The Way (song)
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| Single by Fastball from the album All the Pain Money Can Buy |
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| Released | 1998 | ||||
| Format | 3-track CD, Cassette | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||||
| Length | 4:17 | ||||
| Label | Hollywood Records | ||||
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"The Way" is a 1998 single by Fastball from their album All the Pain Money Can Buy. In the U.S. the single reached #1 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart in April and remained there for seven weeks. It was also #12 on the magazine's year-end Hot 100 Singles Airplay chart.
It only reached #21 on the UK Top 40, despite having had a fair amount of airplay from independent radio stations like Forth One.
The song was voted by VH1 as one of the 100 Greatest Songs Of The 90's, ranking at number 94.
The song was remixed about a year after its original release by Italian DJ Gigi D'Agostino, in his album "L'Amour Toujours".
[edit] Meaning
"The Way" revolves around an older married couple who decide to give it all away by packing up and going driving and drinking. Along the way, their car breaks down, so they continue on foot. As the song goes on, it becomes apparent that these two achieve happiness by losing touch with the world.
Fastball bassist Tony Scalzo came up with the idea for the song after reading journalistic articles which described the disappearance of an older married couple, Raymond and Lela Howard from Salado, Texas, who left home in June of 1997 to attend a family reunion but never arrived[1]. They were discovered two weeks later, dead, at the bottom of a ravine near Hot Springs, Arkansas, hundreds of miles off their intended route[2].
About the song, Scalzo said that "It's a romanticized take on what happened" - he "pictured them taking off to have fun, like they did when they first met."
[edit] References
- ^ Family remains mystified by disapperance AP Thursday, July 10, 1997
- ^ Salado couple shared passions for church, each other AP Monday, July 14, 1997
[edit] Track listing
- The Way
- Are You Ready For The Fallout
- Freeloader Freddy
| Preceded by "Sex and Candy" by Marcy Playground |
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single April 11, 1998 |
Succeeded by "Closing Time" by Semisonic |
