"Something's Always Wrong"
Single by Toad the Wet Sprocket
from the album Dulcinea
Released1994
GenreAlternative rock[1][2]
Length4:59
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Todd Nichols, Glen Phillips
Producer(s)Gavin MacKillop
Toad the Wet Sprocket singles chronology
"Fall Down"
(1994)		 "Something's Always Wrong"
(1994)		 "Fly from Heaven"
(1995)

"Something's Always Wrong" is a single by American alternative rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket. The song is included on their fourth studio album, Dulcinea (1994). "Something's Always Wrong" was co-written by Glen Phillips and Todd Nichols. Although not as popular as "Fall Down", "Something's Always Wrong" became a chart hit in the United States and Canada.

Background

Singer Glen Phillips said,

'Something's Always Wrong' is an amalgam of a whole bunch of relational observations. Todd had that music and the only line he had was, 'Something has gone wrong.' And I kind of lifted that and switched it. As a person who struggles a lot with depression and negative ideation, for me that's the state I'm always swimming upstream against: that feeling that something's wrong. It's usually based on a true story, but it's almost never the whole story.[3]

Chart performance

"Something's Always Wrong" was a hit, although not to the extent of "Fall Down." The single peaked at number nine on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.[4] The single also peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 15 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart.[5][6] The single helped to make Dulcinea Toad the Wet Sprocket's first top-forty album on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

  1. "Something's Always Wrong"
  2. "Don't Go Away (Live)"
  3. "Corporal Brown (Live)"

Charts

Charts (1994) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[6] 15
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 41
US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard)[7] 22
US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)[4] 9
US Top 40/Mainstream (Billboard)[8] 14

References

  1. ↑ Harris, Vincent (September 12, 2018). "How Toad the Wet Sprocket Navigates the Age of Nostalgia". Post and Courier. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  2. ↑ "The 100 Best Alternative Rock Songs Of 1994". SPIN. August 18, 2014. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  3. ↑ Prato, Greg (November 1, 2022). "Glen Phillips : Songwriter Interviews". Songfacts. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Alternative Airplay". Billboard. October 22, 1994. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. November 26, 1994. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2669." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Mainstream Rock Airplay". Billboard. November 12, 1994. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Pop Airplay". Billboard. November 19, 1994. Retrieved August 24, 2023.


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