Real World (Matchbox Twenty song)

"Real World"
Single by Matchbox 20
from the album Yourself or Someone Like You
Released	June 23, 1998
Format	CD cassette
Recorded	1996
Genre	Alternative rock post-grunge
Length	3:51
Label	Atlantic
Writer(s)	Rob Thomas
Producer(s)	Matt Serletic
Matchbox 20 singles chronology
"3 a.m." (1997) "Real World" (1998) "Girl Like That" (1998)

"Real World" is a song by American alternative rock group Matchbox 20. It was released in June 1998 as the fourth single from their debut album, Yourself or Someone Like You.

Content

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, a rainmaker, and being a boss at a job, and if they would worsen or improve his life.

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 breakfast cereal 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

Track listing

Australian CD single

1. "Real World" – 3:50
2. "Long Day" (live) – 3:53
3. "3am" (live) – 3:45

Japanese CD single

1. "Real World" – 3:50
2. "Push" (live acoustic) – 4:11
3. "3am" (live acoustic) – 3:48
4. "Busted" (live acoustic) – 4:24

References

External links

• Matchbox Twenty Biography on Yahoo! Music
• Billboard - Chart History
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics