Better Days (And the Bottom Drops Out)

"Better Days (And the Bottom Drops Out)"
Single by Citizen King
from the album Mobile Estates
Released May 25, 1999
Format CD single
Recorded 1999
Genre Alternative rock
Length 3:38
Label Warner Bros.
Writer(s) Dave Cooley & Matt Sims
Music video
"Better Days (And the Bottom Drops Out)" on YouTube

"Better Days (And the Bottom Drops Out)" is a 1999 single by the American music group Citizen King, and featured on their album Mobile Estates. A one-hit wonder, the band's most well-known song peaked at #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #10 on Billboard's Adult Top 40 chart in 1999.[1] [2]

In Popular culture

The song was used in pilot episodes and the series finale of Malcolm in the Middle. It was also used in the final episode of the first season of Charmed. A remix of the song was used in the movie Gone in 60 Seconds, and was included on the film's soundtrack. The remix can be found on a rare Japanese import. The song is also infamous for being mistaken for the band Sublime.

Track listing

CD
  1. "Better Days (And the Bottom Drops Out)" - 3:38
  2. "Basement Show" - 3:22

Charts

Chart Position
Canadian RPM Singles Chart[3] 20
US Billboard Hot 100[1] 25
US Modern Rock Tracks[1] 3
US Adult Top 40[1] 10

Year-end charts

Chart (1999) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] 96

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Better Days (And the Bottom Drops Out) - Citizen King". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). New York: Billboard Books. ISBN 0-8230-7499-4.
  3. ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 69, No. 16, August 09 1999". RPM. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
  4. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1999". Retrieved August 28, 2010.
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