Everything Zen

"Everything Zen"
Single by Bush
from the album Sixteen Stone
Released	January 28, 1995 (1995-01-28)
Format	CD
Recorded	1994
Genre	Grunge
Length	4:38 (Album version) 4:02 (Edit)
Label	Trauma Interscope
Writer(s)	Gavin Rossdale
Producer	Clive Langer, Alan Winstanley, Bush
Bush singles chronology
- "Everything Zen" (1995) "Little Things" (1995)

"Everything Zen" is the debut single released by British alternative rock band Bush in early 1995 from their debut album Sixteen Stone.

Music video

The video was the first video Bush had ever made. The video was directed by Matt Mahurin, who also makes an appearance in the video wearing a mask, and was shot on the 12 and 13 of November 1994. Scenes from the video were used in the opening credits of the TV series Millennium.

Gavin Rossdale on the making of the video:

"I hadn't even seen that many videos before making this because I never had MTV. I just remember that it felt weird miming with all those people standing around, but you soon get over that. Obviously, this video was hugely important in breaking us in America."

Parody

The song was parodied on Bill Nye the Science Guy in the episode "Animal Locomotion".

Commercial perfomance

Although it did not achieve immediate success, it eventually reached number two on the Billboard Modern Rock Chart and number 5 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and Canadian Rock/Alternative chart that year.

Track listing

• European CD Single 6544-95794-2
  1. "Everything Zen (Radio Edit)"
  2. "Bud"
  3. "Monkey" (LP Version)
  4. "Everything Zen" (LP Version)

• European 12-inch Vinyl A8196T
  1. "Everything Zen" (Radio Edit)
  2. "Bud"
  3. "Monkey" (LP Version)
  4. "Everything Zen" (LP Version)

Chart positions

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Canadian Alternative Chart	5
US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	5
US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	2
ARIA Charts	41
MegaCharts	45

External links

• "Everything Zen" Official music video on YouTube