Bent (song)

"Bent"
"Bent"
Single by Matchbox Twenty
from the album Mad Season
B-side	"Push" (acoustic); "Don't Let Me Down" (live); "Busted" (live);
Released	April 17, 2000
Studio	Tree Sound (Atlanta, Georgia); East Iris, Oceanway (Nashville, Tennessee);
Genre	Rock
Length	4:16
Label	Atlantic; Lava; Melisma;
Songwriter(s)	Rob Thomas
Producer(s)	Matt Serletic
Matchbox Twenty singles chronology
Music video
	"Bent" on YouTube

"Bent" is a song by American alternative rock band Matchbox Twenty. The rock ballad^[1] was shipped to radio on April 17, 2000, as the lead single from their second album, Mad Season, and was given a commercial release in the United States on July 5, 2000. "Bent" became the band's first and only song to top the US Billboard Hot 100, reaching number one on the chart dated July 22, 2000, and spending one week at the position. The song also topped the RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart in Canada for five nonconsecutive weeks. "Bent" was nominated for Best Rock Song at the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards and won the award for Most Performed Foreign Work at the APRA Music Awards of 2001.

^ ^a ^b Taylor, Chuck, ed. (April 29, 2000). "Reviews & Previews – Spotlight" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 14. p. 48. Retrieved September 28, 2020.

[taylor-1] Taylor, Chuck, ed. (April 29, 2000). "Reviews & Previews – Spotlight" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 14. p. 48. Retrieved September 28, 2020.

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