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			My Sundown is a track off of the fourth studio album by [[Jimmy Eat World]], it is track 11 of the album [[Bleed American]] released on 2002-07-25, through DreamWorks Records.
	== Appears On ==		== Appears On ==

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{{Song
| image = Bleed American.jpg
| alt-text = Bleed American Album Cover
| caption = Bleed American Album Cover
| written =
| first_played= Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY July 25, 2002
| released = 2001-07-24
| length = 5:40
| label = [[DreamWorks]]
| writer = [[Jimmy Eat World]]
| producer = [[Mark Trombino]], [[Jimmy Eat World]]
}}My Sundown is a track off of the fourth studio album by [[Jimmy Eat World]], it is track 11 of the album [[Bleed American]] released on 2002-07-25, through DreamWorks Records.
== Appears On ==

* [[Bleed American]]
* [[Bleed American Demos Plus]]
* [[The Middle (single)]]
* [[Believe in What You Want]] (My Sundown) (Inner Ear Session))
* [[Firestarter EP]]

== Lyrics ==
[Verse 1]

I see it around me, I see it in everything

I could be so much more than this

[Verse 2]

I said my goodbyes, this is my sundown

I'm gonna be so much more than this

[Chorus]

With one hand high, you'll show them your progress

You'll take your time, but no one cares

No one cares

No one cares

[Verse 2]

I need you to show me the way from crazy

I wanna be so much more than this

[Chorus]

With one hand high, you'll show them your progress

You'll take your time, but no one cares

With one hand high, you'll show them your progress

You'll take your time, but no one cares

No one cares

[Post-Chorus]

I could be so much more than this

No one cares

I want to be so much more than this

No one cares

I could be so much more than this

No one cares

I want to be so much more than this

No one cares

I want to be so much more than this

No one cares

I want to be so much more than this

== Recording Details ==
Following the release of [[Clarity]] on 1999-02-23 <ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/clarity-mr0001436329|title=Clarity - Jimmy Eat World {{!}} Release Info|last=Vanderhof|first=Mark|website=AllMusic|publisher=AllMusic|date=|access-date=2021-02-24}}</ref> and despite critical praise and promotion, Clarity was commercially unsuccessful in a musical climate dominated by teen pop, and the band was dropped by Capitol in 1993-08. <ref name=":11">{{Citation|title=Jimmy Eat World: Clarity (Capitol) No. 60. ISSN 1534-0554.|last=Greenwald|first=Andy|date=2007-07|publisher=Blender|website=Blender|access-date=}}</ref> <ref name=":10">{{Citation|access-date=2021-02-24|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010606124239/http://www.jimmyeatworld.net/history.html|title=History|publisher=Jimmy Eat World|website=Jimmy Eat World|date=2001}}</ref> The band said Capitol was so "busy re-mastering and re-releas[ing] The Beatles [...] and Frank Sinatra" they "sort of fell through the cracks". <ref name=":10" /> In 1999-09 and 1999-10, they embarked on a tour of Europe, with [https://wiki.jimmyeatwiki.com/index.php%3Ftitle=No_Knife No Knife], and supported the [https://wiki.jimmyeatwiki.com/index.php%3Ftitle=Promise_Ring Promise Ring] for three shows at the end of 1999-10. <ref>{{Citation|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991010012851/http://www.jimmyeatworld.net/tourdates.html|title=Tour dates|website=Jimmy Eat World|publisher=Jimmy Eat World|access-date=2021-02-24}}</ref> <ref>{{Citation|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991009215744/http://www.jimmyeatworld.net/news.html|title=News|website=Jimmy Eat World|publisher=Jimmy Eat World|access-date=2021-02-24}}</ref> After this, Jimmy Eat World took a break, during which Adkins started the side project [https://wiki.jimmyeatwiki.com/index.php%3Ftitle=Go_Big_Casino Go Big Casino] and played some shows, while Lind got married in 1999-11 at the same church where the band had recorded their [https://wiki.jimmyeatwiki.com/index.php%3Ftitle='94_Demo_Cassette '94 Demo Cassette]. <ref>{{Citation|quote=The Beginning(Early 1994)

We started playing shows, putting on shows, meeting people and having a blast. We recorded a demo tape at a church in our home town by a guy named Jason Boreman, who is the music leader there. We actually recorded our first songs on the same stage, in spring of 94, that Zach will be getting married on on the 26th of November, 1999. Weird. So, we used that demo tape to circulate the gospel of Jimmy Eat World around Phoenix and it did just that. With that, we convinced a guy to record a seven inch for us for cheap. We recorded that, put it out on Wooden Blue Records, a label headed by two high school friends, Jeremy Yocum and Joel Leibow. While recording that seven inch, we convinced the engineer to record us for a full length cd. So, we did that and released it on Wooden Blue in December of 94. It sold about 2,000 copies all together and is now out of print.|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010606124239/http://www.jimmyeatworld.net/history.html|last=Jimmy Eat World|website=Jimmy Eat World|publisher=Jimmy Eat World|access-date=2021-02-24|title=History}}</ref> The band celebrated the end of millennium with two shows in their hometown Tempe, Arizona. <ref>{{Citation|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991109202046/http://www.jimmyeatworld.net/news.html|title=News|date=1999-10-21|access-date=2021-02-24|website=Jimmy Eat World|publisher=Jimmy Eat World}}</ref> After Capitol either shelved or refused to release the band's next record, Jimmy Eat World decided to leave the label, and Capitol was happy to let them go. <ref name=":0">{{Citation|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jimmy-eat-world-mn0000852688/biography|last=Leahey|title=Artist Biography - Jimmy Eat World|first=Andrew|website=AllMusic|publisher=|access-date=2021-02-25}}</ref>

In 2000-08 [[Jimmy Eat World]] released the compilation album Singles through the independent label [[Big Wheel Recreation]], which included B-sides and unreleased songs from the band up to that point.<ref name=":0" /> Later that year, they returned to Europe on tour, where Clarity was enjoying some success, especially in Germany. <ref name=":0" /> <ref name=":1">{{Citation|title=Jimmy Eat World|website=Pollstar.com|publisher=Pollstar.com|date=2002-03-25|quote=|access-date=2021-02-25|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918074348/http://www.pollstar.com/hotstar_article.aspx?ID=45373}}</ref> After this tour, they launched a new [[Jimmy Eat World Jebediah Split|split]], this time with [[Jebediah]]. <ref name=":0" /> At that time, Jimmy Eat World distributed their albums independently while on tour in Europe. <ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.indyrock.es/jimmyeatworld.htm|last=Lopez de Eguilaz|first=Iñaki|date=2002-03|access-date=2021-02-25|title=Con Poco Hambre de Mundo|website=indyrock.es|publisher=indyrock.es}}</ref> Drummer Zach Lind recalled that the label "really didn’t believe in us. But in a way, that was sort of a good thing, because it let us take control of what we needed to do. We learned we had to do it ourselves, because no one else would do it for us." <ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.moderndrummer.com/2004/05/zach-lind/|title=Zach Lind of Jimmy Eat World|date=2004-05|website=Modern Drummer}}</ref> When the band returned from their tour they began to think about recording their next album shortly after the release of Singles in 2000-08. <ref name=":5" /> The sales from Singles and the proceeds from Jimmy Eat World's European tour helped fund the album's recording sessions. <ref name=":1" /> Recording sessions began in August 2000 and took place in Los Angeles, California <ref name=":0" /> in two studios: [[Californians Cherokee]], and [[Harddrive]] in North Hollywood. The album was mixed in [[South Extasy Recording Studio]] in Los Angeles. <ref name=":2">{{Citation|title=Bleed American B0011062-02/STDPVCOSLV/B0011062-02 BK02.|last=Jimmy Eat World|publisher=DreamWorks/Geffen/UMe/Interscope|date=2008 [first released in 2001]|access-date=2021-02-05}}</ref> Bleed American was produced by [[Drive Like Jehu]]’s [[Mark Trombino]] <ref name=":2" /> <ref name=":7" /> who had produced two of the band's previous studio albums [[Static Prevails]] <ref>{{Citation|title=Static Prevails 7243 5 39615 0 3.|last=Jimmy Eat World|date=1996|publisher=Capitol Records}}</ref> and [[Clarity]] <ref>{{Citation|title=Clarity 7243 5 39616 0 2|last=Jimmy Eat World|date=1999|publisher=Capitol Records|access-date=2021-02-25}}</ref> and also produced Blink-182's breakthrough album, Dude Ranch. <ref>{{Citation|publisher=US: Cargo Music / MCA Records|date=1997|title=Dude Ranch CRGD-11624|last=Blink-182|access-date=2021-02-25}}</ref> The money budgeted for the record was insufficient. Trombino offered to work for free during the recording sessions, confident he would be reimbursed by the album's predicted commercial success. <ref>{{Citation|last=Seigel|first=Stephen|title=A Jimmy Eat World article that does not contain the word 'emo'|website=Tucson Weekly|publisher=Tucson Weekly|url=https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/jimmy-eat-world/Content?oid=1078218|date=2004-10-21|access-date=2021-02-25}}</ref> The band also began seeing more commercial success from Clarity as it was praised by Blink-182's [[Mark Hoppus]] and [[Tom DeLonge]]; DeLonge's wife even had the band play their wedding in 2001-05. <ref name=":5" /> <ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1444151/sorry-ladies-blink-182s-tom-delonge-gets-hitched/|title=Sorry, Ladies: Blink-182's Tom Delong Gets Hitched|last=Moss|first=Corey|date=2001-05-31|website=mtv.com|publisher=Viacom|access-date=2021-02-25}}</ref>

Some of the songs included in Bleed American had already been written and recorded during the Clarity sessions, but the band felt they were recorded too late to include them in that album, including [[Sweetness]]. <ref name=":5" /> <ref name=":3">{{Citation|last=Luna|first=Joan S.|date=2001-11-05|title=America Sangra|website=Mondosonoro.com (in Spanish)|publisher=Mondosonoro.com|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815024153/http://www.mondosonoro.com/entrevistas/america-sangra/|access-date=2021-02-25}}</ref> After recording sessions of Bleed American began, the head of DreamWorks Records' Artists and repertoire division offered to help the band. The band considered it, but it was not until a year later when they returned to contact him. After the band presented the material they had recorded, the label signed them. <ref name=":3" /> Adkins reflected "Yeah, I've noticed we have a label behind us right now, it's definitely something new and exciting for us. That's definitely a change."<ref name=":5" />

The material on Bleed American was more accessible and aggressive than its predecessor Clarity, which had a more "layered, sprawling sound." <ref name=":4">{{Citation|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bleed-american-mw0000380076|publisher=AllMusic|website=AllMusic|last=Vanderhoff|first=Mark|title=Bleed American – Jimmy Eat World|access-date=2021-02-25}}</ref> In regard to the stylistic approach of the album, frontman [[Jim Adkins]] said, “Things still got pretty gnarly in the studio as far as experimentation, but it was always to an end that was complimentary [sic] to the song. We wanted to really make sure that we weren’t doing things, like, just to put a wacky keyboard sound in. It had to be doing something constructive for the song.”<ref name=":5">{{Citation|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1445450/pop-goes-the-emo-on-jimmy-eat-worlds-bleed-american/|publisher=Viacom|title=Pop Goes Emo on Jimmy Eat World's Bleed American|website=Mtv.com|date=2001-07-26|last=Wallace|first=Brian|access-date=2021-02-25}}</ref> The lyrical composition in Bleed American also remained rather direct and straightforward. Mark Vanderhoff of Allmusic said that Bleed American didn't have any "16 minute songs," referencing [[Goodbye Sky Harbor]] from Clarity. Rather, he called the music on Bleed American "just straight-ahead rock & roll, performed with punk energy and alt-rock smarts." <ref name=":4" /> The band collaborated with guest vocalists in several of the album's songs. [[Davey von Bohlen]] (of [[The Promise Ring]]) contributed vocals and the bridge in [[A Praise Chorus]] and [[Rachel Haden]] (of [[That Dog]]) lent her voice in [[Hear You Me]] [[If You Don't, Don't]], [[Cautioners]], and [[My Sundown]]. <ref name=":5" /> <ref name=":4" /> Jimmy Eat World makes references to several bands, albums, and songs in the lyrical compositions of Bleed American. [[A Praise Chorus]], the final single from the album, contains lyrics from songs the band knew, such as "Crimson and Clover" by Tommy James and the Shondells, "Our House" by Madness, "Kickstart My Heart" by Mötley Crüe and "Don't Let's Start" by They Might Be Giants. <ref name=":4" /> <ref name=":5" /> <ref name=":8" /> The title and lyrics of [[The Authority Song]] are a direct reference to "Authority Song" by John Cougar Mellencamp, and it also contains a reference to Automatic, an album by the Jesus and Mary Chain. <ref>{{Citation|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2014/05/kind-of-blue-7-emo-bands-for-fans-of-early-weezer/full-post/|last=Partridge|first=Kenneth|website=Consequence of Sound|date=2014-05-07|publisher=Consequence of Sound|title=Kind of Blue: 7 Emo Bands for Fans of Early Weezer|access-date=2021-02-25}}</ref> [[The Middle]] the second single from the album, includes a guitar solo that, according to Adkins, "is a tribute to Doug Gillard of Guided by Voices" and its lyrics speak about "fitting in" and self-acceptance of oneself. <ref name=":5" /> <ref name=":4" /> In turn, [[Sweetness]] was one of the songs that Adkins had more doubts about because of its lyrical content: "I just had this melody in my head and I was demoing it and singing it and kind of having a hard time with it. I almost didn’t bring it to the band because I was thinking to myself, ’I can’t just say nothing. I can’t just use all these sort of alyrical whoahs for this much of a song.’" <ref name=":4" /> [[Bleed American (song)|Bleed American]] reflects Adkin's struggles with alcoholism and substance abuse. On the tour prior to the recording of Bleed American Adkins suffered from panic disorder. <ref name=":8">{{Citation|publisher=The Austin Chronicle|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2002-09-06/101764/|title=Sugar on the Asphalt|last=Gray|first=Christopher|date=2002-09-06|access-date=2021-02-24|quote=|website=The Austin Chronicle}}</ref>

Bleed American was made available for streaming on 2001-07-19 for members of the "Street Team" <ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/1709/hear|website=Punknews.org|publisher=Punknews.org|access-date=2021-02-25|date=2001-07-19|last=Heisel|first=Scott|title=Hear}}</ref> before being released five days later on 2001-07-24 by DreamWorks Records. <ref name=":2" /> The album artwork, showing a set of bowling trophies sitting on top of a cigarette machine, is taken from [[William Eggleston]]'s photograph "Memphis". <ref name=":6">{{Citation|last=Caffrey|first=Dan|title=Dissected: Jimmy Eat World (with Jim Adkins)|website=Consequence of Sound|publisher=Consequence of Sound|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2013/06/dissected-jimmy-eat-world-with-jim-adkins/5/|date=2013-06-13|access-date=2021-02-25}}</ref> The September 11 attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., which took place seven weeks after its initial release, and prompted it's re-released as Jimmy Eat World out of concern that its title could be misinterpreted following the September 11 attacks, the album was re-released with an eponymous title in 2001-12 <ref name=":8" /> <ref name=":6" /> <ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/2328/jimmy-eat-world-changes-title-of-latest-album|publisher=Punknews.org|website=Punknews.org|title=Jimmy Eat World Changes Title of Latest Album|last=White|first=Adam|date=2001-12-01|access-date=2021-02-25}}</ref> This may have also been inspired by the Clear Channel memorandum, where Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia), the largest owner of radio stations in the United States, circulated an internal memo containing a list of songs that program directors felt were "lyrically questionable" to play in the aftermath of the attack. In addition, the title track was renamed [[Salt Sweat Sugar]]. <ref name=":7">{{Citation|url=https://music.avclub.com/how-jimmy-eat-world-s-the-middle-became-the-best-song-1798233196|title=How Jimmy Eat World's 'The Middle' Became the Best Song for a Bad Time"|first=Jason|last=Heller|date=2012-09-14|access-date=2021-02-25|website=The A.V. Club|publisher=The A.V. Club}}</ref> The album produced four singles: [[Bleed American (song)|Bleed American]] (Salt Sweat Sugar), [[The Middle]], [[Sweetness]], and [[A Praise Chorus]] each managed to enter the top twenty of at least one US chart. In addition to the album's singles, two EPs were released to support Bleed American. The first of these EPs, titled [[Good to Go EP]], was released on 2002-02-22 exclusively in Japan and the second EP, titled [[The Middle/A Praise Chorus Tour EP]], was a tour EP released in Australia in 2003-01. <ref name=":2" /> On 2008-04-28, a deluxe edition of the album was released with a bonus disc containing several B-sides, acoustic versions, live versions, demo versions and previously unreleased tracks. The original album name and track title Bleed American were restored for this release. <ref name=":6" /> In 2011-04 for Record Store Day the band released a deluxe three-LP vinyl set for Bleed American, which included some B-sides and rare tracks. <ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.theaquarian.com/2011/06/01/interview-with-tom-linton-from-jimmy-eat-world-re-invented/|last=Fioletta|first=Alicia|title=Interview with Tom Linton from Jimmy Eat World: Re-Invented|website=The Aquarian Weekly|publisher=The Aquarian Weekly|date=2011-06-01|access-date=2021-03-02|quote=For this year’s Record Store Day you released a deluxe three-LP vinyl set for Bleed American, which included some B-sides and rare tracks. What was the primary purpose for releasing this to your audience? Are you fans of the holiday, or was it more to do something special for your audience?

I think the main thing was that it was the 10th anniversary of the album and we wanted to do something cool for our fans. So for the deluxe version of Bleed American, we just put together all of the demos, a lot of live performances, and pretty much anything we could find from around the time the record came out and combined it all for a special release on Record Store Day.}}</ref>

On [[My Sundown]] the closing track of the album, Adkins sings "I want to be so much more than this," in a tenor muted, pensive, resigned voice. The song and album end on a fadeout <ref name=":8" />

== Reception ==

== Personnel ==
Jimmy Eat World

* [[Jim Adkins]] – lead vocals, lead guitar, percussion; piano; organ, bells
* [[Rick Burch]] – bass guitar, backing vocals
* [[Zach Lind]] – drums; percussion
* [[Tom Linton]] – rhythm guitar, backing vocals

Additional musicians

* [[Mark Trombino]] – programming
* [[Rachel Haden]] – additional vocals

Production

* [[Mark Trombino]] – producer, engineering, mixing
* [[Jimmy Eat World]] – producer
* [[Justin Smith]] – assistant engineer
* [[William Eggleston]] – front cover photograph
* [[Christopher Wray-McCann]] – photography
* [[Jim Adkins]] – art direction
* Jeff Kleinsmith – art direction, design
* [[Jesse LeDoux]] – design

== Other Versions ==
[[File:Believe in What You Want.jpg|alt= Believe in What You Want Jewel Case Version Cover|thumb|Believe in What You Want Jewel Case Version Cover]]

=== My Sundown (Inner Ear Session) ===
From the [[Believe in What You Want]] DVD - This track was recorded at [[Inner Ear Studio]] and was mixed and recorded by [[J. Robbins]] <ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.discogs.com/Jimmy-Eat-World-Believe-In-What-You-Want/release/3079463|title=Believe In What You Want B005NXVM9C|last=Jimmy Eat World|website=|publisher=Jimmy Eat World|date=2003|access-date=2021-03-02}}</ref> <ref>{{Citation|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/5817-burning-airlines/|last=Leslie|title=Burning Airlines|first=Camilo Arturo|date=2001-02-01|access-date=2021-03-02|website=pitchfork|publisher=pitchfork}}</ref>. Audio can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/jimmyeatworld/my-sundown-inner-ear-session.

== See Also ==

== References ==
<references />

== External Links ==
[[Jimmy Eat Pod]] Episode Link: https://www.jimmyeatpod.com/039-my-sundown/
https://consequenceofsound.net/2013/06/dissected-jimmy-eat-world-with-jim-adkins/5/

https://genius.com/Jimmy-eat-world-my-sundown-lyrics

https://www.setlist.fm/stats/jimmy-eat-world-5bd69b28.html

https://www.discogs.com/artist/82079-Jimmy-Eat-World?query=My%20Sundown

https://soundcloud.com/jimmyeatworld/my-sundown-inner-ear-session

<ref>{{Citation|url=http://dallasobserver.com/issues/2001-08-02/hearthere.html|title=Jimmy Eat World Bleed American (DreamWorks)|last=Mehr|first=Bob|date=2001-08-02|website=Dallas Observer|publisher=Dallas Observer|access-date=2022-01-09|archive-date=2004-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041030010924/http://dallasobserver.com/issues/2001-08-02/hearthere.html.}}</ref>

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