 "Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman)" by Counting Crows was written by Adam Duritz and David Bryson one night in a hotel room.Duritz kept humming guitar parts, and Bryson kept coming up with vocal melodies; the two finalized the song at 4 am and recorded a rough version of it on the hotel room's answering machine.Although it was a favorite of the band's, it did not fit with the musical stylings of "August and Everything After" because it was not "mopey enough", so it was left off.