Back 2 Good

"Back 2 Good"
Single by Matchbox Twenty
from the album Yourself or Someone Like You
Released October 6, 1998[1]
Format CD single / Audio cassette
Recorded 1996
Genre Post-grunge
Length 5:40
Label Atlantic
Writer(s) Rob Thomas, Matt Serletic
Producer Matt Serletic
Matchbox Twenty singles chronology
"Real World"
(1998)		 "Back 2 Good"
(1998)		 "Girl Like That"
(1998)

"Back 2 Good" is a song by Matchbox Twenty, released as the fifth single from their multi-platinum debut album Yourself or Someone Like You. This song would prove to be their biggest hit from this album according to the Billboard Hot 100 charts, peaking at number 24 in 1998. The song was written by lead singer Rob Thomas and producer Matt Serletic, and is about a romantic relationship that seems to have reached its end, much to the chagrin of the singer.

It has also been said, by Thomas in particular, that the song is about being in a relationship, drinking, and then cheating on the person you're with. Another explanation provided by the lead singer is that it's about "fucking up so often that you become used to it."

Contents

Chart positions

Peak positions

Charts Peak
position
Canadian RPM Singles Chart 11
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 24
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 4
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream 8

End of year charts

End of year chart (1999) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2] 49

Track listing

3 Track Version

  1. "Back 2 Good" - 5:40
  2. "Kody" (MTV's Live from The 10 Spot) - 3:57
  3. "Damn" (MTV's Live from The 10 Spot) - 3:57

References

  1. ^ "Back 2 Good/Push". http://www.allmusic.com/album/back-2-good-push-r518215. Retrieved 2010-12-20. 
  2. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1999". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1999. Retrieved 2010-08-28. 

External links

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  • Adam Gaynor
Studio albums
Compilation albums
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