Building a Mystery
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| Single by Sarah McLachlan from the album Surfacing |
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| Released | 1997 | ||||
| Format | CD single | ||||
| Recorded | Morin Heights | ||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | N/A | ||||
| Label | Nettwerk Records, Arista Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Sarah McLachlan, Pierre Marchand | ||||
| Producer | Pierre Marchand | ||||
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"Building a Mystery" is a song by Sarah McLachlan, from her multi-platinum album Surfacing, first released in 1997.
A fan favourite, the song was an immediate Top-40, Soft AC, and Hot AC hit which paved the grounds for her future songs "Sweet Surrender", "Adia", and "Angel", all from the Surfacing album. It peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The album version of "Building a Mystery," and the live albums "Afterglow Live" and "Mirrorball" contain the line, "A beautiful fucked up man". The radio version replaces this line with "A beautiful but strange man" or the original lyric garbled beyond recognition, and during performances on radio or television, Sarah sings the line "A beautiful messed up man."
The song was her biggest chart hit in Canada, spending eight weeks at #1 on the RPM charts and ranking as the #1 single of the year in the magazine's year end chart and won the Juno Award for Single of the Year in 1998.
The track also made McLachlan the recipient of the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the Grammy Awards of 1998, beating Mariah Carey, Shawn Colvin, Paula Cole and Jewel [1].
[edit] Chart Performance
| Chart (1997)/(1998) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard Hot 100 [2] | 13 |
| US Billboard Hot Singles Recurrents [3] | 1 |
| US Billboard Top 40 Mainstream [4] | 15 |
| US Billboard Hot Singles Sales [5] | 27 |
| US Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks [6] | 4 |
| US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks [7] | 3 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay [8] | 9 |
| Canada RPM | 1 (8 weeks) |
| US American Top 40 | 2 |
[edit] External links
- Building a Mystery at YouTube (licensed content by Sony BMG)
[edit] References
- ^ "Grammy Awards for Best Pop Female Performance" on Rockonthenet.com. Retrieved on 1998-02-25.
- ^ "The Billboard Hot 100 " on Billboard.com. Retrieved on 1997-10-04.
- ^ "Hot Singles Recurrents" on Billboard.com. Retrieved on 1998-11-07.
- ^ "Top 40 Mainstream " on Billboard.com. Retrieved on 1997-08-23.
- ^ "Hot Singles Sales " on Billboard.com. Retrieved on 1998-01-03.
- ^ "Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks " on Billboard.com. Retrieved on 1997-09-27.
- ^ "Hot Modern Rock Tracks " on Billboard.com. Retrieved on 1997-11-01.
- ^ "Hot 100 Airplay " on Billboard.com. Retrieved on 1997-11-29.
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