Song · 3 Doors Down
“Be Like That” by 3 Doors Down
From the album The Better Life (2000)
“Be Like That” by 3 Doors Down appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations in 2001. It was first released in 2000 on the album The Better Life. Its best result is #23 on the G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #142 alternative song of 2001.
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By the time 3 Doors Down pulled "Be Like That" off The Better Life in 2001, their 2000 debut had already given up three singles, and this ballad made it four. Brad Arnold, who sings it and plays drums on it, had written the verses and the choruses at separate times and couldn't make them fit, until one night, singing in his car on the drive home from practice, the pieces clicked. He doesn't play guitar, so he pecked out a basic three-chord sketch and handed it to Chris Henderson, who came back the next day with the song built out.
Paul Ebersold produced, Toby Wright mixed and Kevin Paige added keyboards. It reached 24 on the Hot 100, and a version with a few lyric tweaks landed on the American Pie 2 soundtrack.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 82 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 | 101 |
| 2001 | 65 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2001 | 93 |
| 2001 | 23 | WHTG Monmouth-Ocean, NJ | G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2001 | 106 |
| 2001 | 72 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2001 | 100 |
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