When was tuesday by five for fighting released

It was my passion. At the time, were you writing songs thinking it could be a career or were you mostly digging in because it was fun? Perhaps a balance of both?

I really wanted to do it. Especially in high school. I had an English teacher who was a bass player and we would dissect Steely Dan lyrics. So, I really wanted to do it. But every free moment I had through my late teens and 20s, I was recording or writing or singing or doing something. It really was my passion. My career is kind of a fluke. So, it was kind of a miracle. Sometimes when you persevere, the stars alight. It was a fluke. I kind of fancy myself as a rocker and a rock guy and here was this ballad.

Yeah, it kind of came that way. I think with my development as a songwriter, that was crucial. So, for me, it sounds kind of impressive. But if you look at the thousands of songs before that most of them were really bad and then tens-of-thousands-of-hours just writing songs, you know, you have to factor that in, too.

It came in four months and lines to get the 30 that you hear. It takes your whole life to get there, to have the confidence and to be comfortable with something so simple.

But to have the confidence to do something simple and sweet and you have the concept, that takes a certain maturity as a songwriter. You have to write — at least, for me — a lot of songs to be able to get to that space. And to have that experience to know when to let something go, as well. Born and raised in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, Ondrasik started his musical training when he was only two years old.

His mother, a piano teacher, gave him lessons, and he began turning his attention to guitar at the age of He taught himself to use the latter instrument and soon began writing music.

Somewhere along the way, he also took vocal lessons in opera. Using the stage name Five for Fighting -- a term he appropriated from ice hockey's rule book -- Ondrasik made his major-label debut in by releasing Message for Albert. He then left the roster of his original label, Capitol Records, and signed with Columbia before issuing America Town. Released in , the album furthered Ondrasik 's themes of love and life while adding a political spin, a combination that yielded warm reviews but sluggish sales.

America Town might have been another strong outing from a talented yet commercially invisible songwriter were it not for the tragic events of September 11, , and the nation's subsequent embrace of the delicate piano ballad "Superman It's Not Easy.

While it was a bittersweet way to find fame, the single's success gave Ondrasik the artistic license he'd always craved. When The Battle for Everything appeared in early , it was Five for Fighting 's most stylistically ambitious and lyrically bold recording to date.

It also yielded another high-charting single, " Years. Please enter valid email address to continue. Chrome Safari Continue. Be the first to know. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting.