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((Short description|1995 single by Bush))
((More citations needed|date=April 2007))
((Use British English|date=July 2014))
((Use dmy dates|date=July 2014))
((Infobox song
| name       = Everything Zen
| cover      = EverythingZenBush.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Bush (British band)|Bush]]
| album      = [[Sixteen Stone]]
| released   = ((Start date|df=yes|1995|1|28))
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = * [[Grunge]]
* [[hard rock]]<ref>((cite news |last1=Piccoli |first1=Sean |title=Bush: America's Band |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1997-03-22-9703210283-story.html+&cd=35&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk |date=22 March 1997 |accessdate=23 January 2020 |work=Sun Sentiel |agency=Sun Senitel ))((Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes ))</ref>
| length     =
* 4:38 (album version)
* 4:02 (edit)
| label      =
* [[Trauma Records|Trauma]]
* [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| writer     = [[Gavin Rossdale]]
| producer   =
* [[Clive Langer]]
* [[Alan Winstanley]]
* Bush
| prev_title = Bomb
| prev_year  = 1994
| next_title = [[Little Things (Bush song)|Little Things]]
| next_year  = 1995
| misc       = ((External music video|((YouTube|uVmOIWiSxSM|"Everything Zen"))))
))
"'''Everything Zen'''" is a single by British [[grunge]] band [[Bush (British band)|Bush]]. Released on 28 January 1995, it was the band's first single released under the name "Bush",<ref name="twentyseven">((cite book |last1=Nine |first1=Jennifer |title=Bush: Twenty-seventh Letter : the Official History |date=1999 |publisher=Virgin |isbn=9780753501894 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cdL0GIkAkycC |accessdate=26 July 2020))</ref> and their second overall. The single comes from their 1994 debut album, ''[[Sixteen Stone]]''.

==Lyrics and music==
The title of the song may reference the poem [[Howl (poem)|Howl]] by [[Allen Ginsberg]] which includes the phrase "who vanished into nowhere Zen New Jersey." The lyrics "Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow" are taken from [[David Bowie]]'s 1971 song "[[Life on Mars?]]". Other references in the song include [[Tom Waits]]<ref>((cite web |title=Everything Zen by Bush - Songfacts |url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/bush/everything-zen |website=www.songfacts.com |language=en |quote=Lead singer Gavin Rossdale made reference to two of his favorite people in one of the lyrics: Tom Waits and Allen Ginsberg. The line, "Rain Dogs howl for the century" refers to the Waits album Rain Dogs (also a "song), and the Ginsberg poem Howl.))</ref> ("''[[Rain Dogs]]'' howl for the century"), [[Jane's Addiction]]'s "Ted, Just Admit It..." ("there's no sex in your violence"), [[Alice in Chains]]' "Would?" ("try to see it once my way"), and the [[Elvis Presley]] [[Elvis sightings|sighting]] conspiracy theory ("I don't believe that Elvis is dead").

The song's opening guitar riff has been compared to that of [[Neil Young]]'s "[[Rockin' in the Free World]]" (1989).<ref name="terich">((cite web |last1=Terich |first1=Jeff |title=1995: The year Oasis made us want to live forever |url=https://www.treblezine.com/1995-oasis-live-forever-alt-rock-charts/ |website=Treble |access-date=1 December 2023))</ref>

==Music video==
The video was the first video Bush had ever made. The video was directed by [[Matt Mahurin]], who also makes an appearance in the video wearing a mask, and was shot on 12 and 13 November 1994. Scenes from the video were recreated in the opening credits of the TV series ''[[Millennium (TV series)|Millennium]]''.

[[Gavin Rossdale]] said of the video: "I hadn't even seen that many videos before making this because I never had MTV. I just remember that it felt weird miming with all those people standing around, but you soon get over that. Obviously, this video was hugely important in breaking us in America."<ref>
((cite web
 |url=http://onesecondbush.com/bush/media/videos/
 |title=Music Video History at OneSecondBush.com - A Comprehensive Fan Site for the Band Bush
 |accessdate=4 March 2012
 |url-status=dead
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220231659/http://onesecondbush.com/bush/media/videos
 |archivedate=20 February 2012
 |df=dmy
))</ref>

==Commercial performance==
Although it did not achieve immediate success, it eventually reached number two on the ''Billboard'' [[Modern Rock Tracks|Modern Rock Chart]],<ref>((cite magazine|publisher=[[Eldridge Industries]]|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-airplay/1995-03-03|title=Alternative Airplay Chart for the week of March 4, 1995|accessdate=1 October 2020))</ref> number 5 on the [[Mainstream Rock Tracks]] and [[Canadian Rock/Alternative chart]], and number 40 on the [[Hot 100 Airplay]]. It failed to hit the [[Hot 100]] that year.

==Track listing==
'''European CD single (6544-95794-2) and 12-inch vinyl (A8196T)'''
# "Everything Zen" (radio edit)
# "Bud"
# "Monkey"
# "Everything Zen"

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"|Chart (1995)
!scope="col"|Peak<br/>position
|-
((single chart|Australia|41|artist=Bush|song=Everything Zen|rowheader=true|access-date=22 October 2018))
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands ([[Dutch Top 40|Dutch Top 40 Tipparade]])<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/tipparade/1995/week-32|title=Tipparade-lijst van week 32, 1995|publisher=[[Dutch Top 40]]|language=nl|access-date=10 April 2023))</ref>
|align="center"|5
|-
((single chart|Dutch100|45|artist=Bush|song=Everything Zen|rowheader=true|access-date=22 October 2018))
|-
((single chart|UK|84|date=19950429|rowheader=true|access-date=22 October 2018))
|-
((single chart|UKrock|2|date=19950429|rowheader=true|access-date=22 October 2018))
|-
((single chart|Billboardradiosongs|40|artist=Bush|rowheader=true|access-date=11 March 2017))
|-
((single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|2|artist=Bush|rowheader=true|access-date=11 March 2017))
|-
((single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|5|artist=Bush|rowheader=true|access-date=11 March 2017))
|}

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"|Region
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Format(s)
!scope="col"|Label(s)
!scope="col"|((abbr|Ref.|Reference))
|-
!scope="row"|United States
|28 January 1995
|Radio
|((hlist|[[Trauma Records|Trauma]]|[[Interscope Records|Interscope]]))
|((citation needed|date=April 2023))
|-
!scope="row"|United Kingdom
|17 April 1995
|((hlist|12-inch vinyl|CD|cassette))
|((hlist|Trauma|Interscope|[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]))
|<ref>((cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=31|date=15 April 2023))</ref>
|}

==References==
((Reflist))

((Bush))
((Authority control))

[[Category:1994 songs]]
[[Category:1995 debut singles]]
[[Category:Atlantic Records singles]]
[[Category:Bush (British band) songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Gavin Rossdale]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Alan Winstanley]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Clive Langer]]
[[Category:Trauma Records singles]]

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