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"Underwhelmed" is the debut single by Canadian alternative rock band Sloan. The song was originally released on the DTK Records compilation Hear and Now '92: The Best Of The East Coast's Independent in 1992 and was later included on the band's debut EP, Peppermint. A music video was released of the Peppermint version. The song was re-recorded for the band's debut full-length album, Smeared, and was released as the album's lead single. The song was the band's most successful single outside Canada, peaking at #25 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in 1993.
In 1996, 2000, and 2005, the music magazine Chart conducted reader polls to determine the best Canadian songs of all time, in which Underwhelmed was voted the second greatest Canadian song of all time. In 2007, CFNY-FM ranked the song #1 on their list of Top 102 Canadian New Rock Songs.
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Sloan-Underwhelmed LABEL 01
Underwhelmed (promo)
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Credits
Songwriting
‘Underwhelmed’ written by Andrew Scott, Chris Murphy, Jay Ferguson, and Patrick Pentland
Production
Produced by Sloan and Terry Pulliam
Mixed by Dave Ogilvie
Artwork
Art direction by Michael Golob
Cover photo by Alison Dyer
Back cover photo by Chris Murphy
Publishing
Published by Two Minutes For Music Ltd.
Manufacturing / Distribution
Manufactured by Uni Distribution Corp.
Distributed by Uni Distribution Corp.
Glass mastered at Specialty Records Corporation
Credits
A&R: Todd Sullivan
Management: Brookes Diamond Productions, Chip Sutherland, and Peter Rowan
Copyright
℗ 1992 The David Geffen Company
© 1992 The David Geffen Company
Notes
From the DGC album Smeared, available on cassette and compact disc (DGC/DGCD-24498). Promotional copy. Not for sale. Made in U.S.A.
Matrix / Runout
38 PRO CD 4477-2 SRC#02. M1S1
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