Meant to Live

Meant to Live
"Meant to Live"
Single by Switchfoot
from the album The Beautiful Letdown and Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man 2
Released July 28, 2003
Format CD
Recorded 2002
Genre Alternative rock
Post-grunge
Length 3:25
Label Columbia/Sony BMG
Writer(s) Jon Foreman
Tim Foreman
Producer John Fields
Certification Gold (RIAA)[1]
Switchfoot singles chronology
"Meant to Live"
(2003)
"Dare You to Move"
(2004)

"Meant to Live" is a single by alternative rock band Switchfoot. It peaked at #5 on the US Modern Rock chart, #6 on U.S. Top 40 radio, and #18 on the U.S. Hot 100. 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. In April 2005, the song was certified gold in the United States.[1] The single is generally regarded as the song that helped the band achieve mainstream success.

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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 the song is me, hoping that I'm meant for more than arguments and failed attempts to fly. Something deep inside of me yearns for the beautiful, the true. I want more than what I've been sold; I want to live life."[2] According to Foreman, this song was also inspired by U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For."[3]

It also refers to John Steinbeck's novella Of Mice and Men, in the lyric "Dreaming about Providence and whether mice or men have second tries."

Music videos

There were three music videos made for this song. The first video features live performance footage, the second is a concept video depicting the band playing inside a house while the walls and insides are slowly being torn down, and a third video is mixed into clips from Spider-Man 2, and was released exclusively in the UK.

The first two videos featured audio mixed a key higher than the album version.

Track listings

UK CD single
  1. "Meant to Live" [Album version]
  2. "On Fire" [Live]
  3. "Beautiful Letdown" [Live]
  4. "Meant to Live" [Multimedia Track] [1]

Vinyl

This song was also released on a 7" vinyl record. On the B-side is the song "Monday Comes Around," which was cut from The Beautiful Letdown and is otherwise an unreleased song.

Chart positions

Chart (2003) Peak
position
AU ARIA 5
US Billboard Hot 100 18
US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 5
US Billboard Top 40 Mainstream 6
US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 36
US Billboard Pop 100 5

Awards

In 2005, the song was nominated for a Dove Awards for Song of the Year at the 36th GMA Dove Awards.[4]

In popular culture

  • This song is featured on the game Karaoke Revolution Volume 3.
  • This song is a DLC for the music video game, Rock Band 2.
  • This song was used in advertising for the NHL 2011 All-Star Weekend.

References

External links


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