<P> The song was released as a single, and although not as successful as was depicted in the film, the track still did moderately well in the US, peaking at #41 on the Billboard Hot 100 . (It also reached #22 on the Adult Contemporary chart, #18 on the Adult Top 40, and #24 on the Top 40 Mainstream chart .) The song also reached #50 in Australia . </P> <P> The song was a bigger hit outside of the US, reaching #31 in Canada in December 1996, and #22 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1997 . The song was nominated for Best Original Song at the 69th Academy Awards as well as Best Original Song at the 54th Golden Globe Awards, losing out on both occasions to Madonna's "You Must Love Me" (written by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber) from the musical Evita . </P> <P> On April 25, 2017, three quarters of the actors who played The Wonders - Tom Everett Scott (Guy "Shades" Patterson), Johnathon Schaech (Jimmy Mattingly II) and Ethan Embry ("T.B. Player") - performed the song live during a surprise appearance at the Roxy in Los Angeles . The occasion was the Goddamn Comedy Jam, a live show series in which comedians tell funny stories about a meaningful song and then perform it with a live band . Comedian and show creator Josh Adam Meyers persuaded the actors to perform the song with him . After initial hesitation on Scott's part, Meyers managed to persuade him with help from The After Jam producer Jason Gallagher, who happened to be Scott's brother - in - law . The other actors soon followed suit, with Gallagher helping them learn how to play the instruments . Steve Zahn (Lenny Haise) was unable to participate due to living in Kentucky; comedian Jeremiah Watkins took his place on lead guitar while wearing a cut - out mask of Zahn's face . On April 10, 2017, Embry posted a video of himself playing the song's bass line; it is now apparent that the video was a teaser for the event two weeks later . Coincidentally, Tom Everett Scott replaced Steve Zahn as Frank Heffley in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid film series . </P> <Ul> <Li> The Knack recorded the song for their 1998 hits collection, Proof: The Very Best of the Knack . </Li> <Li>' N Sync performed the song during their 1999 tour, as part of a' 60s segment . </Li> <Li> New Found Glory did a cover of this song for their EP, From the Screen to Your Stereo in 2000 . </Li> <Li> Japanese ska band Shaka Labbits included a cover of the song on their 2004 live album Burning Cylinder . </Li> <Li> Scottish band Bubblegum Lemonade included the song on their 2008 EP Ten Years Younger . </Li> <Li> In 2010, the song was parodied by The Fringemunks to recap Fringe episode 3.03, "The Plateau ." </Li> <Li> Day6's Jae Park performed it on the South Korean reality show K - pop Star in 2012 . </Li> <Li> Pentatonix performed the song at the 2014 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Tom Hanks, the writer and director of the song's feature film by the same name . </Li> <Li> Set It Off used the beat as inspiration for their song "Ancient History ." </Li> </Ul>

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