"Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" is a song by the American rock band Eels

Eels (band)

Eels is an American indie rock band formed by singer/songwriter Mark Oliver Everett, better known as E...

. It was the first single to be released from their 2000 album, Daisies of the Galaxy

Daisies of the Galaxy

Daisies of the Galaxy is an album by Eels. It was released on February 28, 2000 in the United Kingdom and March 14, 2000 in the United States. "Mr...

, and reached number eleven on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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. It was produced and co-written by Michael Simpson

Michael Simpson (producer)

Michael Simpson, also known as "E.Z. Mike", is one-half of the Los Angeles-based producing duo the Dust Brothers, who co-wrote and produced many critically acclaimed records including the Beastie Boys' "Paul's Boutique" and Beck's "Odelay". He won a Grammy Award for his songwriting & production on...

 http://mikesimpson.com of the Dust Brothers

Dust Brothers

The Dust Brothers are the Los Angeles, California based, Grammy Award winning producers, E.Z. Mike and King Gizmo , famous for their sample-based music in the 1980s and 1990s, and specifically for their work on the albums Paul's Boutique by the Beastie Boys, Odelay by Beck, and the soundtrack to...

. Mark Oliver Everett wrote the song after finishing writing the album, and the record company insisted he put it on the album as well. He was against this idea, considering it a disruption of the albums vibe, but made the compromise by putting it in as a bonus track.. The song features prominently in the 2000 film Road Trip, and is used in part in the 2008 film Charlie Bartlett

Charlie Bartlett

Charlie Bartlett is a 2008 comedy-drama film directed by Jon Poll. The screenplay by Gustin Nash focuses on a teenager who begins to dispense therapeutic advice and prescription drugs to the student body at his new high school in order to become popular....

. In his autobiography, Everett states that letting the song being used for the movie is one of the few real regrets he has ever had. He only agreed to it because the record company threatened to not release the album if he did not go along with the recording of the video clip

Music video

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, at this point the album had been gathering dust for over 7 months. He hated shooting the video, and as of 2008, he had never actually seen the movie..

CD 1

1. "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" – 3:58
2. "Birdgirl on a Cell Phone" (previously unreleased) – 3:05
3. "Last Stop: This Town
   Last Stop: This Town
   "Last Stop: This Town" is a 1998 single from the album Electro-Shock Blues by Eels. The song was released commercially in Australia and the United Kingdom and as a promo only in the United States. It was produced and co-written by Michael Simpson of the Dust Brothers and Eels frontman E...
   
   " (video)

CD 2

1. "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" – 3:58
2. "Hospital Food" (Live from the BBC) – 3:24
3. "Cancer for the Cure
   Cancer for the Cure
   "Cancer for the Cure" is a single released by American rock band, Eels. This tracks comes off their 1998 album, Electro-Shock Blues. It also features in the soundtrack to the 1999 film, American Beauty...
   
   " (video)

7"

• Side A : "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues"
• Side B : "Birdgirl On A Cell Phone" (previously unreleased)