Real World (song)

Infobox Single |
Name = Real World


Artist = Matchbox Twenty
from Album = Yourself or Someone Like You
Released = September 15 1998 (US)
Format = CD single / Audio cassette
Recorded = 1996
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 3:51
Label = Atlantic
Producer = Matt Serletic
Last single = "3 A.M." (1997)
This single = "Real World" (1998)
Next single = "Back 2 Good" (1998)

"Real World" is the fourth single off Matchbox Twenty's debut album, "Yourself or Someone Like You". The song became the group's 1st entry into the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #38 in its release year of 1998. Though the song did not chart well on the U.S. pop charts, it was a major hit on adult contemporary radio stations.

The song was written by lead singer Rob Thomas, and details him wondering about what it would be like if he lived in various settings other than the current one, including a superhero and a rainmaker, in addition to being a boss at a job.

Music video

The music video, directed by Matthew Rolston, starts with Rob walking through a bowling alley with a camel. It then shows him on a street, where Kyle Cook is on an ice cream truck, but instead of selling ice cream, he unveils what appears to be a raw steak. Next, Rob is doing a news broadcast, with Brian Yale acting as a director. In the meantime, intercut with this is a diner with Paul Doucette dressed as a waitress, eventually discarding the outfit. In the midst of the news broadcast, we see what appears to be a commercial with Adam Gaynor sitting with a family. The video concludes with the camera going back and forth between Rob with the camel and at the news station.

Chart positions

External links

* [http://music.yahoo.com/ar-257041-bio--Matchbox-Twenty Matchbox Twenty Biography on Yahoo! Music]
* [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=166896&model.vnuAlbumId=554402 Billboard - Chart History]