It's Been Awhile

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For the Invincible episode, see It's Been A While.
"It's Been Awhile"
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Single by Staind
from the album Break the Cycle
ReleasedMarch 27, 2001
Genre
Length4:25
Label
Songwriters
ProducerJosh Abraham
Staind singles chronology
"Home"
(2000) 		"It's Been Awhile"
(2001) 		"Outside"
(2001)
Music video
"It's Been Awhile" on YouTube

"It's Been Awhile" is a song by American rock band Staind, released on March 27, 2001, as the lead single from their third studio album, Break the Cycle (2001). The song is Staind's most successful, becoming a number-five hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in October 2001. It spent a second-best 20 weeks at number one on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart (behind "Loser" by 3 Doors Down) and a then-record 16 weeks at number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.[7] Worldwide, the single became a top-20 hit in Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

Background

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Aaron Lewis originally wrote this song around 1996 along with "Outside" slightly prior to the release of Dysfunction and performed it with a short-lived acoustic side project called J-CAT, before abruptly shelving it until 2000 during the recording sessions of Break the Cycle.[8][9]

Reception

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Eric Aiese of Billboard reviewed the song favorably, saying that the group handles the ballad well and packs "a lot of punch into the cut." Aiese said that the song "may be the group's greatest splash yet."[10]

Music video

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The music video was directed by Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst. It had its world premiere on MTV's Total Request Live program on April 13, 2001.[11] The music video begins with Aaron Lewis going through some old photographs, one of which is a picture of his wife. The video switches between him writing a letter to his wife and the band performing in a room full of candles. There are brief shots of Aaron alone in the streets and looking at himself in the mirror while having second thoughts. Throughout the video, Aaron is seen smoking cigarettes. At the end of the video, one of those cigarettes falls onto the floor and burns down his apartment.

Track listings

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Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications and sales for "It's Been Awhile"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[47] Gold 35,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[48] Platinum 30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[49] Gold 400,000‡
United States (RIAA)[50] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Release dates and formats for "It's Been Awhile"
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States March 27, 2001
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May 22, 2001 Contemporary hit radio [52]
Australia June 18, 2001 CD [53]
United Kingdom September 3, 2001
  • CD
  • cassette
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References

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