"Everything is Automatic" is a song by the Matthew Good Band. It was released as the first single from the band's second studio album, Underdogs.

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Inspiration

In a 1997 interview, Good said that he was inspired to write "Everything Is Automatic" after watching a television program about liposuction:

Music video

The music video for "Everything Is Automatic" was directed by Bill Morrison and filmed in Burnaby in October, 1997. The video features several up-close, zoomed and defocussed shots of the band preparing and performing for a video shoot. These are intermixed with fast-action shots of various streets and computer-generated billboards with catchphrases like "Think of your future, prepare for the distaster [sic]" and "Everything is allright [sic]". The video was nominated for "Best Video" at the 1998 Juno Awards.

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