Back 2 Good

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"Back 2 Good"
Single by Matchbox 20
from the album Yourself or Someone Like You
B-side"Push"
ReleasedSeptember 22, 1998 (1998-09-22)[1]
Genre
Length
  • 5:40
  • 4:10 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriters
ProducerMatt Serletic
Matchbox 20 singles chronology
"Real World"
(1998) 		"Back 2 Good"
(1998) 		"Bent"
(2000)
Music video
"Back 2 Good" on YouTube

"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

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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

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"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

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"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

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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

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[17] Platinum 1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  6. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 7494." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  7. ^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 7500." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  8. ^ "Matchbox Twenty Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  9. ^ "Matchbox Twenty Chart History (Adult Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  10. ^ "Matchbox Twenty Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
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