{{Short description|1995 single by Bush}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2007}} {{Use British English|date=July 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}} {{Infobox song | name = Everything Zen | cover = EverythingZenBush.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Bush | album = Sixteen Stone | released = 10 April 1995 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = * Grunge<ref name="AllMusic Rock 1997">{{cite book|last= Erlewine|first= Stephen Thomas|chapter= Various Artists - ''MTV's Best of the Buzz Bin, Vol. 1'' (1996)|editor-last1= Bogdanov|editor-first1=Vladimir|editor-last2= Erlewine |editor-first2= Michael |editor-last3= Erlewine |editor-first3= Stephen Thomas |editor-last4= Unterberger |editor-first4= Richie |editor-last5= Woodstra |editor-first5= Chris|date= January 1, 1997|title= AllMusic Guide to Rock|publisher= Miller Freeman, Inc.|location= San Francisco|page= 1080}}</ref> * alternative rock<ref name="AllMusic Rock 1997"/> * hard rock<ref>{{cite news |last1=Piccoli |first1=Sean |title=Bush: America's Band |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1997-03-22-9703210283-story.html+&cd=35&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk |date=22 March 1997 |accessdate=23 January 2020 |work=Sun Sentiel |agency=Sun Senitel }}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | length = * 4:38 (album version) * 4:02 (edit) | label = * Trauma * Interscope | writer = Gavin Rossdale | producer = * Clive Langer * Alan Winstanley * Bush | prev_title = Bomb | prev_year = 1994 | next_title = Little Things | next_year = 1995 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|Ps317u9Rhl0|"Everything Zen"}}}} }} "'''Everything Zen'''" is a single by British rock band Bush. The song was released to radio in autumn 1994 before being physically released on 10 April 1995. The single comes from their 1994 debut album, ''Sixteen Stone''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZggEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Everything+zen&pg=PA24 | title=Billboard | date=19 November 1994 }}</ref> It was the band's first single released under the name Bush,<ref name="twentyseven">{{cite book |last1=Nine |first1=Jennifer |title=Bush: Twenty-seventh Letter : the Official History |date=1999 |publisher=Virgin |isbn=9780753501894 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cdL0GIkAkycC |accessdate=26 July 2020}}</ref> and their second overall.
==Lyrics and music== The title of the song may refer to the poem ''Howl'' by Allen Ginsberg which includes the phrase "who vanished into nowhere Zen New Jersey." The lyrics "Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow" and "...on sale again" are taken from David Bowie's 1971 song "Life on Mars?". Other references in the song include Tom Waits<ref>{{cite web |title=Everything Zen by Bush - Songfacts |url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/bush/everything-zen |website=www.songfacts.com |language=en |quote=Lead singer Gavin Rossdale made reference to two of his favorite people in one of the lyrics: Tom Waits and Allen Ginsberg. The line, "Rain Dogs howl for the century" refers to the Waits album Rain Dogs (also a "song), and the Ginsberg poem Howl.}}</ref> ("''Rain Dogs'' howl for the century"), Jane's Addiction's "Ted, Just Admit It..." ("there's no sex in your violence"), Alice in Chains' "Would?" ("try to see it once my way"), and the Elvis Presley sighting conspiracy theory ("I don't believe that Elvis is dead").
The song's opening guitar riff has been compared to that of Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World" (1989).<ref name="terich">{{cite web |last1=Terich |first1=Jeff |title=1995: The year Oasis made us want to live forever |url=https://www.treblezine.com/1995-oasis-live-forever-alt-rock-charts/ |website=Treble |date=3 March 2017 |access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref>
==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. Scenes from the video were recreated in the opening credits of the TV series ''Millennium''.
Gavin Rossdale said 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."
==Release and performance== "Everything Zen" was released to radio in the United States in 1994, before the album ''Sixteen Stone'' was released. KROQ started playing the song alongside "Little Things" before other radio stations did. As a result, ''Sixteen Stone'', which was scheduled to be released in January 1995, was released in November 1994 instead.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wgsEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Everything+zen&pg=PA117 | title=Billboard | date=18 February 1995 }}</ref> Although it did not achieve immediate success, it eventually reached number two on the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Chart,<ref>{{cite magazine|publisher=Eldridge Industries|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-airplay/1995-03-03|title=Alternative Airplay Chart for the week of March 4, 1995|accessdate=1 October 2020}}</ref> number 5 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and Canadian Rock/Alternative chart, and number 40 on the Hot 100 Airplay. It failed to hit the Hot 100 that year.
==Track listing== '''European CD single (6544-95794-2) and 12-inch vinyl (A8196T)''' # "Everything Zen" (radio edit) # "Bud" # "Monkey" # "Everything Zen"
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col"|Chart (1995) !scope="col"|Peak<br/>position |- {{single chart|Australia|41|artist=Bush|song=Everything Zen|rowheader=true|access-date=22 October 2018}} |- !scope="row"|European Alternative Rock (''Music & Media'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-05-13.pdf|title=European Alternative Rock Radio|work=Music & Media|page=25|date=13 May 1995|accessdate=4 August 2022}}</ref> |9 |- !scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/tipparade/1995/week-32|title=Tipparade-lijst van week 32, 1995|publisher=Dutch Top 40|language=nl|access-date=10 April 2023}}</ref> |5 |- {{single chart|Dutch100|45|artist=Bush|song=Everything Zen|rowheader=true|access-date=22 October 2018}} |- {{single chart|UK|84|date=19950429|rowheader=true|access-date=22 October 2018}} |- {{single chart|UKrock|2|date=19950429|rowheader=true|access-date=22 October 2018}} |- {{single chart|Billboardradiosongs|40|artist=Bush|rowheader=true|access-date=11 March 2017}} |- {{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|2|artist=Bush|rowheader=true|access-date=11 March 2017}} |- {{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|5|artist=Bush|rowheader=true|access-date=11 March 2017}} |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1995) !Position |- !scope="row"|US Album Rock Tracks (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Year in Music: Hot Album Rock Tracks|magazine=Billboard|volume=107|issue=51|page=YE-76|date=23 December 1995}}</ref> |11 |- !scope="row"|US Modern Rock Tracks (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Year in Music: Hot Modern Rock Tracks|magazine=Billboard|volume=107|issue=51|page=YE-77|date=23 December 1995}}</ref> |17 |} {{col-end}}
==Release history== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !scope="col"|Region !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Format(s) !scope="col"|Label(s) !scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- !scope="row"|United States |1994 |Radio |{{hlist|Trauma|Interscope}} |<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZggEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Everything+zen&pg=PA24 | title=Billboard | date=19 November 1994 }}</ref> |- !scope="row"|Australia |10 April 1995 |{{hlist|CD|cassette}} |rowspan="2"|{{hlist|Trauma|Interscope|Atlantic}} |<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases – Product Available from : 10/04/95: Singles|magazine=The ARIA Report|issue=269|page=22|date=9 April 1995}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|United Kingdom |17 April 1995 |{{hlist|12-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}} |<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=31|date=15 April 2023}}</ref> |}
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