March 13, 2007 – The Meet the Robinsons Single, “Little Wonders,” is Released
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“These little wonders, these twists and turns of fate.”
On March 13, 2007, as stated on iTunes, the second single for the Disney animated film Meet the Robinsons, called “Little Wonders,” was released. Written and performed by Rob Thomas, it was featured in the final scene of the film. It peaked at number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100, 57 on the Billboard Digital Songs, 11 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary, and 5 on the Billboard Adult Pop Songs.
Rob Thomas, on his Cradlesong album tour (I attended the Northern Virginia/DC leg of this tour), explained why he wrote the song:
“I wrote this song for my best friend who passed away recently, my dog Tyler, and years ago, I was with him when I was…supposed to write a song in between the last solo record and the last Matchbox record, and it was for this film, and I was finishing up being on the road and I was in a hotel in Phoenix. So my dog makes me take him for a walk and it’s a miserable night and it’s cold, and I’m upset probably about nothing at all in particular, just upset, and so I harness him up and I go outside, and I’m miserable. Again, probably for no reason. Miserable. And I look down, and I want some solidarity…but no man, I look down, and he’s [my dog is as] happy as he’s ever been his entire life, and he’s like ‘Dad, we’re freakin’ walking!’ My first thought was like, ‘Traitor’. Right? Immediately, ‘Traitor.’ I’m gonna trade him in and get a new dog, but then, I realize that this little guy knew more about life that I did cause right then, there was a moment that was happening. There was something going on and I was missing it and he wasn’t. And so this song was written about that. It’s about not letting those moments go by. Sometimes, you have an expectation, sometimes you’re waiting for something else to happen and while you’re waiting for something else to happen, life is passing you by, and these little moments are going by, just like us, right now, right here in Fairfax, man, this moment, don’t let it pass by, man. I love this night, I don’t want to forget it. Thank you very much for it. So this song goes out to Tyler.”
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