"The Good in Everyone" is the first single by Canadian rock band Sloan

Sloan (band)

Sloan is a Toronto-based alternative rock quartet from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Throughout their 20-year tenure Sloan has released 10 LPs , two EPs, a live album, a "best of" collection and no less than thirty singles...

 from the band's third studio album, One Chord to Another

One Chord to Another

Japanese Bonus TracksB-sides* "Stood Up" * "Same Old Flame" * "Autobiography "...

. The song is featured on the first edition of MuchMusic's Big Shiny Tunes

Big Shiny Tunes

Big Shiny Tunes is a series of rock albums featuring Various Artists compiled and released by the Canadian music television station MuchMusic, beginning in 1996. The best-selling album of the series was Big Shiny Tunes 2, which was certified Diamond in Canada by the CRIA on March 25, 1998...

 compilation series. An instrumental version of the song is the current theme for the CBC television program George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight, formely known as The Hour. It was one of the band's most popular and successful songs, reaching #9 on Canada's Singles Chart.

Music video

The music video for "The Good In Everyone" was directed by Mike Andringa, who would later direct several music videos for Sloan. The video's introductory scene is a spoof of the 1969 film, Easy Rider

Easy Rider

Easy Rider is a 1969 American road movie written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda and directed by Hopper. It tells the story of two bikers who travel through the American Southwest and South with the aim of achieving freedom...

. In the scene, each band member plays a character from the film, with Andrew Scott

Andrew Scott (drummer)

Andrew Walter Gibson Scott is a Canadian musician born in Ottawa, Ontario and currently living in Toronto, Ontario. His first bands include No Damn Fears, Oreo Reversed and Blackpool from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Currently, he is a drummer with the Toronto-based band Sloan. He also plays guitar with...

 playing Billy (Dennis Hopper

Dennis Hopper

Dennis Lee Hopper was an American actor, filmmaker and artist. As a young man, Hopper became interested in acting and eventually became a student of the Actors' Studio. He made his first television appearance in 1954 and appeared in two films featuring James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause and Giant...

), Chris Murphy

Chris Murphy (Canadian musician)

Chris Murphy is a member of the Canadian rock band Sloan.Although born in Prince Edward Island, Murphy is commonly associated with Nova Scotia; like his fellow bandmates, he currently resides in Toronto...

 playing Wyatt (Peter Fonda

Peter Fonda

Peter Henry Fonda is an American actor. He is the son of Henry Fonda, brother of Jane Fonda, and father of Bridget and Justin Fonda...

), and Jay Ferguson

Jay Ferguson (Canadian musician)

Jay Ferguson is a member of the Canadian rock band Sloan. He is the only member in Sloan who comes from Halifax, Nova Scotia....

 playing Connection (Phil Spector

Phil Spector

Phillip Harvey "Phil" Spector is an American record producer and songwriter, later known for his conviction in the murder of actress Lana Clarkson....

). The entire introduction before the music begins is longer than the song itself.