Album: RMCM (2017)
Charted: 36 83
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Songfacts®:

  • Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners is a folk-rock group from Colorado Springs, Colorado. They released their self-titled album on May 17, 2017, the day the band graduated from high school. This is the opening track from the record.
  • Comprising just two short verses, frontman Mitch Cutts ponders being at a crossroads. The first verse describes being in a stalemate, not knowing which option to turn to. In the second verse, he realizes he doesn't need a specific reason not to do something and resolves to follow his heart.
  • The word "evergreen" doesn't appear in the lyrics, but it symbolizes hope, growth, or resilience in the face of adversity.
  • Cutts explained in a TikTok video he wrote the lyrics while on a long-distance backpacking trip in Colorado. At the time, the song was about hiking, about putting your feet towards something and accomplishing something that's a big deal to you. However, by the time the band released the song, it had become more about the album they'd made.
  • "Evergreen" was always meant to be the intro to the album. It's really short and it's something they wanted to make a good impression of for people.
  • In 2022, Richy Mitch and the Coal Miners got a surge in listeners after "Evergreen" was picked up on TikTok. Creators used the song to soundtrack their videos, typically ones pertaining to outdoor adventures.
  • The song was boosted by a remix featuring alternative folk duo Caamp. Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners and Caamp performed the new version together for the first time at the FairWell Festival in central Oregon on July 20, 2024. It was released on August 9, 2024.

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