| "Miss Misery" | ||||
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| Single by Elliott Smith | ||||
| from the album Good Will Hunting: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture | ||||
| Released | December 7, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock[1] | |||
| Length | 3:15 | |||
| Label | Capitol Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Elliott Smith | |||
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"Miss Misery" is a song by American singer-songwriter Elliott Smith. Featured in the closing credits and the soundtrack of the 1997 film Good Will Hunting, the song was nominated for Best Original Song in the 1998 Academy Awards.[2]
A previous version of "Miss Misery" with different lyrics was recorded in Jackpot! Recording Studio in early 1997 and appears on the 2007 posthumous collection New Moon. The Good Will Hunting version was re-cut at Jackpot![3]
- ^ Rolling Stone Staff (September 24, 2024). "The 101 Greatest Soundtracks of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
...[Smith] donated the original "Miss Misery", a song that became so acclaimed [he sang] it, alone onstage, at the 1998 Academy Awards...it was a huge moment, indie rock wearing its heart on its sleeve on cinema's biggest stage.
- ^ D'Angelo, Joe (October 22, 2003). "Singer/Songwriter Elliott Smith Dead; Fellow Musicians Pay Tribute". MTV News. Archived from the original on March 12, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
- ^ New Moon (CD). Elliott Smith. Olympia, WA: Kill Rock Stars. 2007. p. 4. KRS455.
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