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}} "Santa Monica" is a rock song by the band Everclear, from their 1995 album ''Sparkle and Fade''. The song was written by the band's lead singer, Art Alexakis. Though not officially released as a single in the United States, American radio stations played "Santa Monica" enough for the song to reach #29 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Airplay chart in 1996.〔Whitburn, Joel (2004). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 213.〕 The song also spent three weeks atop the ''Billboard'' Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart,〔 and reached #5 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song also hit #35 on the Top 40 Mainstream chart. Alvin and the Chipmunks covered the song for their 2007 video game ''Alvin and the Chipmunks''. It is also featured on the video game ''Band Hero'', and as a downloadable track for ''Rock Band 3''. ==Background and content== When Alexakis was a teenager, his girlfriend committed suicide; shortly thereafter, Alexakis attempted the same by jumping off the Santa Monica Pier in southern California.〔("Everclear's Art Alexakis goes from Iraq to the Hard Rock", Scott Mervis (26 March 2009) ) ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', retrieved 6 May 2009.〕 One theory as to the meaning of this song is that Alexakis was drawing on this experience from earlier in his life. Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the song was placed on the list of post-9/11 inappropriate titles distributed by Clear Channel Communications. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Santa Monica (Everclear song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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