Talk:Meant to Live

Music Videos

The artical states that there were two music videos for this song, but I have heard that there were actually three. However, Iv'e only seen 2 myself, does anyone have the real number for this? --T-rex 16:09, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

I have seen all three now, I'll get around to fixing that (the live video is the one missing) --T-rex 17:11, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

UK

this song got up to #21 on the UK top 40

Table

I made this cool table, but then found that this wasn't on nearly as many charts as I thought so I'm storing it here in case it is needed in the future

Chart	Position
US Billboard Hot 100	#18
UK Top 40	#21
US Modern Rock Tracks	#5
US Mainstream Rock Tracks	#36

I'm just going to fill out this information in the infobox. —Akrabbim 15:54, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Third video

what makes the third video unofficial? --T-rex 21:39, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't know. I just assumed it was because it was on youtube, not their official website. —Akrabbim^talk 21:43, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

well WAOT, company car and chem 6a arn't on the offical site either --T-rex 22:02, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

There's lots of official things on YouTube...they just didn't originate there.bob rulz 22:09, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

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Christian radio chart performance

Judging from frequent airplay on Christian contemporary music radio, this obviously did well on their charts but I don't see any mention of that. Anyone have actual figures on where this peaked on Christian radio? GBrady (talk) 16:30, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

It actually didn't do well at all on Christian radio until after the mainstream play. And when that happened, it didn't get enough to chart. Joberooni (talk) 18:32, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Folk rock

A few days ago I looked up this song on Wikipedia because I was listening to it at the time, and then I read the AllMusic review of the song. I noticed that the review mentioned that on the bridge, the song "switches, briefly, to shimmering folk-rock." Because of this mention, I added folk rock to the genre in the infobox, and this edit was later removed, initially with no explanation, and both times without a source. Now, I agree that ideally folk rock should not be in the infobox, as the infobox genres should be broad. But because there is no stylistic discussion in the article, the infobox is the only part of the article that conveys what styles the song falls under, and until such a section is made, the style needs to stay in the infobox. As an aside, folk rock is actually the only style that is cited, though the other two might be sourced, I haven't checked. I think the best solution is 1) find some more sources that discuss genre, 2) create a genre section, and 3) make the genre in the infobox very broad, such as "alternative rock" and maybe also "CCM."--3family6 (talk) 02:33, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

Genre

In my opinion post-grunge best defines this song.71.146.84.229 (talk) 08:31, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Your opinion means very little. However, you provided a citation to the post-grunge mention, so that's fine. But that particular source says that the song picks up "where post-grunge left off" which is not at all saying the song is post-grunge.--¿3family6 _contribs 12:41, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

I don't see how your opinion is any better. "where post-grunge left off" is pretty much saying it's post-grunge, plus the fact that they list post-grunge as one of switchfoot's genres. RockMusicLover (talk) 16:56, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

I personally think the song is post-grunge, but the source is worded fairly ambiguously. It seems to be saying the song is "post" post-grunge, which isn't anything at all. As for the tag, the band is tagged as post-grunge, not the song, and the consensus is that Allmusic tags are not reliable anyway, only actual text content.--¿3family6 _contribs 18:37, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

I have looked at several other websites, and none of them accurately describe what genre the song is. Allmusic is the closet source I've seen. RockMusicLover (talk) 21:16, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, I've had trouble finding sources that call it ANY style, except for CCM/Christian.--¿3family6 _contribs 01:20, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Re: meaning of "inspired by"

Hi.

I was just reading this article to reference the correct album for this song.

As I was reading, I noticed that it says "and was also featured in a UK version of a Spider-Man 2 "inspired by" album": what does this mean? I did a straightforward search of ""inspired by" album" on Google and got no meaningful results. What does an "inspired by" album mean, in this context? In other words, description fail.

Thanks for adjusting.

-Chris Gottservant (talk) 09:12, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

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