"How's It Going to Be" is a song by the American rock band Third Eye Blind, featured on their 1997 self titled album. The b-side a non-album track "Horror Show" written by guitarist Kevin Cadogan and vocalist Stephan Jenkins. According to Jenkins, the song deals with the trauma of the ending of a relationship and how the transition from friends to acquaintances is a brutal one. It is one of the few songs by the band to feature an autoharp. [1]
Released as a single, "How's It Going to Be" reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the United States, proving to be the band's third Top 10 single, following the success of "Semi-Charmed Life" and "Jumper".[2]
The song was performed by the band during their appearance on Saturday Night Live.
Song meaning[]
"How's It Going to Be' started with an autoharp that Kevin was playing. It's an antique instrument, and it inspired a nostalgic, emotional condition in me. And the lyrics really came out of that very quickly. It deals with a question that we ask ourselves whenever a relationship ends: What does that mean? What it means is that you are no longer intimate, and the transition from friends to acquaintances is a brutal one. Because it reminds us, I think, of all the things ending. 'How's it gonna be/When you don't know me?' There's not an answer to that question."
- Stephan Jenkins
Track listing[]
- "How's It Going to Be" - 4:13 Lyrics [3]
- "Horror Show" - 4:00
References[]
- ↑ [Meaning of How's it going to be|http://www.stephanjenkins.com/music/Dani%20Lyrics/html/hows_it_going_to_be.html]
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th ed, Billboard Publications, Inc. 1996. ISBN 0-8230-7632-6
- ↑ Third Eye Blind - How's It Going To Be Lyrics