2003 single by 3 Doors Down
"
Here Without You
" is a song by American rock band
3 Doors Down
. The
power ballad
[2]
was released on July 28, 2003, as the third single from the band's second studio album,
Away from the Sun
(2002). The song reached
No.
5 on the US
Billboard
Hot 100
in November 2003 and was certified double platinum in the US for shipping over 2,000,000 units. It was also successful around the world, peaking at No. 2 in Australia and reaching the top 10 in Denmark, the Netherlands, and New Zealand.
Background and meaning
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Brad Arnold
stated that the main inspiration for the song was his now ex-wife.
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He explained the story behind the song: "The song's about being away from someone, or missing them. And it really doesn't matter if you're here without them for all day or all month. It's about the loneliness and missing of somebody. But in a way, people take that as a little bit of a sad song, and I kind of meant it as a happy song, because it's talking about being here without you, but she's still with me in my dreams. And tonight, it's only you and me, so the song was really about that dream. And being in a state of peace, because you've got that person there with you in your sleep. In that way I kind of meant for it to be a little bit of a happy song."
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Chart performance
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"Here Without You" peaked at No. 5 on the
Billboard
Hot 100
for the week ending November 8, 2003, becoming the band's third and final top-10 hit as of 2024.
[4]
Only their songs "
Kryptonite
" and "
When I'm Gone
" reached higher positions on the chart, peaking at No. 3 and No. 4, respectively. It has since been certified double platinum in the United States and platinum in Australia. The song was a large success on pop radio, becoming their third No. 1 hit on the
Mainstream Top 40
chart and their first No. 1 on the
Adult Top 40
chart, where it stayed at the top for 13 weeks.
While one of their most popular songs, "Here Without You" was not a large hit on the band's home format of rock radio, peaking at No. 14 on the
Mainstream Rock Tracks
chart and No. 22 on the
Modern Rock Tracks
chart. After the song's release, "Here Without You" remained a staple on pop and adult contemporary radio but not on rock or alternative radio. Worldwide, the song reached No. 2 in Australia, becoming the band's highest-charting single there. It also reached the top 10 in Denmark, the Netherlands, and New Zealand as well as the top 20 in Austria, Norway, and Sweden.
Live performances
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"Here Without You" was first performed live on December 31, 2002, at
First Union Spectrum
in
Philadelphia
. As of April 1, 2019, it has been performed 443 times, making it the fifth-most-performed song by 3 Doors Down.
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Track listings
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UK CD single
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- "Here Without You" (album version) ? 3:57
- "Here Without You" (live) ? 4:11
- "It's Not Me" (live) ? 3:47
- "Here Without You" (video)
European CD single
[7]
- "Here Without You" ? 3:57
- "Here Without You" (live) ? 4:11
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Australian maxi-CD single
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- "Here Without You" (album version) ? 3:57
- "Here Without You" (acoustic version) ? 3:52
- "Kryptonite" (live) ? 4:14
- "Here Without You" (enhanced video?album version) ? 3:47
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Charts
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Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Decade-end charts
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Certifications
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Release history
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References
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