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More Than Fine is a song by the alternative rock band Switchfoot. It was released on their 2003 double-platinum record, The Beautiful Letdown. It was released as the album's lead single to CCM market through Sparrow Records, while the song 'Meant to Live' was shipped to mainstream and alternative radio station formats by Columbia Records/Red Ink.
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- 'Meant to Live' is a single by alternative rock band Switchfoot. It climbed to #5 on the US Modern Rock chart, #6 on U.S. Top 40 radio 2 , and No. 18 on the U.S. It is the first track on the group's 2003 major-label debut album The Beautiful Letdown, and was also featured in a UK version of a Spider-Man 2 'inspired by' album.
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| 'Meant to Live' | |
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| Single by Switchfoot | |
| from the albumThe Beautiful Letdown and Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man2 | |
| Released | 2003 (to radio) August 17, 2004 (CD Single) |
| Format | CD |
| Recorded | 2002 |
| Genre | Post-grunge |
| Length | 3:25 |
| Label | Columbia Records/SonyBMG |
| Writer(s) | Jon Foreman Tim Foreman |
| Producer | John Fields |
| Certification | Gold (RIAA[1] |
| Switchfoot singleschronology | |
| 'Meant toLive' (2003) | 'Dare You toMove' (2004) |
'Meant to Live' is a single by alternativerock band Switchfoot. It climbed to #5 on the US Modern Rock chart, #6 on U.S. Top 40radio[2], andNo. 18 on the U.S. Hot 100. It is the first track on thegroup's 2003 major-label debut album TheBeautiful Letdown, and was also featured in a UK version of aSpider-Man2 'inspired by' album. In April 2005, the song wascertified platinum.[1]This is considered their breakthrough into the mainstream.
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Background
Lyrically this song was inspired by T. S. Eliot's poem 'The Hollow Men'.About the song, singer/writer Jon Foreman has said, 'Maybe the kid in thesong is me, hoping that I'm meant for more than arguments andfailed attempts to fly. Something deep inside of me yearns for thebeautiful, the true. Sccm endpoint protection windows 10. I want more than what I've been sold; I wantto live life'. [3] It alsorefers JohnSteinbeck novella 'Of Mice and Men', in the lyric'Dreaming about Providence and whether mice or men have secondtries.' According to Foreman, this song was also inspired by U2's 'I Still Haven'tFound What I'm Looking For'. [4]
Musicvideos
There were three music videos made for this song. The firstvideo features live performance footage, the second is a conceptvideo depicting the band playing inside a house while the walls andinsides are slowly being torn down, and a third video is mixed intoclips from Spider-Man 2, and was released exclusively inthe UK.
The first two videos featured audio mixed a key higher than thealbum version.
Tracklistings
- UK CD single
- 'Meant to Live' [Album version]
- 'On Fire' [Live]
- 'Beautiful Letdown' [Live]
- 'Meant to Live' [Multimedia Track] [1]
Vinyl
This song was also released on a 7' vinyl record. On the B side isthe song 'Monday Comes Around' which was cut from The BeautifulLetdown, and is otherwise an unreleased song.
Chartpositions
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 18 |
| US BillboardModern RockTracks | 5 |
| US BillboardTop 40Mainstream | 6 |
| US BillboardMainstream RockTracks | 36 |
| US BillboardPop100 | 5 |
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In popularculture
- This song is featured on the game KaraokeRevolution Volume 3.
References
- ^ abRIAA Gold & PlatinumSearchable Database - Switchfoot singles
- ^Meant to Live: Top 40Mainstream - Published September 18, 2004 (Retrieved February4, 2009)
- ^Switchfoot - Behind the Songs- The Beautiful Letdown
- ^Ken Phillips Publicity Group -Switchfoot
Externallinks
- Jon's thoughts on thesong
- Allmusic review of thesong
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| Single by Switchfoot | ||||
| from the album The Beautiful Letdown | ||||
| Released | September 21, 2004 [1] | |||
| Format | CD | |||
| Recorded | 2003 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 4:18 | |||
| Label | Columbia/Sony BMG | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jon Foreman | |||
| Producer(s) | John Fields | |||
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'This Is Your Life' is a song by the alternative rock band Switchfoot, and their third single. 'This Is Your Life' first appeared on the group's 2003 album The Beautiful Letdown and peaked at #30 on the US Modern Rock charts. The single also hit the U.S. Top 40 peaking at No. 31.[1]
Of the three mainstream radio singles released from The Beautiful Letdown, this song was the least successful on the charts. It is also the only single from the album not to have a music video created for it.
Chart positions[edit]
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Modern Rock Tracks | 30 |
| US Adult Top 40 | 36 |
| US Billboard Hot Christian Adult Contemporary | 9 |
| US Billboard Hot Christian Songs | 9 |
In the media[edit]
- The song was featured on the season 2 finale of science fiction TV show The 4400, as well as in nineteenth episode Blank of season four of Smallville.
- It also was featured on the season 7 Charmed episode 'Charmageddon'.
Live[edit]
In concert this song is played longer than the studio version, with a more psychedelic arrangement, in contrast to the electronica-tinged studio version. The concert version prominently features Jon Foreman screaming into the resonating chamber of his guitar, which distortes the screams to an eerie effect. During the Nothing Is Sound Tour 'This is Your Life' often segued directly into 'Happy Is a Yuppie Word'. This combination was also played during a few performances of the Oh! Gravity. Spring Tour, one of which was notably captured on the band's official bootleg for the 21 February 2007 show in Calgary.
References[edit]
- ^'Rock On The Net: Top 40 Archives'. April 16, 2005. Retrieved 2007-10-26.Cite web requires
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