"Everything Now" is a song by Canadian

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. It was released on June 1, 2017, as the first single from the band's fifth studio album, ''

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'' (2017). It was produced by

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and the band itself. The song samples "The Coffee Cola Song" by Francis Bebey. "Everything Now" is Arcade Fire's first number-one hit on a ''Billboard'' chart.

Release

Before playing "

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" during their Sunday headlining set at the 2016

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, Arcade Fire recorded the audience singing a melody off their upcoming album, which became "Everything Now". The first release of the song came during the

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, Spain on May 31, 2017. At the festival, a limited edition orange 12" vinyl single was made for sale at a merchandise stand. "Everything Now" acted as the A-side and its instrumental acted as the B-side. Digital versions of the song were released on the following day. On June 9, the 12" single became available again at record stores in the United States and United Kingdom.

Music video

A music video for "Everything Now" was released on June 1, 2017 through YouTube. It was directed by The Sacred Egg and shot in Los Angeles.

Track listing

Credits and personnel

Arcade Fire *

Win Butler Edwin Farnham Butler III (born April 14, 1980) is an American-Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, and multi-instrumentalist. He co-founded the Montreal-based indie rock band Arcade Fire with his wife Régine Chassagne. Early life Butler was ...

– lead vocals, bass guitar *

Régine Chassagne Régine Alexandra Chassagne (; born 19 August 1976) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, and multi-instrumentalist, and is a member of the band Arcade Fire. She is married to co-founder Win Butler. Early life and career Régine Alexand ...

– piano, backing vocals *

Richard Reed Parry Richard Reed Parry (born October 4, 1977) is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, best known as a core member of the Grammy Award-winning indie rock band Arcade Fire, where he plays a wide variety of instruments, often switching ...

– electric guitar, backing vocals *William Butler – keyboards, backing vocals *

Tim Kingsbury Tim Kingsbury (born 1977) is a Canadian musician and member of the indie rock band Arcade Fire. He plays bass guitar, guitar, and occasionally keyboards. Early life Kingsbury spent his early years living in and around Guelph, Ontario. He comes ...

– acoustic guitar, backing vocals *

Jeremy Gara Jeremy Gara (born June 6, 1978) is a Canadian drummer from Ottawa, Ontario. He is most well known as the drummer of the band Arcade Fire. Gara is an active performer in a number of other projects, including work as a solo performer. Career Ga ...

– drums Additional musicians *Harmonistic Praise Crusade – choir *

– synthesizer *Rebecca Crenshaw – strings *Helen Gillet – strings *

Owen Pallett Michael James Owen Pallett (born September 7, 1979) is a Canadian composer, violinist, keyboardist, and vocalist. Under their erstwhile moniker of Final Fantasy, Pallett won the 2006 Polaris Music Prize for the album '' He Poos Clouds''. Palle ...

– strings, orchestral arrangements * Sarah Neufeld – strings *Patrick Bebey – flute Recording personnel *Thomas Bangalter – production *

– production *

– production, mixing *Mark Lawson – engineering *Iain Berryman – engineering *Florian Lagatta – engineering *Eric Heigle – engineering *Max Prior – assistant engineering *Craig Silvey – mixing *

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– mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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