The daughter of Philip M. Hatfield (a radiologist) and The Boston Globe fashion critic Julie Hatfield, Hatfield was born in Maine and grew up in the Boston suburb of Duxbury. She acquired a love of rock music during the 1970s, having been introduced by a babysitter to the music of the seminal Los Angeles punk rock band X, which proved a life-changing experience. She was also attracted to the music of more mainstream artists like Olivia Newton-John and The Police, perhaps explaining the dialectic in her later music between sweet, melodic "pop" songs and more hard rock oriented material. Visualizing herself as a singer since her high school years, Hatfield sang in school choirs and briefly played in a cover band called The Squids, which played Queen and Rush songs.
Hatfield began her solo career following the Blake Babies' breakup in 1991, releasing her first solo album Hey Babe in 1992. The album was one of the highest selling independent albums of 1992. Hatfield recruited a rhythm section comprised of former Moving Targets and Bullet LaVolta drummer Todd Phillips, and Thudpucker bassist Dean Fisher, and thus becoming The Juliana Hatfield Three.
Hatfield achieved alterna-rock stardom with the release of 1993's Become What You Are (recorded under the group name The Juliana Hatfield Three). Several songs from the album received regular airplay on major North American rock stations, with Hatfield's song "My Sister" becoming the biggest hit of her career with the video becoming an MTV staple. Another one of her songs ("Spin the Bottle") was used in the soundtrack of the Hollywood film Reality Bites (1994). Hatfield also made the cover of Spin magazine. Hatfield's popularity coincided with the success, in the mid-1990s, of many other female musicians (such as Liz Phair, PJ Harvey, Belly, Letters to Cleo, Velocity Girl, The Breeders, Hole, Veruca Salt, Poe, Throwing Muses, Magnapop, Bettie Serveert). Although she has always maintained that her gender is of only incidental importance to her music, Hatfield was pleased to have been invited, in 1997, to tour with the first Lilith Fair, a prominent all-female rock festival founded by singer Sarah McLachlan. Hatfield was profiled in a number of girls' magazines at this time and was embraced by many pre-teen and teenage girls as a role model due to the positive way she addressed serious issues faced by young women in her songs and interviews. About this period she says: "I was never comfortable with the attention. I thought it had come too soon. I hadn’t earned it yet." She gained notoriety in 1992 for saying that she was still a virgin in her mid-twenties in Interview magazine. In a 1994 interview for the magazine Vox she said she was surprised by the effect 'outing' herself had: "I think there are a lot of people out there who don't care about sex, but who you never hear from, so I thought I should say it. The magazine I did the interview for is full of beef-cake hunky guys and scantily-clad models, so I thought it would be really funny to say that I didn't care about sex in a magazine that's full of sex and beauty - but no one really got the joke."
In 1995, following the success of Become What You Are she released her followup album, Only Everything, in which she "turned up the volume and the distortion and had a lot of fun". One reviewer describes it as "a fun, engaging pop album". The album spawned another alternative radio hit for Hatfield in Universal Heart-Beat. The video featured Hatfield as an overly demanding aerobics instructor. Prior to the tour for 'Only Everything', Hatfield released Phillips and brought on Jason Sutter (American Hi-Fi, Chris Cornell, Jack Drag), as well as Ed Slanker (Thudpucker, Tinsel) on 2nd guitar, and Lisa Mednick on keyboards. Two weeks into the tour, Hatfield canceled the tour citing exhaustion, and took a month long break. Sutter was replaced by once again drummer Phillips, and touring resumed with Jeff Buckley as the opening act.
In 1996 she traveled to Woodstock, New York where she recorded tracks for God's Foot, which was to be her fourth solo album (third if not counting Become What You Are, which was recorded with the Juliana Hatfield Three), intended for 1997 release. Containing some of Hatfield's finest work to date, the album was unfortunately put on indefinite hold by her record company due to a disagreement with Hatfield. Only substandard bootleg versions of these songs (which do not meet Hatfield's approval) have surfaced and she has rarely featured them in her subsequent live performances.
During this time Hatfield left Atlantic Records and ventured back into indie-world. She recorded a six song EP titled Please Do Not Disturb, along with Todd Phillips and Ed Slanker, and with new bass player Mikey Welsh (Weezer). The EP produced by Hatfield features a tender song "Trying Not To Think About It" which is a tribute to the deceased musician Jeff Buckley who was a friend of Hatfield's. The EP was released on Bar/None Records in 1997.
Following the traumatic experiences surrounding God's Foot and her departure from Atlantic Records, Hatfield recorded the album Bed in 1998 in six days, about which she says on her website: "It sounds as raw as I felt. It has no pretty sheen. The mistakes and unattractive parts were left in, not erased. Just like my career. Just like life."
In 2000, she released Beautiful Creature, an album which was among the most critically well-received of her career. This album left the rockier side of Hatfield's musical personality unexpressed, however, so at the same time she also recorded Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure with Zephan Courtney and Mikey Welsh, which she describes as "a loud release of tension", with "lots of long sloppy guitar solos. And no love songs...a not-at-all attractive reaction to the ugly side of humanity, specifically American culture" The two albums were initially released in a set as a pair. Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure was however received very badly by the critics, who much preferred the acoustic songwriting on Beautiful Creature. On Beautiful Creature Hatfield worked with Austin-based musician Davíd Garza who co-produced much of the album. Wally Gagel a producer for Sebadoh and Tanya Donelly helped Hatfield record her most electronica influenced songs "Cool Rock Boy" and "Don't Rush Me" which added texture to the otherwise acoustic album.
2002 saw the release of Hatfield's first "best-of" album. The album, titled Gold Stars 1992-2002: The Juliana Hatfield Collection, featured the singles from her solo albums. It also contained two of the songs from the previously unreleased God's Foot, a cover of Neil Young's Only Love Can Break Your Heart, as well as four new recordings.
In 2004 Hatfield released In Exile Deo, which was arguably an attempt at a more commercial sound, with input from producers and engineers who'd worked with Pink and Avril Lavigne. Hatfield did however produce the album herself with David Leanord receiving co-production credits on "Jamie's In Town" and the bright rocker "Sunshine'. The critics loved it, with a couple calling it her best work since the start of her solo career.
By contrast, the 2005 album Made in China was released on her own new record label, Ye Olde Records, and has a much rawer feel. John Doe of the band X described the disc as "A frighteningly dark & beautiful record filled w/ stark, angular, truly brutal songs & guitars. This is surely a 'Woman Under the Influence', though I'm not sure of what". Reviews were very mixed, with some liking the lo-fi sound, but others seeing it as slackness.
In December 2005 Hatfield toured the United States with the band X, whom she idolized during her teenage years.
In 2006, Hatfield released her first live album. Titled The White Broken Line: Live Recordings, the album featured performances from her tour with X. This was Hatfield's third release for her record label.
Hatfield's 9th studio album, How To Walk Away was released on August 19, 2008 on Ye Olde Records. The album's heartfelt subject on the break-up of a relationship resonated with critics, who gave the album largely positive reviews, with some hailing it as her best album since In Exile Deo.
On September 29, 2008 it was followed by her memoir, When I Grow Up.
Hatfield returned 2 years later as her 10th studio album Peace & Love was released on Ye Olde Records, February 16, 2010. The album's composition, arrangement, performance, production, engineering and mixing was solely credited to Hatfield.
There's Always Another Girl was released on August 30, 2011 again independently on her Ye Olde Records label.
In 2013, she joined with Matthew Caws (of Nada Surf) to form the duo Minor Alps.
In 2014, The Juliana Hatfield Three reunited two decades after it disbanded. Hatfield, drummer Todd Philips, and bassist Dean Fisher began practicing new material for an album, which would be their first together since Become What You Are in 1993.
In 2015, Hatfield and American musician Paul Westerberg formed the duo The I Don't Cares.
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Everybody Loves Me But You
Juliana Hatfield Lyrics
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Is that I hope that I can make it through another lonely day
I'm afraid I might explode if I keep going on this way
People always notice me wherever I go
They think I'm lucky but they don't really know
Beauty and brains are all that I've got
I've got a cold cold bed and a broken heart, a broken heart
Everybody loves me, everyone but you
But nobody undoes me like the thought of you can do
They search my eyes but I don't know why
''cause all I ever do is cry
Everybody loves me but you
Girls want to be me so they can pick and choose
They figure out of ten men there's no way that they can lose
Men would walk the plank for me and set themselves on fire
What do they see in me that isn't sad and tired, tired
I could fill my life with people who want to be with me
Do like when they say there's other fish in the sea
There's a world out there and a million things to do
But what do I care if it doesn't include you, you
Everybody loves me, everyone but you
But nobody undoes me like the thought of you can do
They search my eyes but I don't know why
''cause all they ever do is cry
Everybody loves me
A cold cold bed and a broken heart
A cold cold bed and a broken heart
An empty house and a broken car
A cold cold bed and a broken heart
The song "Everybody Loves Me But You" by Juliana Hatfield is a poignant reflection on loneliness and unrequited love. The opening lines of the song set the tone for the rest of the lyrics, with the singer waking up each morning hoping to make it through another lonely day without exploding. Despite her apparent success and popularity, the singer is plagued by feelings of isolation and heartbreak, made all the more painful by the fact that everybody else seems to love her but the person she desires.
The song draws attention to the superficiality of beauty and brains, which have brought the singer popularity and attention from others but have failed to bring her the one thing she truly desires: the love of the person who doesn't reciprocate her feelings. The singer is aware that others envy her and want to be like her, but this does nothing to ease her pain or fill the emptiness she feels.
The chorus of the song, "Everybody loves me, everyone but you / But nobody undoes me like the thought of you can do," reveals the true source of the singer's anguish. Despite the attention and adulation of others, it is only the thought of this one person that can undo her entirely. The final verse of the song highlights the singer's resignation to her situation, acknowledging that there may be a world of possibilities out there, but none of it matters if it doesn't include the person she loves.
Line by Line Meaning
Well I wake up every morning and the first thing that I say
I begin every morning hoping that I can survive another day without feeling lost and alone.
Is that I hope that I can make it through another lonely day
I am constantly struggling to cope with the loneliness that I feel on a daily basis.
I'm afraid I might explode if I keep going on this way
I fear that I will eventually reach a breaking point if I continue to endure the loneliness and sadness that plagues me.
People always notice me wherever I go
I am constantly in the public eye and people are drawn to me.
They think I'm lucky but they don't really know
People assume that my life is full of happiness and success, but they are unaware of the pain and emptiness that I experience.
Beauty and brains are all that I've got
My physical appearance and intelligence are the only things that I feel are of value.
I've got a cold cold bed and a broken heart, a broken heart
Despite my outward appearance of success and happiness, I am desperately lonely and heartbroken.
Everybody loves me, everyone but you
People are drawn to me and admire me, but I am still unable to capture the love and attention of the one person that I truly want.
But nobody undoes me like the thought of you can do
The mere thought of you has the power to deeply affect me in a way that no one else can.
They search my eyes but I don't know why
People look at me and try to understand my feelings, but I am unable to explain the pain and longing that I experience.
''cause all I ever do is cry
I am constantly overwhelmed by sadness and unable to find true happiness.
Girls want to be me so they can pick and choose
Other women envy me and wish that they had my freedom to choose the best partners.
They figure out of ten men there's no way that they can lose
They calculate that out of ten men, they cannot possibly pick a bad partner and feel like they live in a dream.
Men would walk the plank for me and set themselves on fire
Men are willing to do anything for me and demonstrate their love in the most extreme ways possible.
What do they see in me that isn't sad and tired, tired
Despite being physically attractive, men cannot see the deep sadness and exhaustion that I feel inside.
I could fill my life with people who want to be with me
I have the opportunity to be surrounded by people who want to be in my life.
Do like when they say there's other fish in the sea
People advise me to move on and find someone else to love.
There's a world out there and a million things to do
Despite this advice, I cannot focus on anything else or find happiness without you.
But what do I care if it doesn't include you, you
The love and attention of the one person I want is more important than anything else in the world.
Everybody loves me
People are drawn to me and admire me.
An empty house and a broken car
Despite my outward success, I am still unable to fill the emptiness in my heart and the broken pieces of my life.
A cold cold bed and a broken heart
I am unable to escape the loneliness and heartbreak that I feel on a daily basis.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: JULIANA HATFIELD
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Pablo Picasso
One day I will explain to my 4 year old where she got her name from, and I will probably put either this song on or You Don’t Give Up by Blake Babies. Music was a bridge over the abyss of teenage angst, loneliness and disillusionment and Juliana Hatfield in particular was a regular in my headphones. Every now and again I swing back around to her catalog and admire how instantly accessible her songs are, but the intricacies that lie under the surface with continued listening. I’m not sure I ever read a write-up praising Juliana’s compositional and arrangement choices, but she deserves that credit. Anyway, I hope that in the bear future, once traveling and concerts become worry-free that my daughter and I can catch her at a show and I can introduce them to each other, that would be just very incredible. Especially as a father who wants to teach his daughter about the power she has, I’d like her to meet another smart, talented and successful woman so she knows that anything and everything is possible.
Puto Cracker
Was that in reference to the Hatfields and McCoys?
Michael Charles
Takes me back to Boston when I was 22 in ‘92. Bought two copies of this album - one for me and one for my sister. The 90’s were sublime; Juliana has continued to rock consistently since then.
Jack Quiroz
The song that made me a lifetime fan. Hey babe is absolutely a stunner of a record. Her other records after that are just as fantastic as well.
Rob Bohannan
Phenomenal, A Goddess, her music played the soundtrack in my life for the past 30 years :-)
manderzwicky
Totally infectious pop heaven! This is one of my favorite songs; love it when it comes up on my iPod! She's such a talented guitarist. (Evan Dando's no slouch, either!) Thanks, Juliana!
Geekman333
Oh God I was 24 when this came out. I'm still in love with the beautiful, genius of a woman. Thanks for the upload. 90s were awesome. Peace.
Neely
I remember watching 120 minutes on MTV & this video came on. I bought Hey Babe on cassette & was hooked. 15 year old me was in heaven. Still great all these years later.
Kenneth Newnum
Flashes me to the first time I heard her. Love this solo debut album like a close friend.
SerialGothQueens
This takes me all the back to the 19-year-old I was back in 1992...good times.