Everloving Records was founded in

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, having been Enjoy Records from 2000. With the success of Jack Johnson's debut ''Brushfire Fairytales'' the original, though defunct, Enjoy Records phoned up to reclaim their moniker. Everloving began with Jack's album, which was produced by co-founder J. P. Plunier. The company began when A&R veteran Andy Factor and Plunier partnered, after having worked together for

Ben Harper Benjamin Chase Harper (born October 28, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae, and rock music and is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live perfo ...

. Plunier is Harper's manager and Factor was his A&R man. Shortly after "Brushfire Fairytales", Everloving had a hit with ''

Mad World "Mad World" is a 1982 song by British band Tears for Fears. Written by Roland Orzabal and sung by bassist Curt Smith, it was the band's third single release and first chart hit, reaching number three on the UK Singles Chart in November 1982. Bo ...

'' from the film ''

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''. That was composed by Tears for Fears and arranged by Michael Andrews and featured the vocals of

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. It went #1 in the UK at Christmas 2003, two years after the film had come out. Additional forays into film brought the soundtrack to "

Dogtown and Z-Boys ''Dogtown and Z-Boys'' is a 2001 documentary film produced by Agi Orsi and directed by Stacy Peralta. The documentary explores the pioneering of the Zephyr skateboard team in the 1970s (of which Peralta was a member) and the evolving sport of s ...

" and the score to "

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band

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debuted on Everloving, as did

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's daughter Inara George. Both were produced by Michael Andrews. Everloving's most recent success has been with

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/ surf rock band

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. The Growlers have released five studio albums: ''Are You In Or Out?'' (2009), ''Hot Tropics EP'' (2010), '' Hung at Heart'' (2013), ''Gilded Pleasures EP'' (2013), and ''

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'' (2014). Everloving also has management and consulting divisions.

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