Be Like That - Music

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Be Like That

3-Doors-Down - The Better Life

"Be Like That" Is A Song By 3 Doors Down. It Was Released On May 29 2001 As The Fourth Single From Their Debut Album The Better Life 2000 . The Ballad Peaked At #24 On The US Billboard Hot 100 For The Week Ending November 10 2001. A Version Of The Song With Minor Lyrical Changes Was Made For The Film American Pie 2 And Was Featured On The Film's Soundtrack. Lead Singer Brad Arnold Said "This Song Was Strange Because I Wrote The Verses And The Choruses At Two Completely Different Times. And I Couldn't Think Of The Verse For The Chorus Or The Chorus For The Verse. I Always Sing In My Vehicle On My Way Home From Band Practice And One Night I Was Sitting There Singing And I Put Those Two Together And I Was Like Duh. And Like I Said I Don't Play Guitar At All. But I Can Just Like Sit Down And Chicken Peck A Note Out Or Something. I Went Home And Got A Three Chord Structure Going For The Melody Of It And Took It To Practice The Next Day. I Asked Chris Henderson To Make Something Out Of It And He Came Back The Next Day And He Had It And It Just Went From There. But That Song Is Just Really About Following Your Dreams. And I Know Everybody Has 'em. It's Not Just About Following Your Dreams Though. It's A Little Bit About Dreams That You've Missed And A Little Notion Of Regret Also." The Person In The First Verse Of The Song Is Fictional And Arnold Left It Open To Interpretation On Whether That Person Is Older Or Younger. He Said "The Difference In A Good Song And A Great Song To Me Is The Difference In A Good Book And A Good Movie They're Both Telling You The Same Story. They Both Have The Same Outcome. But Whereas The Movie Is Telling You Exactly What To See And Be Heard The Book Kind Of Lets You See Whatever Your Mind Comes Up With And It Makes It A Lot More Applicable To Your Life In A Lot Of Ways." The Songs Second Verse Makes A Reference To Northpark Mall In Ridgeland Mississippi Adjacent To Their Hometown A Place The Band Frequented During Their Youth. A Music Video Directed By Liz Friedlander And Nigel Dick And Was Filmed At Black Park In Wexham Bucks England. An Alternate Version Of The Video Was Also Made By Friedlander Featuring Clips From American Pie 2 Throughout The Video.