Someone Who's Cool

"Someone Who's Cool"
Single by Odds
from the album Nest
Released November 1996
Format CD single
Genre Alternative rock
Length 3:17
Label Elektra
Writer(s) Craig Northey
Producer(s) Nigel the Cat
Odds singles chronology
"Mercy to Go"
(1996)		 "Someone Who's Cool"
(1996)		 "Make You Mad"
(1997)
Music video
"Someone Who's Cool" on YouTube

"Someone Who's Cool" is the first single by Canadian rock band Odds from their third studio album, Nest. The song was originally written for the Friends soundtrack.[1] The song was very successful in Canada, peaking at #2 on Canada's Singles Chart.[2] It remains to be the band's highest charting single and one of the band's most popular songs. The song was also used as the theme song to the short-lived CBS music industry comedy Love Monkey.[3]

Track listing

  1. Someone Who's Cool
  2. Family Cauldron

Music video

The song's music video was directed by Curtis Wehrfritz. The video was nominated for "Best Video" at the 1997 Juno Awards.[4]

Charts

Year Peak Chart Position
CAN CAN
Alt
1997 2[2] 3[5]

References

  1. ↑ Singles: Individually Wrapped - The Odds - Music Reviews
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Top Singles - Volume 64, No. 23, February 10, 1997". RPM. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ "1997 Best Video". junoawards.ca. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
  5. ↑ "Rock/Alternative - Volume 64, No. 24, February 17, 1997". RPM. Retrieved 2010-08-24.