"Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" is a song by the American

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, released February 14, 2000 in the UK, and is the first single to be released from their third album, ''

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'' (2000). The single reached No. 11 on the

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Background and production

It was produced and co-written by Michael Simpson of the

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. Mark Oliver Everett wrote the song after finishing writing the album, and the record company insisted he put it on the album as well. He was against this idea, considering it a disruption of the album's flow, but made the compromise by putting it in as a bonus track.

Legacy

The song features prominently in the 2000 film ''

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'', and is used in part in the 2008 film ''

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''. In his autobiography, Everett states that letting the song be used for ''Road Trip'' is one of the few real regrets he has ever had. He only agreed to it because the record company threatened to not release the album if he did not go along with doing the music video, and at this point the album had been on hold for over 7 months. He hated shooting the video, and as of 2008, he had never actually seen the movie.

Track listings

CD 1 # "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" – 3:58 # "Birdgirl on a Cell Phone" – 3:05 # " Last Stop: This Town" (video) CD 2 # "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" – 3:58 # "Hospital Food" (Live from the BBC) – 3:24 # "

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" (video) 7" *Side A: "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" – 3:58 *Side B: "Birdgirl on a Cell Phone" – 3:05

References

External links

* {{authority control Eels (band) songs 2000 singles Songs written by Mark Oliver Everett Song recordings produced by Mark Oliver Everett 1999 songs Music videos directed by Marcos Siega