Absolutely (Story of a Girl)

"Absolutely (Story of a Girl)"
A cover featuring the text "Nine Days, Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" and a blurry photograph of a band performing
Single by Nine Days
from the album The Madding Crowd
ReleasedMarch 21, 2000 (2000-03-21)
StudioTree Sound (Atlanta, Georgia)
GenrePower pop
Length3:11
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • John Hampson
  • Brian Desveaux
Producer(s)Nick DiDia
Nine Days singles chronology
"Absolutely (Story of a Girl)"
(2000)
"If I Am"
(2000)
Music video
"Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" on YouTube

"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 March 2000 through 550 Music and Epic Records. The song is an upbeat power pop song written by vocalist and guitarist 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 was recorded in Atlanta, Georgia, at Tree Sound Studios with producer Nick DiDia.

The song reached number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, and it also 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", became a minor Hot 100 hit, peaking at number 68. "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" 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]

  1. ^ Briscuso, Lex (April 8, 2022). "A 2000s One-Hit Wonder Became A Vital Part Of Everything Everywhere All At Once". Slash Film. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  2. ^ Puchko, Kristy (April 6, 2022). "How a one-hit wonder became absolutely crucial to 'Everything Everywhere All At Once'". Mashable. Retrieved June 24, 2022.