Song · Hoobastank
“Same Direction” by Hoobastank
From the album The Reason (2003)
“Same Direction” by Hoobastank appears on 11 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 2004 and 2005. It was first released in 2003 on the album The Reason. Its best result is #37 on the WIRS Top 107 Songs of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #101 alternative song of 2004.
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"Same Direction" was the third single from Hoobastank's The Reason, going out in 2004 a couple of months behind the title track, and it's a tight, driving post-grunge rocker with Dan Estrin's riff doing the pushing. Estrin wrote the music and Doug Robb the words, Chris Hesse and Markku Lappalainen keep the rhythm taut, and Howard Benson produced it, with Chris Lord-Alge mixing everything loud and glossy.
It reached number 20 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and 14 on Modern Rock Tracks. Brett Simon's video picks up right where the clip for "The Reason" ends, with the band on the run after that video's heist, and flashes back to the singer auditions Robb won, with cameos from Chester Bennington, Kanye West and Joel Madden among the hopefuls.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 82 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2004 | 107 |
| 2004 | 53 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2004 | 91 |
| 2004 | 64 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2004 | 100 |
| 2004 | 88 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2004 | 89 |
| 2004 | 59 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2004 | 106 |
| 2004 | 93 | Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA | Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2004 | 105 |
| 2004 | 70 | 99X Atlanta, GA | 99X Essential 99 of 2004 | 99 |
| 2004 | 61 | WHTG Monmouth-Ocean, NJ | G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2004 | 106 |
| 2004 | 78 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2004 | 100 |
| 2004 | 37 | WIRS 107.9 College station | WIRS Top 107 Songs of 2004 | 107 |
| 2005 | 288 | ModernRock.com Online | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 | 400 |
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