Long Day
1996 single by Matchbox Twenty
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"Long Day" is the first single and second track from American rock band Matchbox 20's debut album, Yourself or Someone Like You (1996). The cover of the single features a parody of a Diamond Matches box. The song peaked at number eight on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and stayed in the top 10 for seven weeks. The song also charted in Canada and Australia, reaching numbers 43 and 83, respectively.
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| Single by Matchbox 20 | ||||
| from the album Yourself or Someone Like You | ||||
| B-side | "3 AM" (acoustic) | |||
| Released | September 16, 1996[1][2] | |||
| Genre | Post-grunge | |||
| Length | 3:45 | |||
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| Songwriter | Rob Thomas | |||
| Producer | Matt Serletic | |||
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Music video
The video for "Long Day" (directed by Roger Pistole), like most of the band's material centers around Matchbox Twenty, but is punctuated by black and white shots from an old movie. Thomas has shorter hair than in the subsequent clips and is dressed in a suit and sunglasses.
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[9] | Platinum | 70,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA)[10] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||