Call It In The Air
| Released: | 1996-07-23 |
| Length: | 3:00 |
| Label: | Capitol Records |
| Writer: | Jimmy Eat World |
| Producer: | Mark Trombino, Wes Kidd, Jimmy Eat World, Craig Aaronson |
Appears On
- Static Prevails
- Jimmy Eat World Less Than Jake Split
- Call It in the Air (single)
- The Dr. Martens Capitol Records Music Sampler
- Fake I.D. Sampler
- Foundations Forum Presents F Musicfest 1996 - CD Sampler
- XL Songs - A Compilation CD
- Holiday In-Store Play Sampler
- God® Bless™ America©
- See Hollywood And Vine
- CMJ Presents Certain Damage! - Volume 75
- Coma Regalia – Cover Compilation
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Leave home today
Escape your region
It's in your head
Keep moving on
[Chorus]
Choose starlight, no way to retrace
(No way to retrace all your good days, add them up)
It is gone
Choose star bright, no way to retrace
(None of you knew any more than who's in here)
It is gone
[Verse 2]
Become your dad
Live unquestioned
It's in your head
Nostalgia's dead
[Chorus]
Choose starlight, no way to retrace
(No way to retrace all your good days, add them up)
It is gone
Choose star bright, no way to retrace
(None of you knew any more than who's in here)
It is gone [Refrain]
Starlight, star bright Starlight, star bright
[Bridge]
Can't depend on honest answers from dependent hands Won't accept an honest answer from an open hand
Can't depend on honest answers from dependent hands (Say the words and I sign off)
Won't accept an honest answer from an open hand (Say the words and I sign off)
[Refrain / Outro]
Starlight, star bright Starlight, star bright
Recording Details
Reception with Charting Data/Certification/Sales Data
Personnel
Jimmy Eat World
- Tom Linton – guitar, co-lead vocals
- Jim Adkins – guitar, co-lead vocals
- Zach Lind – drums, accordion, concertina
- Rick Burch – bass guitar
Additional musicians
- Eric Richter – additional vocals (Digits) [1]
- Sarah Pont – violin
- Mark Trombino – Moog
- Wes Kidd – acoustic guitar (Claire)
Production
- Wes Kidd – producer
- Mark Trombino – producer, engineer, mixing (all except Rockstar and Seventeen)
- Jimmy Eat World – producer
- Tom Rothrock – mixing (Rockstar and Seventeen)
- Rob Schnapf – mixing (Rockstar and Seventeen)
- Billy Bowers – assistant engineer
- Jeff Sheehan – assistant engineer
- Peter Doell – assistant engineer
- Billy Smith – assistant engineer
- Steve Genewick – assistant engineer
- Cappy Japngie – assistant engineer
- Larry Elyea – engineer
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering
- Craig Aaronson – executive producer
- Paul Drake – cover photography, ambient band
- Andy Mueller – smiley band photo
- Jim Adkins – other photos
- Ohiogirlco – design, art direction
Other Versions
See Also
Demo
A demo for this track can be heard on the Static Prevails Demos This version is slightly longer at 3:13.
Alternate Demo
A demo for this track can be heard on the Static Prevails Demos This version is longer at 3:50.
References
- ↑ https://music.avclub.com/how-jimmy-eat-world-s-the-middle-became-the-best-song-1798233196, How Jimmy Eat World's 'The Middle' Became the Best Song for a Bad Time", Heller, Jason, 2012-09-14, The A.V. Club, The A.V. Club, 2021-02-25, It was no surprise that Drive Like Jehu’s Mark Trombino produced Jimmy Eat World’s 1996 major-label debut, Static Prevails, or that Christie Front Drive’s Eric Richter sang backup on it.,
External Links
Jimmy Eat Pod Episode Link: https://www.jimmyeatpod.com/110-call-it-in-the-air/
https://genius.com/Jimmy-eat-world-call-it-in-the-air-lyrics