Here Without You

"Here Without You" is a song recorded by American rock band 3 Doors Down. It was released in August 2003 as the third single from the album Away from the Sun. It peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending November 8, 2003. Only their songs "Kryptonite" and "When I'm Gone" reached higher positions on the chart, peaking at #3 and #4 respectively. It has since been certified 2x Platinum in the United States and Platinum in Australia. While the Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock were the main formats for 3 Doors Down, it wasn't expected to be a big success, the song was a moderate success hitting #14 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and #22 on the Modern Rock Tracks, it failed to top or reach #1 on both charts due to its soft rock ballads in the song compared to its original post-grunge sounds from their other songs including their 4 previous rock and alternative hits Kryptonite, Loser, Duck and Run, and When I'm Gone, but it still became a big hit making it their 3rd #1 Top 40 Mainstream hit and their 1st #1 Adult Top 40 hit for 13 consecutive weeks. After that, the song was played only on pop and adult contemporary stations, this song was not played on rock radio unlike their previous hits.

Here Without You (The Byrds song)

"Here Without You" is a song written by Gene Clark that was first performed on the Byrds' 1965 debut album Mr. Tambourine Man. It was later covered by other artists, including Reigning Sound and Richard Thompson.

Lyrics and music

"Here Without You" is one of the earliest original songs written by one of the Byrds, dating back to 1964 when the band was known as the Jet Set. It was recorded at Columbia Studios in Hollywood, CA on April 22. 1965, in the last recording session for the Mr. Tambourine Man album. It is a mid-tempo ballad which uses minor key harmonies to create a melancholy mood.Allmusic critic Matthew Greenwald suggests that the melody was inspired by The Beatles. Author James Perone notes resemblances between the vocal harmonies of "Here Without You" and those of some songs of Chad and Jeremy and the Searchers. The lyrics express the singer's loneliness. Music critic Johnny Rogan sees a resemblance between the theme of "Here Without You" and that of Hal David's "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me", in that both songs describe the singer going through a city in which everything reminds him of a relationship that has ended. In lines such as "Streets that I walk on depress me / Ones that were happy when I was with you", Clark uses imagery to express his experiences of Los Angeles in the mid-1960s. The song provides a little bit of hope for the singer in the lines "I know it won't last / I'll see you someday."