“It’s a part of so many people’s lives, so every time I sing it now I’m aware it doesn’t just belong to me. “Over time the meaning has absolutely changed because we’ve played it in India, Malaysia, Europe and so many places, not just outside of the United States, but outside of my apartment in New York City where I wrote it – and outside of my family’s basement in Massachusetts, where I demoed the song so many years ago,” he says. VIDEO: Vertical Horizon – Everything You Want Scannell’s quick to point out that despite the pain, he loves the award-winning track and will happily perform it “as long as anybody wants to hear it.” Having belted out the chart-topper all over the world, he remains in awe of the track’s reception and says it has taken on new meaning over the years. I’m so much more whole than I was when I wrote it and sometimes now, I can almost sing it and not feel the pain… almost!” Music can be such a cathartic, healing medium and as a songwriter the goal is to walk away from a song being more whole. “But I think that’s part of the healing process. “I still think of her when I sing it, but less so,” says the musician, who wrote the track about desperately wanting to help a woman he was in love with, only to be constantly turned away. It became the fifth most played song on the radio in 2000, but 20 years since Scannell penned “Everything You Want,” he admits that thoughts of the girl who inspired the number one hit still make it hurt to perform live. I just sat down and wrote a record of music that inspired me.”Īs Everything You Want turns 20 on June 15, Scannell reflected on the key hits which shot the band to global success two decades ago. So, this record for me was the most selfish – made without any exterior motivations and concerns. But I’m really welcoming of when it comes and make every effort to harness, nourish and grow it into something. “At this point of my career, it’s an extremely selfish process and if I’m not inspired, I’m not going to try to force or fake it. “It was just me wanting to make new songs and not really thinking about other stuff,” Scannell says of the 10-track album. The hit was followed up by “You’re a God” and the beautiful ballad, “Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)” and, through band shakeups and a hiatus, Scannell has kept the music coming, most recently with 2018’s The Lost Mile. The second single from the group’s album of the same name, “ Everything You Want,” spent 41 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number one in July 2000. That’s probably the highest compliment a songwriter can receive – for people to sing their song with such conviction that you can back off the microphone and be drowned out – and I experience that almost every time we play ‘Everything You Want.’” “I still get goosebumps thinking about it.
So, he just played it through,” Scannell reflects. “I went to see Billy Joel and when it was time for him to play ‘Piano Man,’ we sang it so loud in the audience that he couldn’t even sing himself. The experience would have a profound and lasting effect on the Vertical Horizon frontman, but at the time he never imagined that his own music would on day have an equally- powerful impact fans.
Matt Scannell was just a kid when he turned up to Madison Square Garden in New York to see Billy Joel in concert.
The album is now finally available on vinyl in Europe for the first time.Matt Scannell / Photo by Craig M. "Finding Me" was featured on the fifth Season opener of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The song is featured in the 2003 film Bruce Almighty. The video for "You're a God" featured actress Tiffani-Amber Thiessen. "Everything You Want" became one of the most radio played singles of 2000, reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The first four tracks of the album were all released as singles. Everything You Want served as the debut of bassist Sean Hurley in the band and proved to be their most successful effort. Everything You Want is the third studio album by Vertical Horizon and was originally released in 1999. Vertical Horizon is an American alternative rock band formed at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
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