"Inside Out"
Single by Eve 6
from the album Eve 6
B-side
  • "Showerhead"
  • "Saturday Night"
ReleasedMay 1998 (1998-05)
Recorded1997
Studio
  • Sound City (Van Nuys)
  • Chomsky Ranch (Hollywood)
  • Stepping Stone (Seattle)
GenreAlternative rock[1]
Length3:39
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Don Gilmore
Eve 6 singles chronology
"Inside Out"
(1998)		 "Leech"
(1998)
Music video
"Inside Out" on YouTube

"Inside Out" is the debut single by American alternative rock band Eve 6, released in May 1998 from their self-titled debut album. The song was a big hit in North America, managing to top the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart three times, totaling four weeks at number one. In September 2023, for the chart's 35th anniversary (by which time it had been renamed to Alternative Airplay),[2] Billboard ranked the song at number 58 on its list of the 100 most successful songs in the chart's history.[3] It also reached number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 36 on Canada's RPM Top Singles chart and number 24 in Iceland.

Content

Eve 6, at the time named "Yakoo", were a trio of teenagers who played occasional punk-rock shows at their high school. An A&R representative for a local punk label called Doctor Dream was at one of their high school shows, and she was impressed by the band, eventually recommending them to an A&R representative from RCA Records. The RCA Records representatives were unimpressed by Yakoo's demos, but one RCA producer, Don Gilmore, saw potential. Gilmore helped the band rearrange their "Inside Out" demo, including lengthening the verses and adding the "I alone..." bridge. Singer Max Collins admitted that the band initially was upset by these suggestions and took them personally, but they later realized the tweaks were beneficial.[4]

"We were 16 and 17 years old when we wrote Eve 6, and it sounds like it,” said Collins in 2018. "For that whole record, I was pretty much writing it at this one girl who cheated on me and broke my heart," he said. "My muse would have been that relationship and that girl, and not really having the emotional equipment to know how to deal with it."[4]

Track listings and formats

  1. "Inside Out"  – 3:39
  2. "Showerhead"  – 3:04
  3. "Saturday Night"  – 2:51
  1. "Inside Out"  – 3:39
  2. "Showerhead"  – 3:04

Charts

Chart (1998–1999) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[8] 36
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[9] 24
US Billboard Hot 100[10] 28
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[11] 16
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[12] 1
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[13] 5
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[14] 11

The song is a downloadable track for Rock Band.

In December 2020, Eve 6's official Twitter account became the subject of media attention[15] as "a trove of internet comedy"[16] owing, in part, to its querying of various public figures as to whether they "like the heart in a blender song” (referring to the most well-known lyric of "Inside Out").[17][18][19][20][21][22]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Brian Galindo, Alex Naidus & Ryan Creed (November 5, 2023). "37 Alt Rock Songs You Haven't Thought About Since The Late '90s". BuzzFeed. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ Rutherford, Kevin (September 7, 2023). "Alternative Airplay Chart's 35th Anniversary: Foo Fighters Remain No. 1 Act, 'Monsters' New Top Song". Billboard. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Greatest of All Time Alternative Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 6, 2023. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  4. 1 2 Brodsky, Rachel (September 18, 2018). "Eve 6's Max Collins On 20 Years Of "Inside Out," Getting A Record Deal At 17, & Can't Hardly Wait". Stereogum. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
  5. ↑ Inside Out (AUS Maxi CD Single liner notes). Eve 6. RCA Records. 1998. 74321605692.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ↑ Inside Out (EU Maxi CD Single liner notes). Eve 6. BMG Rights Management. 1998. 74321605692.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ↑ Inside Out (EU 7" Vinyl liner notes). Eve 6. RCA Records. 1998. 74321605697.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 7466." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Íslenski Listinn (22.10–29.10. 1998)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). October 23, 1998. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Eve 6 Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Eve 6 Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Eve 6 Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  13. ↑ "Eve 6 Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  14. ↑ "Eve 6 Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  15. ↑ Hudson, Alex (December 21, 2020). "Eve 6 Are Suddenly Relevant Again Thanks to Their Wild Twitter Account".
  16. ↑ Caffrey, Dan (December 21, 2020). "We implore you to follow Eve 6 on Twitter".
  17. ↑ Ehrlich, Brenna (December 22, 2020). "Eve 6 Wants to Know Whether You Like Their 'Heart in a Blender' Song". Rolling Stone.
  18. ↑ Garro, Adrian (December 22, 2020). "Eve 6 is Turning Twitter Inside Out with '90s Rock Trash Talk & Endless Queries About 'The Heart in a Blender Song'".
  19. ↑ Deville, Chris (December 22, 2020). "Eve 6 Guy Is Spilling The '90s Alt-Rock Tea On Twitter".
  20. ↑ Hartmann, Graham (December 22, 2020). "The Dude From Eve 6 Is the New King of Twitter". Loudwire.
  21. ↑ Rosenbaum, Marty (December 23, 2020). "Eve 6 is on an epic Twitter tear, asking everyone if they like the 'heart in a blender' song".
  22. ↑ Aniftos, Rania (December 23, 2020). "Eve 6 Wants to Know if Twitter Likes 'Inside Out'". Billboard.


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