Everybody Wants to Be Like You

"Everybody Wants to Be Like You"
Single by Snow
from the album Cooler Conditions and Mind on the Moon
Released	28 July 2000 (2000-07-28)[1]
Length	3:20 (album version) 3:09 (radio edit)
Label	Virgin Music Canada
Songwriter(s)	Darrin O'Brien Robbie Patterson Glenn Marais Shawn Moltke
Producer(s)	Mike Tucker
Snow singles chronology
"Someday Somehow" (1999) "Everybody Wants to Be Like You" (2000) "Plumb Song" (2000)

"Everybody Wants to Be Like You" is a song by Canadian pop-reggae singer Snow from his 2000 album, Mind on the Moon. The song became one of Snow's highest-peaking hits in Canada, reaching number two on both the Canadian Singles Chart and the RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart in October 2000.

Awards and honours

In 2001, the Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada honored "Everybody Wants to Be Like You" for reaching the number one spot on MuchMusic and for topping MuchMoreMusic's video countdown.[2]

Track listing

Canadian CD single[3]

1. "Everybody Wants to Be Like You" (radio edit) – 3:09
2. "Everybody Wants to Be Like You" (album version) – 3:20
3. "Everybody Wants to Be Like You" (reggae vocal) – 3:20

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for "Everybody Wants to Be Like You" Chart (2000) Peak position Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[4] 2 Canada Top Singles (RPM)[5] 2 Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[6] 13

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for "Everybody Wants to Be Like You" Chart (2001) Position Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[7] 135 Canada Radio (Nielsen BDS)[8] 72

References

1. "EMI Music Headlines". EMI Music Canada. 15 August 2000. Archived from the original on 24 October 2000. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
2. "Songwriters and Publishers". Billboard. Vol. 113, no. 6. 10 February 2001. p. 48.
3. Everybody Wants to Be Like You (Canadian CD single liner notes). Snow. Virgin Music Canada. 2000. 7243-889357-2-2.
4. "Snow Chart History (Canadian Digital Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
5. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 7101." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
6. "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 7262." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
7. "Canada's Top 200 Singles of 2001". Jam!. Archived from the original on 26 July 2002. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
8. "BDS CHART : Top 100 of 2001". Jam!. Archived from the original on 26 July 2002. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

External links

• "Everybody Wants to Be Like You" music video on YouTube