I Will Buy You a New Life

"I Will Buy You a New Life"
"I Will Buy You a New Life"
Single by Everclear
from the album So Much for the Afterglow
B-side	"So Much for the Afterglow" (live); "Heroin Girl" (live); "Local God" (live);
Released	1997
Studio	Whitehorse (Portland, Oregon)
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3:58
Label	Capitol
Songwriters	Art Alexakis; Greg Eklund; Craig Montoya;
Producers	Art Alexakis; Neal Avron;
Everclear singles chronology
Music video
	"I Will Buy You a New Life" on YouTube

Released1997

"I Will Buy You a New Life" is a rock song by American rock band Everclear from their third studio album, So Much for the Afterglow (1997). The song peaked at number three on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, number 20 on the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart, and number 31 on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart. In Canada, it reached number 49 on the RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart and number one on the RPM Alternative 30 chart.

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[3]	49
Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM)^[4]	1
US Radio Songs (Billboard)^[5]	33
US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)^[6]	20
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)^[7]	3
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)^[8]	20
US Pop Airplay (Billboard)^[9]	31

Chart (1998)	Position
Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM)^[10]	24
US Hot 100 Airplay (Billboard)^[11]	73
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)^[12]	44
US Mainstream Rock Tracks (Billboard)^[13]	84
US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)^[14]	9

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United States	1997	Rock radio	Capitol
United States	March 31, 1998	Contemporary hit radio	Capitol	^[15]

v t e Everclear
Art Alexakis Dave French Freddy Herrera Sean Winchester Josh Crawley Craig Montoya Greg Eklund Scott Cuthbert Brett Snyder Tommy Stewart Johnny Hawthorn Sam Hudson Sasha Smith Jordan Plosky
Studio albums	World of Noise Sparkle and Fade So Much for the Afterglow Songs from an American Movie Vol. One Vol. Two: Good Time for a Bad Attitude Slow Motion Daydream Welcome to the Drama Club Invisible Stars Black Is the New Black
Extended plays	Nervous & Weird White Trash Hell Live from Toronto Closure EP Extended Versions
Compilation albums	Ten Years Gone: The Best of Everclear 1994–2004 The Best of Everclear The Vegas Years Greatest Hits The Very Best of Everclear In a Different Light Return to Santa Monica
Singles	"Heroin Girl" "Santa Monica" "Heartspark Dollarsign" "Everything to Everyone" "I Will Buy You a New Life" "Father of Mine" "The Boys Are Back in Town" "Wonderful" "AM Radio" "Brown Eyed Girl" "Volvo Driving Soccer Mom" "Rich Girl"
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