Back 2 Good

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"Back 2 Good"
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Template:Infobox song/link by Matchbox 20
from the album Yourself or Someone Like You
B-side"Push"
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GenrePost-grunge[2]
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[[Songwriter|SongwriterTemplate:Pluralize from text]]
[[Record producer|ProducerTemplate:Pluralize from text]]Matt Serletic
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"Real World"
(1998) 		"Back 2 Good"
(589) 		"Bent"
(2000)
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"Back 2 Good" is a song by American rock band Matchbox 20, released as the fifth single from their 1996 debut album, Yourself or Someone Like You, in September 1998.

Meaning

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. Rob Thomas has described the song to be about “screwing up so often that you become used to it.” Thomas has also said that “Back 2 Good”, over all other songs on the album “holds up as a song”.[3]

Music video

"Back 2 Good" was released with a music video, directed by an uncredited Paul Hunter. The music video features the band walking through a street carnival while Thomas sings the lyrics to the song.

Release and reception

"Back 2 Good" was the band's biggest hit song on the US Billboard Hot 100 from Yourself or Someone Like You—peaking at number 24 in 1999—because their more successful prior hits, "Push" and "3AM", were not allowed to chart due to not receiving commercial releases in the US. The chart rules were changed in December 1998 to allow songs to chart from airplay alone, making "Back 2 Good" their first single able to receive a full chart run. In Canada, the song peaked at number 11 on the RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart, becoming the band's fourth top-20 hit.

Track listings

US 7-inch single[4]

A. "Back 2 Good" – 5:40
B. "Push" – 3:59

Australian CD single[5]

  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

Charts

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Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[11] Platinum 1,000,000 

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."New Releases" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1266. September 18, 1998. p. 39.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Moore, Dan (July 13, 2012). "Toward A Taxonomy of '90s Pop Songs You Kind of Remember". Riverfront Times. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rob Thomas reflects on Matchbox Twenty's debut album 20 years later". avclub.com. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Back 2 Good (US 7-inch single vinyl disc). Atlantic Records, Lava Records. 1998. 7-84410.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Back 2 Good (Australian CD single liner notes). Atlantic Records. 1998. 7567955392.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Most Played Adult Top 40 Songs of 1998". Airplay Monitor. Vol. 6, no. 52. December 25, 1998. p. 55.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."RPM 1999 Top 100 Hit Tracks". RPM. Retrieved July 25, 2019 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Billboard Top 100 – 1999". Archived from the original on July 9, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."1999 The Year in Music: Hot Adult Top 40 Tracls" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 52. December 25, 1999. p. YE-100. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Most Played Mainstream Top 40 Songs of 1999". Airplay Monitor. Vol. 7, no. 52. December 24, 1999. p. 54.
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