{{Infobox song | name = Underwhelmed | cover = Underwhelmed.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Sloan | album = Smeared | released = 1992 (CAN) <br> 1993 (U.S.) | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Alternative rock | length = 4:45 | label = Geffen Records, Murderecords | writer = Chris Murphy, Sloan | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Sugartune | next_year = 1992 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Alternative Cover | type = single | cover = Sloan_Underwhelmed.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = Cover of UK Version }} {{External music video|{{YouTube|ObYOQ665clc|"Underwhelmed"}}}} }}
'''"Underwhelmed"''' is the debut single by Canadian alternative rock band Sloan. The song was originally released on the DTK Records compilation ''Hear and Now '92: The Best Of The East Coast's Independent'' in 1992 and was later included on the band's debut EP, ''Peppermint''. A music video was released of the ''Peppermint'' version. The song was re-recorded for the band's debut full-length album, ''Smeared'', and was released as the album's lead single. The song is the band's best-charted single outside Canada, peaking at #25 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in 1993.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Sloan - Chart history |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/279601/sloan/chart?f=377 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=2010-06-12}}</ref>
Sloan's Chris Murphy says the song's lyrical approach was influenced by "Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing", a song by Minutemen on their 1984 album, ''Double Nickels on the Dime''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.torontomike.com/2023/12/steven-page-and-chris-murphy-toronto-miked-podcast-episode-1389/|title=Toronto Mike'd Podcast Episode 1389: Chris Murphy and Steven Page|date=2023-12-11}}</ref>
==Legacy== In 1996, 2000, and 2005, the music magazine ''Chart'' conducted reader polls to determine the best Canadian songs of all time, in which Underwhelmed was voted the second greatest Canadian song of all time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 50 Canadian Songs Of All-Time (Part Two) |url=http://www.chartattack.com/DAMN/2000/06/3012.cfm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030623065848/http://www.chartattack.com/DAMN/2000/06/3012.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 23, 2003 |publisher=Chart Attack |access-date=January 22, 2019 }}</ref> In 2007, CFNY-FM ranked the song #1 on their list of Top 102 Canadian New Rock Songs.
==Track listing==
===UK version=== A-side: # "Underwhelmed" – 4:46 # "What's There to Decide?" – 4:21 B-side: # "Amped" – 3:03 # "Sleepover" – 8:05
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Category:1992 songs Category:1992 debut singles Category:Sloan (band) songs Category:Geffen Records singles Category:Songs written by Chris Murphy (Canadian musician)