| "Real World" | ||||
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| Single by Matchbox Twenty | ||||
| from the album Yourself or Someone Like You | ||||
| Released | June 23, 1998 (US) | |||
| Format | CD single / Audio cassette | |||
| Recorded | 1996 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock Post-grunge |
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| Length | 3:51 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Writer(s) | Rob Thomas | |||
| Producer | Matt Serletic | |||
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"Real World" is the fourth single off Matchbox Twenty's debut album, Yourself or Someone Like You.
The song was written by lead singer Rob Thomas, and details him wondering about what it would be like if he lived in various settings other than the current one, including a superhero, a rainmaker, and being a boss at a job, and if they would worsen or improve his life.
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The music video, directed by Matthew Rolston, starts with Rob walking through a bowling alley with a camel. It then shows him on a street, where Kyle Cook is on an ice cream truck, but instead of selling ice cream, he unveils what appears to be a raw steak. Next, Rob is doing a news broadcast, with Brian Yale acting as a director. In the meantime, intercut with this is a diner with Paul Doucette dressed as a waitress, eventually discarding the outfit. In the midst of the news broadcast, we see what appears to be a breakfast cereal commercial with Adam Gaynor sitting with a family. The video concludes with the camera going back and forth between Rob with the camel and at the news station.
| Chart (1998) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 38 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay | 9 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 Tracks | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 13 |
| U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 17 |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 40 |
| Canadian RPM Singles Chart | 5 |
| Canadian RPM Alternative 30 | 8 |
| MusicMaximum Hot 100 | 24 |
| MusicMaximum Rockin' 40 | 3 |
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