Artist · chart history
3 Doors Down
Band Escatawpa United States Formed 1996
3 Doors Down formed in 1996 in Escatawpa, United States. 3 Doors Down has 225 chart appearances on 147 radio countdowns from 56 stations on RockLists, spanning 2000–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Kryptonite”, which appears on 80 lists and was voted number one three times. In total the artist has topped 3 countdowns. The station that charted 3 Doors Down most often is Studio Brussel (Flanders, Belgium), with 19 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2000.
3 Doors Down came out of Escatawpa, Mississippi, in 1996, Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts and Todd Harrell playing post-grunge hard rock with big, open-hearted choruses. At first Arnold sang from behind the drum kit, with Roberts on lead guitar and Harrell on bass.
The breakthrough came fast. "Kryptonite", their debut single in 2000, is a crunchy, anthemic song, and it climbed to number three on the Billboard Hot 100. The Better Life followed that year and became the 11th-best-selling album of 2000, eventually going platinum seven times over, and it kept the radio fed with "Loser", "Be Like That" and "Duck and Run". Chris Henderson joined on rhythm guitar, and drummers came and went, from Richard Liles to Daniel Adair to Greg Upchurch.
Away from the Sun in 2002 debuted at number eight on the Billboard 200 and gave them two top-five Hot 100 hits: "When I'm Gone", a soaring, driving song, and "Here Without You", a slow, aching ballad. "The Road I'm On" and the title song rounded it out. Seventeen Days in 2005, with "Let Me Go", "Behind Those Eyes" and "Live for Today", and the self-titled album in 2008 both debuted at number one and went platinum. An acoustic EP in 2005 brought "Landing in London". Time of My Life reached number three in 2011, and Us and the Night peaked at 14 in 2016.
The years since have been hard on the founders. Harrell left in 2013 after being charged with vehicular homicide, Roberts died of a drug overdose in 2016, and Arnold died of kidney cancer in 2026. Henderson is the last one standing from The Better Life lineup, with Chet Roberts, Justin Biltonen and Upchurch alongside. On rock radio's countdowns, "Kryptonite" is still the one everybody knows.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by 3 Doors Down on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kryptonite | 80 | #1 | 3 | 2000 | |
| 2 | When I'm Gone | 42 | #2 | – | 2003 | |
| 3 | Loser | 30 | #13 | – | 2000 | |
| 4 | Here Without You | 12 | #5 | – | 2003 | |
| 5 | It's Not My Time | 13 | #6 | – | 2008 | |
| 6 | Duck and Run | 9 | #8 | – | 2001 | |
| 7 | Let Me Go | 8 | #38 | – | 2005 | |
| 8 | Away From The Sun | 6 | #14 | – | 2004 | |
| 9 | Be Like That | 4 | #23 | – | 2001 | |
| 10 | Behind Those Eyes | 2 | #20 | – | 2005 | |
| 11 | The Road I'm On | 4 | #20 | – | 2003 | |
| 12 | Live for Today | 2 | #59 | – | 2005 | |
| 13 | When You're Young | 5 | #62 | – | 2011 | |
| 14 | In The Dark | 1 | #11 | – | 2016 | |
| 15 | Landing In London | 1 | #20 | – | 2006 | |
| 16 | Still Alive | 1 | #20 | – | 2016 | |
| 17 | Everytime You Go | 1 | #24 | – | 2011 | |
| 18 | Train | 1 | #25 | – | 2008 | |
| 19 | When I'm Down | 1 | #46 | – | 2002 | |
| 20 | Citizen Soldier | 1 | #59 | – | 2009 | |
| 21 | Road I'm On | 1 | #76 | – | 2003 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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