"Apparitions" is a song by

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. The third single released from the band's second studio album '' Underdogs,'' the song was very successful in Canada, being nominated for "Best Single" at the 1999 Juno Awards. The edited version of the song is featured on the

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compilation album, '' Big Shiny Tunes 3''. Good regards "Apparitions" as one of his best compositions.

Track listing

Music video

The video was filmed in

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, with exterior shots of the Vancouver Central Library and interior shots of the Toronto Dominion Tower. Inside an office building at night, a janitor (Good) horses around the building while going about his work, pausing to stage a mock duel with the lobby security guard. Making his way down a corridor, the janitor bumps into a prostitute, who has been hired by the firm's recently terminated chief of securities. After drinking heavily, the chief shoots himself in the prostitute's presence, causing her to run out in distress. Good encounters the chief's body and calls the security guard, who is watching the prostitute sobbing in the elevator on his CCTV monitor. In between, a rising executive (Dave Genn) attends a cocktail party, unaware of Good mocking him in the elevator; another janitor (Geoff Lloyd) fills out crossword puzzles in a storage closet before falling asleep; an executive complains on the phone about his malfunctioning computer; an administrative assistant plays

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at her desk; a second executive (Ian Browne) enters and exits a bathroom; and a third executive snorts lines of

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in a stall, causing a nosebleed. The music video for "Apparitions" reached #1 on MuchMusic Countdown for the week of October 30, 1998.

Awards and nominations

The music video's director, Bill Morrison, won the award for Best Director at the 1998

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. The video was also nominated for "Best Video" at the 1999 Juno Awards.

Charts

References

External links

* 1998 singles 1997 songs Matthew Good Band songs Songs written by Matthew Good Songs written by Dave Genn PolyGram singles Mercury Records singles {{1990s-rock-song-stub