This Is How a Heart Breaks

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"This Is How a Heart Breaks"
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Single by Rob Thomas
from the album ...Something to Be
ReleasedJune 13, 2005 (2005-06-13)
Studio
Length3:50
Label
Songwriters
ProducerMatt Serletic
Rob Thomas singles chronology
"Lonely No More"
(2005) 		"This Is How a Heart Breaks"
(2005) 		"Ever the Same"
(2005)
Music video
"This Is How A Heart Breaks" on YouTube

"This Is How a Heart Breaks" is the second single from Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Thomas's debut album, ...Something to Be (2005). Released in June 2005, the song was moderately successful on the charts, peaking at number 52 in the United States and number 13 in Australia. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling over 500,000 copies, and in 2006, it was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo.[1]

Music video

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The video, directed by Pedro Romhanyi, begins with images of New York City before cutting to Thomas singing as he walks along the street. He suddenly sees someone and runs away, chased through the New York streets by this individual. As the video progresses, Thomas escapes from the pursuer and sings a few lines while walking along another part of the city. Just as he finishes the second verse, the hooded pursuer catches up again and Thomas runs through a bar, escaping through the bar's basement door.

Thomas loses the pursuer again and goes into an elevator in another building. Once the elevator opens, he runs up the stairs to the fire exit and when gets to the rooftop where he encounters the pursuer chasing again. The chase continues again as Thomas tries to climb down a fire escape only to fall into a trash pile at the bottom. Thomas then runs on top of some parked cars only to run into a fence which he can't climb. Cornered, Thomas finds himself face to face with the chaser. As the video ends we get a very quick glimpse of the pursuer's face, who reveals himself as Rob Thomas, meaning Thomas was chasing himself for the whole video.

Track listings

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Credits and personnel

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Credits are adapted from the Australian CD single liner notes and the ...Something to Be booklet.[5][6]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[20] Gold 500,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States June 13, 2005 Hot adult contemporary radio
  • Atlantic
  • Melisma
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Australia July 18, 2005 CD [22]
United Kingdom September 19, 2005
  • CD
  • DVD
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In 2013, Straight No Chaser covered the song with Thomas on their Under the Influence album.[24]

References

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