Hello Time Bomb is a song by Canadian

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Matthew Good Band Matthew Good Band was a Canadians, Canadian alternative rock band formed in Coquitlam, British Columbia in 1995. The band consisted of singer-songwriter/guitarist Matthew Good, guitarist/keyboardist Dave Genn, drummer Ian Browne (musician), Ian Br ...

. It was released in September 1999 as the lead single from their third studio album, '' Beautiful Midnight''. It was nominated for Best Single at the 2000 Juno Awards and is one of the band's

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s. Between 1995 and 2016, it was the fourth most played song by a Canadian artist on rock radio stations in Canada. It also is the band’s highest charting single in the U.S., peaking at 34 on the U.S. ''Billboard''

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Song information

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mentions that he wrote the song quickly on an old acoustic guitar at a friend's place.

Music video

The music video for "Hello Time Bomb" reached #1 on MuchMusic Countdown.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Trivia

"Hello Time Bomb" is featured on

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's compilation album, '' Big Shiny Tunes 4''. Todd Kerns from The Age of Electric sings backup. In 2009's "Top 200 songs of the 1990s" by 102.1 "The Edge", it was voted #35. The song is on the

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of the 2002 film, '' Men with Brooms''.

References

External links

* {{authority control 1999 singles Matthew Good Band songs 1999 songs Universal Records singles Songs written by Dave Genn Songs written by Matthew Good