How Far We've Come

"How Far We've Come"
Single by Matchbox Twenty
from the album Exile on Mainstream
ReleasedSeptember 4, 2007
Recorded2007
GenreAlternative rock
Length3:29
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Rob Thomas, Paul Doucette, Kyle Cook, Brian Yale
Producer(s)Steve Lillywhite
Matchbox Twenty singles chronology
"All I Need"
(2004) 		"How Far We've Come"
(2007) 		"These Hard Times"
(2008)
Matchbox Twenty Australian singles chronology
"All I Need"
(2004) 		"How Far We've Come"
(2007) 		"All Your Reasons"
(2008)

"How Far We've Come" is a song by American alternative rock group Matchbox Twenty. It was released in September 2007 as the lead single from their retrospective collection, Exile on Mainstream, which was released on October 2, 2007. The music video premiered on VH1's Top 20 Countdown on September 1, 2007.[citation needed] The CD single comes with two live covers as B-sides; "Remedy" by The Black Crowes and "Modern Love" by David Bowie.[1] These two songs are also on the Best Buy version of Exile on Mainstream.

The Phonographic Performance Company of Australia announced that "How Far We've Come" was the most played recording in Australia in 2008. The PPCA also announced that Matchbox Twenty was the third most played artist in 2008.[2]

  1. ^ Cashmere, Paul, (August 21, 2007). "Matchbox Twenty Do Black Crowes and Bowie" Archived 2007-08-29 at the Wayback Machine. Undercover Media Pty Ltd. Retrieved on August 7, 2012.
  2. ^ "News". Matchbox Twenty. 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2012-02-22.