Singles is a 1992 Americanromantic comedy film written, co-produced, and directed byCameron Crowe, and starringBridget Fonda,Campbell Scott,Kyra Sedgwick, andMatt Dillon. It features appearances from several musicians prominent in the early 1990sgrunge movement in Seattle.

Singles
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Cameron Crowe
Written by	Cameron Crowe
Produced by	Cameron Crowe Richard Hashimoto
Starring	Bridget Fonda Campbell Scott Kyra Sedgwick Sheila Kelley Jim True Bill Pullman Matt Dillon
Cinematography	Tak Fujimoto Ueli Steiger
Edited by	Richard Chew
Music by	Paul Westerberg
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	September 18, 1992 (1992-09-18)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$9 million
Box office	$18.5 million

The film was distributed byWarner Bros. and released theatrically on September 18, 1992 to generally positive reviews from critics and moderate box office success, grossing over $18 million.

Singles centers on the precarious romantic lives of a group of twentysomethings inSeattle,Washington at the start of the 1990sgrunge phenomenon. Most of the characters dwell in an apartment block, a sign in front of which advertises "Singles" (single bedroom apartments) for rent. Divided into chapters, the film focuses on the course of two couples's rocky romances, as well as the love lives of their friends and associates.

The film revolves around Janet Livermore, a coffee-bar waitress fawning over Cliff Poncier, an aspiring yet slightly aloof grunge rock musician of the fictional grunge/rock band Citizen Dick; Linda Powell and Steve Dunne, a couple wavering on whether to commit to each other; Debbie Hunt, trying to find Mr. Right.

Eddie Vedder,Stone Gossard andJeff Ament play the band members of Citizen Dick. There are appearances fromAlice in Chains andSoundgarden, as well as cameos by film directorTim Burton and basketball playerXavier McDaniel as himself.Paul Giamatti appears in a minor role.

Johnny Depp was offered the role of Steve Dunne but declined.^[1]

Filming began on March 11, 1991. Principal photography wrapped on May 24, 1991.^[2]

The film was shot at a number of locations around Seattle and includes scenes atGas Works Park,Capitol Hill,Jimi Hendrix's original grave atGreenwood Memorial Park inRenton, thePike Place Market and theVirginia Inn.^[3] The central coffee shop featured in the film is the now-closedOK Hotel. The apartment building is located on the northwest corner of the intersection of E. Thomas St & 19th Ave E. (1820 E. Thomas St.). Additional concert footage was shot in the now-defunct RKCNDY bar.Alice in Chains' concert was filmed at the Desoto nightclub.^[4] Also,Soundgarden makes an appearance in the film.

Most of Matt Dillon's wardrobe in the movie actually belonged toPearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament.^[5] During the making of the film, Ament produced a list of song titles for the fictional band, Citizen Dick. Chris Cornell took it as a challenge to write songs for the film using those titles, and "Spoonman" was one of them. An earlyacoustic version of the song was created and can be heard in the background during a scene of the film. Citizen Dick's song "Touch Me, I'm Dick" is a parody of the song "Touch Me, I'm Sick" by the Seattle bandMudhoney. On the inside cover photo of thesoundtrack, there is a Citizen Dick CD with the track listing on the CD itself. One of the songs is called "Louder Than Larry (Steiner)", a wordplay on the Soundgarden album,Louder Than Love.

Singles holds a 79% critical approval rating on the review aggregatorRotten Tomatoes based on 52 reviews with anaverage rating of 6.9/10. The site's critical consensus reads "Smart, funny, and engagingly scruffy,Singles is a clear-eyed look at modern romance that doubles as a credible grunge-era time capsule".^[6]

Roger Ebert ofThe Chicago Sun-Times was complimentary, givingSingles three out of four stars and declaring it "not a great cutting-edge movie, and parts of it may be too whimsical and disorganized for audiences raised on cause-and-effect plots [... but] I found myself smiling a lot during the movie, sometimes with amusement, sometimes with recognition. It's easy to like these characters, and care about them."^[7] Tim Appelo wrote inEntertainment Weekly, "With [...] an ambling, naturalistic style, Crowe captures the eccentric appeal of a town where espresso carts sprout on every corner and kids in ratty flannel shirts can cut records that make them millionaires."^[8] Meanwhile, Seattle'sThe Stranger was less kind to Crowe's use of the local background, reviewing "he's relying on the general hipness of our little burg and on the star power of a few local musicians/bit actors to make a bundle of dough, and he hasn't bothered to back them up with anything worth remembering.Pleasant is about the only word I can think of to describe the thing."^[9]

Warner Bros. Television immediately tried to turnSingles into atelevision series. Crowe claims thatSinglesinspired the television seriesFriends.^[10]

On July 5, 2015,Derek Erdman held a public screening of the movie in the courtyard of Capitol Hill's Coryell Court Apartments—the building in which some of the main characters live.^[11] The event was attended by over 1,000 people. Despite initial concerns by the landlord, the event progressed smoothly. The crowd was respectful and cleaned up after themselves. Reports ofBridget Fonda being in attendance were false, but her aunt‍— Jane Fonda‍— was indeed there.^[12]

The film is recognized byAmerican Film Institute in these lists:

• 2002:AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions – Nominated^[13]

TheSinglessoundtrack was released on June 30, 1992, throughEpic Records and became a best seller three months before the release of the film. The soundtrack included music from key bands from the grunge music scene of the time, such asAlice in Chains,Pearl Jam, andSoundgarden. Pearl Jam performed two previously-unreleased songs on the soundtrack: "Breath" and "State of Love and Trust". The Soundgarden song "Birth Ritual" andChris Cornell's solo song "Seasons" appear on the soundtrack.Paul Westerberg ofThe Replacements contributed two songs to the soundtrack and provided the score for the film.The Smashing Pumpkins also contributed to the soundtrack with the song "Drown".

• Singles atIMDb
• Singles atBox Office Mojo
• Singles atRotten Tomatoes
• Singles atMetacritic 
• "Making the Scene: A Filmmaker's Diary" – A log kept by Crowe during the production ofSingles and published inRolling Stone in October 1992