Mad Season (song)

"Mad Season" is a song by American rock band Matchbox Twenty, released as the third single from their second album Mad Season on April 16, 2001. The song peaked at number 48 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 76 on the UK Singles Chart.

"Mad Season"
Single by Matchbox Twenty
from the album Mad Season
ReleasedApril 16, 2001
Format
Recorded1999
Genre
Length5:02
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Rob Thomas
Producer(s)Matt Serletic
Matchbox Twenty singles chronology
"If You're Gone"
(2000)		 "Mad Season"
(2001)		 "Angry"
(2001)

Background and writing

Rob Thomas told Billboard magazine that the song took a more universal tone but was originally about "the wild ride that the band has been on since success hit. The whole idea came from out mad season," he says. "It has nothing to do with being bad, it's just crazy. There are no handbooks for any of this."[1]

Music video

The song's music video, directed by Phil Harder, shows the band getting off a plane, surrounded by screaming fans trying to grab them. They are wearing what appear to be special passes, which say "Rock Star" on them, around their necks. Police are there trying to keep everything under control. The band eventually make it safely into their limousine, but then the crowd climbs all over the car, and it cannot go anywhere. The police fail to keep things under control, and the fans break the windows of the limousine. When they get inside, they rip the "Rock Star" passes off the band members, and then leave. This suggests that they did not really care about the band; they just wanted the passes.

Track listing
  • Australian CD single
  1. "Mad Season" – 5:09
  2. "If You're Gone" – 4:38
  3. "Long Day" (live) – 5:32
  • European CD single
  1. "Mad Season" – 5:09
  2. "Long Day" (live) – 5:32
  3. "Back 2 Good" (live) – 6:11

Charts
Chart (2001) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 42
Brazil (ABPD)[3] 88
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[4] 34
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[5] 76
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 48
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[7] 5
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[8] 20

References
  1. Billboard, April 1, 2000
  2. "Australian-charts.com – Matchbox Twenty – Mad Season". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
  3. "Brazil" (PDF). ABPD. October 6, 2001. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  4. "Charts.nz – Matchbox Twenty – Mad Season". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
  5. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
  6. "Matchbox Twenty Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
  7. "Matchbox Twenty Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
  8. "Matchbox Twenty Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
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