Everyday Is a Winding Road

"Everyday Is a Winding Road"
Single by Sheryl Crow
from the album Sheryl Crow
B-side	"On the Outside" "Sad Sad World" "In Need" 'Free Man' 'Ordinary Morning'
Released	November 8, 1996
Format	Maxi single
Recorded	1996
Genre	Pop rock
Length	4:16
Writer(s)	Sheryl Crow Jeff Trott Brian MacLeod
Producer(s)	Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Crow singles chronology
"If It Makes You Happy" (1996) "Everyday Is a Winding Road" (1996) "Hard to Make a Stand" (1997)

"Everyday Is a Winding Road" is the second single from American singer and songwriter Sheryl Crow's 1996 self-titled album. The song met well with radio and peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100. Neil Finn, lead singer of Crowded House, provides backing vocals. It also peaked at #12 on the UK Singles Chart. Paul Hester, another member of Crowded House, was the inspiration for the song. A music video for this song was directed by Peggy Sirota and filmed in New York City in sepia. It features a toy airplane flying from person to person throughout the city. The song garnered a nomination for Record of the Year at the 1998 Grammy Awards but lost to "Sunny Came Home" by Shawn Colvin.

The song was covered by Prince on his 1999 album, Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic. The song was used in several 2006 and 2007 Subaru commercials and in the films Erin Brockovich and Phenomenon.

Track listing

US CD single:

1. "Everyday Is a Winding Road" - LP version
2. "Sad Sad World" - Non LP track
3. "In Need" - Non LP track
4. "On the Outside" - Live from Shepherd's Bush Empire

UK CD #1: (ltd edition incl 4 postcards)

1. "Everyday Is a Winding Road" - LP version
2. "Strong Enough" - LP version
3. "Can't Cry Anymore" - LP version
4. "What I Can Do for You" - LP version

UK CD #2:

1. "Everyday Is a Winding Road" - LP version
2. "If It Makes You Happy" - Live BBC Simon Mayo Session
3. "All I Wanna Do" - Live BBC Simon Mayo Session
4. "Run Baby Run" - Live BBC Simon Mayo Session

EU CD single:

1. "Everyday Is a Winding Road" - LP version
2. "Free Man" - Non LP track
3. "Run Baby Run" - Live at Woodstock
4. "Ordinary Morning" - LP version

Chart performance

Peak positions Chart (1997) Peak position Australia (ARIA) 67 Canada (RPM) 1 Netherlands (Mega Top 100) 79 Poland (ZPAV)[1] 36 United Kingdom (UK Singles Chart) 12 US Billboard Hot 100[2] 11 US Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[3] 5 US Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks[4] 17 US Billboard Adult Top 40[5] 4 US Billboard Adult Contemporary[6] 28 US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[7] 31 US Billboard Adult Album Alternative 1 Year-end charts Chart (1997) Position U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8] 60

Criticism

Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune said the song "blatantly swipes" from the Rolling Stones song "Sympathy for the Devil".^[9]

References

1. "Lista Przebojów Trójki - Polskie Radio Online". Lp3.polskieradio.pl. 1996-12-13. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
8. "Billboard Top 100 - 1997". Retrieved 2010-08-28.
9. Kot, Greg (August 26, 1997). "Lawdy, Ms. Crow: Top-selling Singer Has Songs But Lacks Emotional Honesty". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 18, 2013.