Matchbox twenty
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Template:Lowercase Template:Infobox band matchbox twenty (originally Matchbox 20) is a rock band from Orlando, Florida. The current members of the band are Rob Thomas, vocals; Brian Yale, bass; Paul Doucette, drums; and Kyle Cook, lead guitar. Thomas, Yale and Doucette had played the band Tabitha's Secret in Orlando, Florida before splitting apart to form Matchbox 20 with Cook and rhythym guitarist Adam Gaynor.
They released their first album, yourself or someone like you in 1996. While their first single, "Long Day", was a rock radio-only smash, the album soon spun off several Top 40 hit singles throughout 1997 and 1998, including "Push", "3 A.M.", "Real World" and "Back 2 Good". The album eventually went on to sell over 12 million copies in the US alone, earning diamond status.
Before recording their next album, Itaal Shur, Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas wrote a song for Carlos Santana's comeback album, Supernatural, on which Thomas sang lead vocals. The song, "Smooth", became the album's lead single and a gigantic smash hit in 1999, and Shur, Thomas and Santana would earn several Grammys for writing it.
In 2000, Matchbox 20 renamed themselves matchbox twenty and released their second album, mad season. The video for their first hit single, "Bent", made fun of singer Thomas' heightened profile by showing the other band members mug and beat him mercilessly. The evocatively arranged ballad "If You're Gone" became a big hit, especially on adult contemporary formats; "Mad Season" was also a hit.
For their third album, the other band members demanded equal songwriting credit. Sharing the songwriting duties proved to be a good idea, as the band once again had a greatly successful album, more than you think you are that was omnipresent on radio for more than a year and a half with several hit singles including "Disease", "Bright Lights" and "Unwell", which topped the charts for 20 weeks in 2003.
In May 2004, the band released a concert DVD, Show: A Night in the Life of Matchbox Twenty, featuring 20 songs, including all of their hit singles.
In February 2005, rhythm guitarist Gaynor officially left the group, which had been on hiatus to allow other members to pursue side projects. Rob Thomas has had some solo releases, including the US Billboard 200 #1 album, ...Something To Be, and the top ten hit, "Lonely No More".
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Hit singles (in chronological order)
| Year | Title | Chart positions | |||||||
| US Hot 100 | US Modern Rock | US Mainstream Rock | US Adult Top 40 | US Top 40 Mainstream | US Top 40 Tracks | UK | AU | ||
| From yourself or someone like you: | |||||||||
| 1996 | "Long Day" | - | - | #8 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1997 | "Push" | - | #1 | #4 | #6 | #3 | - | #38 | #8 |
| 1997 | "3 A.M." | - | #3 | #2 | #1 | #2 | #34 | #64 | #31 |
| 1998 | "Real World" | #38 | #17 | #13 | #3 | #4 | #13 | - | #40 |
| 1998 | "Back 2 Good" | #24 | - | - | #4 | #8 | #8 | - | - |
| From mad season: | |||||||||
| 2000 | "Bent" | #1 | #16 | #24 | #1 | #1 | #1 | #79 | #19 |
| 2000 | "If You're Gone" | #5 | - | - | #1 | #4 | #4 | #50 | #18 |
| 2001 | "Mad Season" | #48 | - | - | - | #20 | #19 | - | #42 |
| 2001 | "Angry" | - | - | - | #5 | - | - | - | - |
| 2001 | "Last Beautiful Girl" | - | - | - | #20 | - | - | - | - |
| From more than you think you are: | |||||||||
| 2002 | "Disease" | #29 | - | - | #4 | #21 | #15 | #50 | #31 |
| 2003 | "Unwell" | #5 | - | - | #1 | #3 | #2 | - | #12 |
| 2004 | "Bright Lights" | #23 | - | - | #2 | #15 | #11 | - | #26 |
| 2004 | "Downfall" | - | - | - | #27 | - | - | - | - |
Discography
- yourself or someone like you (1996) US: #5 (12x Platinum) (WW: 20 million)
- mad season (2000) US: #3 (4x Platinum); UK: #31 (WW: 10 million)
- more than you think you are (2002) US: #6 (2x Platinum); UK: #31, AUS: #3 (5x Platinum) (WW: 7 million)
- EP (2003) US: #43 (200,000)