How About You (Staind song)

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"How About You"
Single by Staind
from the album 14 Shades of Grey
ReleasedDecember 23, 2003
Recorded2003
Genre Post-grunge
Length3:57
Label Elektra
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Josh Abraham
Staind singles chronology
"So Far Away"
(2003)
"How About You"
(2003)
"Zoe Jane"
(2003)

"How About You" is a song by American rock band Staind. It was released on December 23, 2003, as the third single from the band's album 14 Shades of Grey . The song reached No. 10 on Billboard 's Modern Rock and Mainstream Rock charts. [1] [2] [3]

Charts

Chart (2004)Peak
position
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [4] 19
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [5] 10
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [6] 10

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