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===''14:59'' (1999β2000)=== Their 1999 album ''[[14:59]]'' was the band's reply to suggestions that they were a one-hit wonder, with the title implying that their [[15 minutes of fame]] were not quite up β their "fame clock" read 14:59.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434704/19990126/sugar_ray.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031229202816/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434704/19990126/sugar_ray.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 29, 2003|title=Sugar Ray Coasts Low-Riding Groove For "Every Morning"|date=1999-01-26|publisher=MTV News|access-date=2009-01-18}}</ref> "[[Every Morning (Sugar Ray song)|Every Morning]]", which was widely compared to "Fly", had similar success during the spring of 1999, reaching number 3 on the [[United States|U.S.]] [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] [[record chart|chart]]. When asked about the band's change of style to cash on their previous hit, bassist Murphy Karges said, "We never had any credibility. Nobody ever gave us any so how could we lose any?"<ref>{{cite news |last=Boehm |first=Mike |date=January 11, 1999 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jan-11-ca-62393-story.html |title=Sugar Ray: 2-Hit Wonders |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=July 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519062132/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jan-11-ca-62393-story.html |archive-date=May 19, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> Their follow-up [[single (music)|single]] "[[Someday (Sugar Ray song)|Someday]]" also enjoyed extensive airplay later that year and reached number 7 in the U.S. The next follow-up single "Falls Apart (Run Away)" reached number 29 in early 2000. ''14:59'' outsold its predecessor and was certified triple platinum. The band toured in support of the album, and were scheduled to perform at [[Woodstock 99]] but McGrath fell ill and they had to cancel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1434702/sugar-ray-off-woodstock-as-mcgrath-takes-ill/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007054628/http://www.mtv.com/news/1434702/sugar-ray-off-woodstock-as-mcgrath-takes-ill/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 7, 2014 |title=MTV Article - Sugar Ray at Woodstock 99 |website=MTV|date=1999-07-22 |access-date=2021-10-18}}</ref> After ''14:59'' in 2000, Sugar Ray teamed up with [[The Alkaholiks]] to contribute the track "Make Room" on the Rap Rock collaboration album, ''[[Loud Rocks]]'', with other artists with a similar style such as [[Crazy Town]] and [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]]. In 2000, Sugar Ray did a cover version of [[John Cale]] and [[Brian Eno]]'s song "Spinning Away" for the soundtrack to the film ''[[The Beach (film)|The Beach]]''.
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