"Daylight Fading" by Counting Crows

Counting Crows flew out of the gate with their smash hit debut record, "August and Everything After", which soared to #4 on the Billboard Top 200. The band's first single remains their biggest: "Mr. Jones" hung out at #5 in 1994. "Round Here" also did well, coming in at #31, but the excellent upbeat rocker "Rain King" somehow stalled at #66, probably due to the band's over-exposure. In-between singles from "August", the band also scored with "Einstein On The Beach (For An Eggman)", which went to #45 and appeared on the "DGC Rarities Vol 1" record.

In 1996, the band released their highly anticipated sophomore record, "Recovering The Satellites". It was a #1 album despite the lackluster performance of the first single, "Angles Of The Silences", which only went to #45. The epic piano ballad "A Long December" did much better, reaching #6. The third single was "Daylight Fading", one of my favorite songs from the band's entire catalogue. I'm not sure why it didn't become a bigger hit, stalling at a disappointing #51.

The band would return to the top 40 in 2004 with a comeback hit of sorts. "Accidentally In Love" appeared on the Shrek 2 movie soundtrack and went to #39. They released a new album, "Somewhere Under Wonderland", in 2014.