Mad Season (song)

"Mad Season"
Single by Matchbox Twenty
from the album Mad Season
Released	April 16, 2001
Format	CD cassette
Recorded	1999
Genre	Alternative rock pop rock
Length	5:02
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Rob Thomas
Producer(s)	Matt Serletic
Matchbox Twenty singles chronology
"If You're Gone" (2000) "Mad Season" (2001) "Angry" (2001)
"If You're Gone" (2000) "Mad Season" (2001) "Angry" (2001)

"Mad Season" is the title-track and third single off Matchbox Twenty's second album, Mad Season. It was released on April 16, 2001. The song peaked at #48 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #76 on the UK Singles Chart.

Background and writing

Thomas told Billboard magazine that the song took a more universal tone but was originally about "the wild ride that the band has been on since success hit. The whole idea came from out mad season," he says. "It has nothing to do with being bad, it's just crazy. There are no handbooks for any of this."^[1]

Music video

The song's music video, directed by Phil Harder, shows the band getting off the plane, and being surrounded by screaming fans trying to grab them. They are wearing what appear to be special passes, which say "Rock Star" on them, around their necks. Police are there trying to keep everything under control. The band eventually makes it safely into their limousine, but then the crowd climbs all over the car, and it can't go anywhere. The police fail to keep things under control, and the fans break the windows of the limousine. When they get inside, they rip the "Rock Star" passes off the band members, and then they leave. This suggests that they didn't really care about the band; they just wanted the passes.

Track listing

• US single

1. "Mad Season" – 5:09
2. "Long Day" (live) – 5:32
3. "Back 2 Good" (live) – 6:11

• Australia Maxi-CD

1. "Mad Season" – 5:09
2. "If You're Gone" – 4:38
3. "Long Day" (live) – 5:32

Chart positions

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