How Far We've Come

"How Far We've Come"
Single by Matchbox Twenty
from the album Exile on Mainstream
Released September 4, 2007
Format CD single
Recorded 2007
Genre Alternative rock
Length 3:29
Label Atlantic
Writer(s) Rob Thomas, Paul Doucette, Kyle Cook, Brian Yale
Producer(s) Steve Lillywhite
Matchbox Twenty singles chronology
"All I Need"
(2004)		 "How Far We've Come"
(2007)		 "These Hard Times"
(2008)
Matchbox Twenty Australian singles chronology
"All I Need"
(2004)		 "How Far We've Come"
(2007)		 "All Your Reasons"
(2008)

"How Far We've Come" is a song by American alternative rock group Matchbox Twenty. It was released in September 2007 as the lead single from their retrospective collection, Exile on Mainstream, which was released on October 2, 2007. The music video premiered on VH1's Top 20 Countdown on September 1, 2007. The CD single comes with two live covers as B-sides; "Remedy" by The Black Crowes and "Modern Love" by David Bowie.[1] These two songs are also on the Best Buy version of Exile on Mainstream.

The Phonographic Performance Company of Australia announced that “How Far We’ve Come” was the most played recording in Australia in 2008. The PPCA also announced that Matchbox Twenty was the third most played artist in 2008.[2]

Track listing

EP version
  1. "How Far We've Come" (radio edit) – 3:31
  2. "Remedy" (live) – 4:31
  3. "Modern Love" (live) – 3:51

Personnel

Chart performance

The single debuted at #93 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, but after being released digitally, it jumped to #12, making it the second-biggest jump of 2007 behind Beyoncé and Shakira's "Beautiful Liar" (which jumped 91 spots).[3] It peaked at #11 on the U.S Billboard Hot 100. It also reached #3 on the U.S. Adult Top 40. On the Australian ARIA Singles Chart it debuted at #8, becoming their most successful single in Australia since the band's 1997 breakout hit "Push". It later rose to #7 there, becoming the band's highest charting single there. In Canada it reached the top five, and it peaked at #11 in New Zealand.

Charts

Chart (2007–08) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[4] 7
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) 4
Germany (Media Control Charts) 60
New Zealand (RIANZ) 11
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) 157
US Billboard Hot 100 11
US Billboard Pop Songs 14
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs 8
US Billboard Adult Pop Songs 3
US Billboard Adult Contemporary 22

Year-end charts

Chart (2009) Position
Hungarian Singles Chart[5] 132

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[6] Platinum 70,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[7] Gold 7,500*
United States (RIAA)[8] Platinum 2,000,000[9]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Music video

The music video is a three-minute and twenty-six second montage of many historical events around the world during the late 20th Century, tying in with the lyrics on human affairs and its role in cultural development. The video debuted on VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown on September 1, 2007. It contains many important events that changed the world in a roughly chronological order. The events are:

The video ends with many of the clips flashing quickly across the screen in reverse order at the end of the song.

In Australia a different video was released, featuring the band performing in a neighbourhood filled with children. Around the middle of the song a girl with a piece of chalk walks out into the middle of the street and begins to draw a large circle. As she draws that circle a solar eclipse begins. The moment the girl finishes the circle the eclipse becomes complete, and everyone vanishes from the neighbourhood. The clip ends with pictures of the toys the children were playing falling to the ground.

In popular culture

References

  1. ↑ Cashmere, Paul, (August 21, 2007). "Matchbox Twenty Do Black Crowes and Bowie". Undercover Media Pty Ltd. Retrieved on August 7, 2012.
  2. ↑ "News". Matchbox Twenty. 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  3. ↑ Katie Hasty, "Soulja Boy Remains No. 1 Amid Static Top Four", Billboard.com, September 13, 2007.
  4. ↑ Top 50 Singles Chart
  5. ↑ "Éves összesített listák - MAHASZ Rádiós TOP 100 (súlyozott)". Mahasz. Mahasz.
  6. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2012 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Latest Gold / Platinum Singles". Radioscope. 17 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  8. ↑ "American single certifications – Matchbox Twenty – How Far We've Come". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 14, 2013. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
  9. ↑ Paul Grein (July 27, 2010). "Week Ending July 25, 2010: It’s Every Rapper For Himself". Yahoo Music (Chart Watch). Retrieved March 24, 2013.

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