Song · 3 Doors Down
“Duck and Run” by 3 Doors Down
From the album The Better Life (2000)
“Duck and Run” by 3 Doors Down appears on 9 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2001 and 2005. It was first released in 2000 on the album The Better Life. Its best result is #8 on the WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #64 alternative song of 2001 and #5,954 alternative song of all time.
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"Duck and Run" was the third single 3 Doors Down took from their debut album, The Better Life, going to radio early in 2001, and it kept the streak going: a third straight number one on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart, where it sat for three weeks. Brad Arnold wrote the words and is credited with drums as well as the lead vocal, with Todd Harrell on bass and Chris Henderson and Matt Roberts on guitars; Paul Ebersold produced and Toby Wright mixed. It's alternative metal built for shouting along, heavy on crunch and big on chorus.
It landed on the soundtrack of the film The Hole that year, and after September 11 it turned up on Clear Channel's list of titles deemed unsuitable for the air. The band never dropped it: first played live in Pensacola in March 2000, it had racked up 679 performances by early 2026, their third most played song.
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 | 48 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 | 101 |
| 2001 | 32 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001 | 100 |
| 2001 | 87 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2001 | 93 |
| 2001 | 8 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2001 | 100 |
| 2001 | 25 | 99X Atlanta, GA | 99X Top 99 Songs of 2001 | 99 |
| 2001 | 27 | WBCN Boston, MA | WBCN Top 41 Songs of 2001 | 40 |
| 2001 | 38 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001 | 103 |
| 2001 | 22 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2001 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 666 | 99X | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) | 1000 |
Also listed as: Duck And Run.
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