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, released in May 1998 from their self-titled debut album as their debut single. The song was a hit in North America, topping the US ''

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chart for four nonconsecutive weeks. In September 2023, for the chart's 35th anniversary (by which time it had been renamed to Alternative Airplay), ''Billboard'' ranked the song at number 58 on its list of the 100 most successful songs in the chart's history. It also reached number 28 on the ''Billboard''

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, number 36 on Canada's ''

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'' 100 Hit Tracks chart, and number 24 in Iceland. It was the band's biggest hit, though it would not be accurate to say they were a

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, as their 2001 single " Here's to the Night" was successful.

Content

Eve 6, at the time named "Yakoo", were a trio of teenagers who played occasional punk-rock shows at their high school. An A&R representative for a local punk label called

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was at one of their high school shows, and she was impressed by the band, eventually recommending them to an A&R representative from

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. The RCA Records representatives were unimpressed by Yakoo's demos, but one RCA producer, Don Gilmore, saw potential. Gilmore helped the band rearrange their "Inside Out" demo, including lengthening the verses and adding the "I alone..." bridge. Singer Max Collins admitted that the band initially was upset by these suggestions and took them personally, but they later realized the tweaks were beneficial. "We were 16 and 17 years old when we wrote ''Eve 6'', and it sounds like it,” said Collins in 2018. "For that whole record, I was pretty much writing it at this one girl who cheated on me and broke my heart," he said. "My muse would have been that relationship and that girl, and not really having the emotional equipment to know how to deal with it."

Track listings and formats

*Australian and European maxi-CD single #"Inside Out" – 3:39 #"Showerhead" – 3:04 #"Saturday Night" – 2:51 *European 7-inch single #"Inside Out" – 3:39 #"Showerhead" – 3:04

Charts

Weekly charts

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Certifications

In popular culture

In December 2020, Eve 6's official

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account became the subject of media attention as "a trove of internet comedy" owing, in part, to its querying of various public figures as to whether they "like the heart in a blender song" (referring to the most well-known lyric of "Inside Out").

References

{{Authority control 1998 debut singles 1998 songs Eve 6 songs RCA Records singles Songs written by Max Collins (musician)