Bran Van 3000 finally released their first single, "Drinking in L.A.", in February 1997 in Canada. It peaked at number 35 on Canada's "RPM" Top Singles chart on July 28. In April of the same year, the band released their first album, called "Glee". The record went gold in 1998 and won a Juno Award for best alternative album. It contained 17 tracks, one of them entirely in French called "Forest" featuring Jean Leloup. "Afrodiziak", produced by E.P. Bergen sold 100 000 copies in Germany with EMI and appeared in the movie XChange. The song "Everywhere" was featured on the soundtrack to the film "Practical Magic" and "Drinking in L.A." was featured in the soundtrack to "Playing by Heart". "Ceci n'est pas une chanson" (later "Une chanson") contains the main melody of "Perfect" song from The The.