The song builds perfectly as the doubt turns to certainty. “To me this is one of the best written portrayals of a foreseen breakup. How’s It Going to Be (Third Eye Blind, 1997) I’ve listened to this song dozens of times in the past couple of days.”ģ. I’ve been trying to make sense of a spellcasting runaway with a fetish for knife play since Halloween–stating something basic and stupid and simple and doubting and then transitioning immediately into “I’ll never let you go” without so much as a “but” or an “and” is a bizarrely concise encapsulation of my feelings for this person.

But the sheer force of the hook makes it indispensable. “I love this song because in many ways it is an unacceptable piece of music: “you say that I’ve changed/well maybe I did/but even if I’ve changed/what’s, wrong, with it” is maybe the laziest verse in rock history. “Third Eye Blind are such a great band– on the surface they’re catchy ’90s alternative, but on the next level they’ve got some of the best lyrics i’ve ever seen, some of the most talented musicians i’ve ever heard, and some of the coolest musical concepts you could possibly work into the genre.”

Losing a Whole Year (Third Eye Blind, 1997) Click below and listen to their most memorable songs!ĥ. Here are all of Third Eye Blind songs ranked.ĭon’t miss out the music of this American Rock band. Third Eye Blind has sold around 12 million records worldwide. Several songs were a commercial success as well, with “Semi-Charmed Life”, “Jumper”, and “How’s It Going to Be”, all reaching the Top 10 of the US Billboard Hot 100, and “Never Let You Go” reaching the Top 20. The band found commercial success in the late 1990s, with Third Eye Blind and Blue going six times and single platinum in the United States, respectively. Shortly after the release of the band’s second album in 1999, Blue, with the same line-up, Cadogan was released from the band under controversial circumstances. The band released their self-titled debut album in 1997, with the band largely consisting of Jenkins (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Cadogan (lead guitar), Arion Salazar (bass guitar), and Brad Hargreaves (drums). The songwriting duo of Stephan Jenkins and Kevin Cadogan signed the band’s first major-label recording contract with Elektra Records in 1996, which was later reported as the largest publishing deal ever for an unsigned artist. Third Eye Blind is an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California, in 1993.

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