The Riddle (Five for Fighting song)

"The Riddle"
Single by Five for Fighting
from the album Two Lights
ReleasedMay 15, 2006 (2006-05-15)[1]
Genre
Length3:48
Label
Songwriter(s)John Ondrasik
Producer(s)Curt Schneider
Five for Fighting singles chronology
"If God Made You"
(2005)
"The Riddle"
(2006)
"World"
(2006)

"The Riddle" is a song by American singer Five for Fighting. It was released on May 15, 2006 as the lead single from his fourth album Two Lights. The song peaked at number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during an 18-week chart stay, making it Five for Fighting's third and, to date, last top-40 hit in the United States. On the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, the single reached number four.

  1. ^ "ACQB: Available for Airplay". FMQB. Archived from the original on February 7, 2007. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  2. ^ Varias, Chris (April 6, 2018). "Cincinnati Pops gets Five for Fighting". Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved October 24, 2020. But things have changed industry-wide not only since the last decade when Ondrasik was cranking out soft-rock hits like "Superman (It's Not Easy)," "100 Years" and "The Riddle" under his stage name Five for Fighting.