When did absolutely story of a girl come out?

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Absolutely (Story of a Girl) is a song by American rock band Nine Days for the groups fourth studio album, The Madding Crowd (2000). The song was released as the lead single from The Madding Crowd in April 2000 through 550 Music and Epic Records.

"Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" is a song by American rock band Nine Days for the group's fourth studio album, The Madding Crowd (2000). The song was released as the lead single from The Madding Crowd in April 2000 through 550 Music and Epic Records. The song is an upbeat power pop anthem written by guitarist/vocalist John Hampson for his wife, who was his girlfriend at the time it was composed. Brian Desveaux, the group's other guitarist, also receives songwriting credit. The song represented a breakthrough for the band after years of attempting to interest major record labels. It was recorded in Atlanta, Georgia, at Tree Sound Studios with producer Nick DiDia.

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The song became the band's only hit single; it reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States, and it peaked within the top 10 in Canada and New Zealand. The song's music video was directed by Liz Friedlander and received airplay on MTV and VH1. The band's follow-up single, "If I Am", fared worse than its predecessor, and Nine Days became a one-hit wonder. The song was later featured, both in audio and in dialogue, in the movie Everything Everywhere All at Once. Multiple alternate versions of the song were written by Hampson for the movie.[1][2]

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With bands like Vertical Horizon and Lifehouse all over the airwaves, Nine Days was a welcome addition to playlists with "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)." The song was written by their lead singer John Hampson, and the girl who "Cried a river and drown the whole world" was his girlfriend, Teresa Savino, who later became his wife. The song was a huge success, but Nine Days was not able to follow it up; Epic Records dropped the band and wouldn't release their second album because they didn't hear a hit. Hampson became a high school English teacher.
"'Story of a Girl,' is autobiographical," Hampson tells Impose magazine. "I exaggerated things and used tons of figurative language to express something, but it's about me, and it's about my wife - who was then my girlfriend - and her wanting to get engaged. I just wasn't ready. I was basically stalling her and making her cry. I was good at that."
This was used in the TV shows Dawson's Creek (in the 1999 episode "None of the Above") and Daria (in the 2001 episode "Boxing Daria").

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Originals

Absolutely (Story of a Girl)

First release by Nine Days (May 16, 2000)

Adaptations

An adaptation is a musical work which uses most of the music or lyrics of another musical work.

Absolutely (Story of a Girl) written by John Hampson English May 16, 2000
- Story of a Squirrel written by J. John Jackson English October 9, 2001

Versions

Absolutely (Story of a Girl) written by John Hampson English

Title	Performer	Release date	Info
Absolutely (Story of a Girl)	Nine Days	May 16, 2000	First release
Absolutely (Story of a Girl)	Hyannis Sound	2001	A cappella
Absolutely (Story of a Girl)	Kidz Bop Kids	August 2002
Absolutely (Story of a Girl)	The Madison Project	January 2003	A cappella
Absolutely (Story of a Girl)	Four Year Strong	July 21, 2009
Story of a Girl	Xtension Chords	2009	A cappella
Absolutely (Story of a Girl)	Future Idiots	August 24, 2010

Story of a Squirrel written by J. John Jackson English

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Story of a Squirrel	ApologetiX	October 9, 2001	First release

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When did the story of a girl come out?

"Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" is a song by American rock band Nine Days for the group's fourth studio album, The Madding Crowd (2000). The song was released as the lead single from The Madding Crowd in April 2000 through 550 Music and Epic Records.

What is the Story of a Girl about?

The story centers around Deanna Lambert, a 16-year-old girl troubled by social exile and branding rumors. When she was thirteen, her father caught her and her brother's friend, seventeen year old Tommy Webber, having unprotected sex in the back of Tommy's Buick.