, 1999). "The Best of '99: Most Played Triple-A Songs".
- (December 30, 2000). "The Year in Music 2000: Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks".
- (December 22, 2000). "Most Played Mainstream Top 40 Songs of 2000".
- (December 22, 2000). "Most Played Modern Rock Songs of 2000".
- (December 22, 2000). "The Best of 2000: Most Played Triple-A Songs".
- (September 24, 1999). "Going for Adds".
- (October 1, 1999). "Hot AC: Going for Adds".
- (October 16, 1999). "In-Store Next Week (from 18/10/99)".
- (October 15, 1999). "CHR/Pop: Going for Adds".
- (March 13, 2004). "New Releases: Singles".
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