For You (Barenaked Ladies song)

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“For You”
Single by Barenaked Ladies from the album Everything to Everyone
Released	1993, 1996
Recorded	2003
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3:27
Label	Reprise Records
Writer(s)	Steven Page Ed Robertson
Producer	Ron Aniello
Barenaked Ladies singles chronology
"Testing 1,2,3" (2003) "For You" (2003) "Celebrity" (2004)

"For You" is a single from Barenaked Ladies' 2003 album Everything to Everyone. It was cowritten by Steven Page and Ed Robertson. Robertson sings lead; on the album all of the backup vocals seem to be Page, while in most live performances, all four of the other band members sing parts of the backups. The song features Kevin Hearn playing the mandolin, including a solo riff which recurs throughout the song. Hearn credits this as the song he learned to play mandolin for. Ron Aniello, the producer of the album, played five-string banjo on the recording.

The song is nearly always played in the band's one-mic setup, featuring the entire band standing around one condenser microphone. Robertson plays acoustic guitar, Hearn plays mandolin, and Jim Creeggan plays double bass. The song is among very few in which drummer Tyler Stewart does not play any percussion.

The song was almost not recorded for the album, as it was seen to be the kind of song the band would just mess around with backstage, and not be album material. However, while the band was set up to record "Have You Seen My Love?", they decided to also record "For You".

During a 2004 tour rehearsal at the Molson Amphitheatre, the day after a performance on The Today Show which included "For You", Robertson has said that he received a phone call from Ricky Skaggs complimenting the band on their "real fine job" with the performance, singling out his enjoyment of the mandolin playing. Robertson said that it was "thoroughly exciting" and that it "made his day".^[1]

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v • d • e Barenaked Ladies Jim Creeggan · Kevin Hearn · Steven Page · Ed Robertson · Tyler Stewart Andy Creeggan (former member) · Chris Brown (temporary member) Early albums Buck Naked · Barenaked Lunch (The Pink Tape) · Barenaked Ladies (The Yellow Tape) · Variety Recordings: Barenaked Ladies Main albums Gordon · Maybe You Should Drive · Born on a Pirate Ship · Rock Spectacle · Stunt · Maroon · Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits (1991-2001) · Everything to Everyone · Barenaked for the Holidays · Barenaked Ladies Are Me · Extended Versions (Live) · Barenaked Ladies Are Men · Talk to the Hand: Live in Michigan · Snacktime! Primary singles Be My Yoko Ono · Lovers in a Dangerous Time · Enid · What a Good Boy · Brian Wilson · If I Had $1000000 · Jane · Alternative Girlfriend · Shoe Box · The Old Apartment · One Week · It's All Been Done · Call and Answer · Get in Line · Alcohol · Pinch Me · Too Little Too Late · Falling for the First Time · Thanks That Was Fun · Another Postcard · Testing 1,2,3 · For You · Celebrity · One Little Slip · Easy · Wind It Up · Sound of Your Voice DVDs Barenaked in America · Barelaked Nadies · Talk to the Hand: Live in Michigan Side projects The Brothers Creeggan · Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle · The Vanity Project