Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman)

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"Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman)"
Single by Counting Crows
from the album DGC Rarities Volume 1
Released 1993
Format CD single
Genre Rock
Label Geffen
Writer(s) Adam Duritz, David Bryson
Producer T-Bone Burnett
Counting Crows singles chronology
"Round Here"
(1993)
"Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman)"
(1993)
"Rain King"
(1994)

"Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman)" is a song recorded by Counting Crows from the album DGC Rarities Volume 1. It was included on the band's best-of compilation, Films About Ghosts (The Best Of...). The title of the song was inspired by the Philip Glass opera Einstein on the Beach.

[edit] Charts

Chart (1994) Peak
Position
Australia ARIA Singles Chart 70
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 1
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 1
Preceded by
"Come Out and Play" by The Offspring
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single
August 13, 1994
Succeeded by
"Basket Case" by Green Day
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