Song · Matchbox 20
“Bent” by Matchbox 20
From the album Mad Season (2000)
“Bent” by Matchbox 20 appears on 8 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2000 and 2001. It was first released in 2000 on the album Mad Season. Its best result is #31 on the 89X Top 89 Songs of 2000. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #101 alternative song of 2000 and #6,308 alternative song of all time.
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"Bent" went to radio in April 2000 as the first single from Mad Season, Matchbox Twenty's second album, and it found Rob Thomas trying something new: by his own account, it was his first real stab at a love song. He wrote it alone and pitched it as a love song and a rock song at once, with a hopeful streak running through a portrait of two people who are both a mess but have each other, so the mess stops mattering.
Matt Serletic produced it, David Thoener mixed it, and the band plays it as a big, bruised rock ballad. It became their first and only number one on the Billboard Hot 100, topped the RPM chart in Canada, and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rock 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 95 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2000 | 107 |
| 2000 | 76 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2000 | 101 |
| 2000 | 81 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2000 | 100 |
| 2000 | 31 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2000 | 89 |
| 2000 | 50 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2000 | 102 |
| 2000 | 55 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2000 | 100 |
| 2001 | 33 | WHTG Monmouth-Ocean, NJ | G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2001 | 106 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 378 | WBRU | WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) | 500 |
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