| “What It's Like” | ||
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| Single by Everlast from the album Whitey Ford Sings the Blues |
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| Released | 1998 | |
| Format | CD single | |
| Recorded | 1998 | |
| Genre | Alternative rock Alternative hip-hop Blues |
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| Length | 5:03 | |
| Label | Tommy Boy Records | |
| Writer(s) | Everlast | |
"What It's Like" is a song by Everlast. Erik Schrody (born August 18, 1969, in Valley Stream, New York) better known by his stage name Everlast, is an Irish Whitey Ford Sings the Blues (1998 is the second solo album by singer-songwriter-emcee Everlast. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) A CD single (abbreviated to CDS) is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Alternative hip hop (also known as alternative rap) is a genre that is defined in greatly varying ways The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Erik Schrody (born August 18, 1969, in Valley Stream, New York) better known by his stage name Everlast, is an Irish This song was recorded in 1998. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)
The song is typical of the style Everlast embraced after leaving hip-hop trio House of Pain, being a combination of rock, hip-hop and blues with a strong sense of characterisation and empathy towards the working-class protagonists. Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with House of Pain was an Irish -styled American Hip-hop group who released three albums in the early to mid 1990s before lead rapper Everlast
Structurally, the song consists of three verses, a chorus and a bridge. The last line of the chorus was varied in accordance with the particular situation faced by the character in the preceding verse. The characters were:
- A beggar (an old man at the liquor store beggin' for your change)
- Mary, a pregnant girl considering an abortion (Mary got pregnant from a kid named Tom who said he was in love)
- Max, a young man with violent friends and a drug problem (He liked to hang out late, he liked to get shit-faced and keep the pace with thugs)
Each character was presented in a sympathetic light as something of a victim of circumstance and as being an object of derision. Each verse ended with the line God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his/her shoes and Cause then you really might know what it's like to, with the action varying depending on what the character has to do (sing the blues, have to choose, and have to lose, respectively).
At the end of the music video for the song, all of the characters (along with other people) are crowded around a window. A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics Behind the window, an idyllic family is having an enjoyable dinner, oblivious to the less fortunate that are outside.
The song went to #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks for 1 week and #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks for 9 weeks. Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (originally called Mainstream Rock Tracks) is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on Mainstream rock Hot Modern Rock Tracks (originally called Modern Rock Tracks) is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in ''Billboard'' magazine since September It also peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Everlast performed the song on Saturday Night Live in 1999, on the show hosted by James Van Der Beek. Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) James William Van Der Beek Jr (born March 8, 1977) is an American television and film Actor, known for his role as Dawson Leery
In the media
- Played in a promo for Law and Order: CI and Law and Order: SVU. Law & Order Criminal Intent is an American Television series set in New York City. Law & Order Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order SVU or simply SVU) is an American Drama
- Played as background music in flashback for CBS' Cold Case. Cold Case is an American Police procedural Television series revolving around a fictionalized Philadelphia Police Department division
| Preceded by "Never There" by Cake |
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single December 26, 1998 - February 20, 1999 |
Succeeded by "Every Morning" by Sugar Ray |
| Preceded by "Every Morning" by Sugar Ray |
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single February 27 - March 16, 1999 |
Succeeded by "Every Morning" by Sugar Ray |
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