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Bent (song)
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| Single by Matchbox Twenty from the album Mad Season |
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| Released | July 4, 2000 (US) | ||||
| Format | CD Single / Audio Cassette | ||||
| Recorded | 1999 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative Rock | ||||
| Length | 4:16 | ||||
| Label | Atlantic | ||||
| Producer | Matt Serletic | ||||
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"Bent" is the first single from Mad Season, the second album by the rock band matchbox twenty. The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 22, 2000, and stayed there for one week before being unseated by *NSYNC's "It's Gonna Be Me".
The song had an interesting reception in the UK market, as "bent" is a slang term synonymous with "gay": the chorus of the song contains the line "Can you help me, I'm bent..." The song also contains suggestive lyrics in this vein: "keep breaking me in", which is slang for a gay man's first sexual experience.
The video, directed by Pedro Romhanyi, seems to be a bit of a play on Rob Thomas' increased profile following the 1999 mega-hit, "Smooth". It starts with him being hit by a car driven by Adam Gaynor. As he lies on the ground, Kyle Cook shows up and empties Thomas of all money in his wallet. After this, Rob recovers from the car hit and walks off, singing the chorus. After the first chorus, he bumps into Paul Doucette. Rob sings a few more lines to a clearly unimpressed Paul, who basically shoves Thomas out of his way. At this point Rob walks off again, singing the second chorus, then heads into an alley where day and night intermix. He's assaulted yet again, at which point Brian Yale shows up apparently to help him off the ground. Rob refuses the hand and walks off, eventually leaving the alleyway and emerging back into the daylight, when the events seem to re-occur from the beginning of the video.
| Preceded by "Everything You Want" by Vertical Horizon |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single July 22, 2000 |
Succeeded by "It's Gonna Be Me" by 'N Sync |
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| Rob Thomas · Kyle Cook · Brian Yale · Paul Doucette Adam Gaynor |
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| Studio albums | Yourself or Someone Like You · Mad Season · More Than You Think You Are |
| Compilation albums | Exile on Mainstream |
| Singles | "Long Day" · "Push" · "3 A.M." · "Real World" · "Back 2 Good" · "Girl Like That" · "Bent" · "If You're Gone" · "Mad Season" · "Angry" · "Last Beautiful Girl" · "Disease" · "Unwell" · "Bright Lights" · "Downfall" · "All I Need" · "How Far We've Come" · "These Hard Times" |
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