Yourself or Someone Like You
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Yourself or Someone Like You, is the highly successful debut album by Matchbox Twenty released in 1996, contained five U.S. hit singles, and sold more than twelve million copies in the U.S. alone. It also went multi-platinum in Canada and Australia. The band's rock-based sound appealed to many listeners, despite a depressing theme with songs on topics such as loneliness, psychological abuse, humiliation, anger, and drunkenness.
In May 2005, New York resident Frank Torres sued Matchbox Twenty, claiming that the band had never sought his consent to use his photo on the album's cover. In the litigation, Torres claimed the photo was taken as he was walking down the street after being asked to pose. He also claimed the photo had caused him mental anguish. Torres justified the delay in suing Matchbox Twenty by claiming he had only seen the album photo within the last two years.[1]
Track listing
- All tracks were written by Rob Thomas unless otherwise stated.
- "Real World" – 3:50
- "Long Day" – 3:45
- "3 A.M." (Thomas, John Leslie Goff, John Joseph Stanley, Brian Yale) – 3:46
- "Push" (Thomas, Matt Serletic) – 3:59
- "Girl Like That" – 3:45
- "Back 2 Good" (Thomas, Serletic) – 5:40
- "Damn" – 3:20
- "Argue" – 2:58
- "Kody" – 4:03
- "Busted" – 4:15
- "Shame" – 3:35
- "Hang" – 3:47
- "Tired" – 3:57 (Japanese bonus track)
Charts
| Charts (1997) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Top Canadian Albums | 11 |
| Dutch Albums Chart | 50 |
| German Albums Chart | 21 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart | 3 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 46 |
| UK Albums Chart | 50 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 5 |
| Charts (1998) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian ARIA Albums Chart | 1 |
Singles
| Year | Song | U.S. Hot 100 |
U.S. Modern Rock |
U.S. Main- stream Rock |
U.S. Adult Top 40 |
U.S. Top 40 Main- stream |
U.S. Pop 100 |
UK | AUS | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | "Long Day" | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | 83 | Yourself or Someone Like You |
| 1997 | "Push" | — | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | — | 38 | 8 | Yourself or Someone Like You |
| 1997 | "3 A.M." | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 64 | 31 | Yourself or Someone Like You |
| 1998 | "Real World" | 38 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 4 | — | 119 | 40 | Yourself or Someone Like You |
| 1998 | "Back 2 Good" | 24 | — | — | 4 | 8 | — | — | — | Yourself or Someone Like You |
| 1998 | "Girl Like That" [2] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Yourself or Someone Like You |