Last Beautiful Girl

"Last Beautiful Girl"
Single by Matchbox Twenty
from the album Mad Season
Released	September 4, 2001 (2001-09-04)
Length	4:03
Label	Atlantic Lava
Songwriter(s)	Rob Thomas Matt Serletic
Producer(s)	Matt Serletic
Matchbox Twenty singles chronology
"Mad Season" (2001) "Last Beautiful Girl" (2001) "Disease" (2002)

"Last Beautiful Girl" is a song by American rock band Matchbox Twenty. It was released as the fifth and final single from their second album, Mad Season (2000), reaching number 20 on the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart and number 96 on the UK Singles Chart.

Content

The narrator is reflecting on a relationship gone bad and a girl who knew all the right things to say at all the wrong times.

Track listing

• UK maxi-CD single ^[1]

1. "Last Beautiful Girl"
2. "Push" (live)
3. "Bent" (live)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2001) Peak position UK Singles (OCC) [2] 96 US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [3] 13 US Adult Pop Airplay ( Billboard ) [4] 20

Year-end charts Chart (2001) Position US Adult Top 40 (Billboard) [5] 65 Chart (2002) Position US Adult Top 40 (Billboard) [6] 82

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United States	September 4, 2001	Contemporary hit hot AC triple A radio	Atlantic Lava	[7]
Australia	November 12, 2001	CD		[8]
United Kingdom	December 10, 2001			[9]

References

1. Last Beautiful Girl (UK maxi-CD single liner notes). Matchbox Twenty. Atlantic Records, Lava Records. 2001. AT0120CD, 7567-85167-2.
2. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
3. "Matchbox Twenty Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
4. "Matchbox Twenty Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
5. "Most-Played Adult Top 40 Songs of 2001". Airplay Monitor . Vol. 9, no. 51. December 21, 2001. p. 54.
6. "Most-Played Adult Top 40 Songs of 2002" (PDF). Airplay Monitor. Vol. 10, no. 51. December 20, 2002. p. 16. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
7. "Going for Adds" (PDF). Radio & Records . No. 1417. August 31, 2001. pp. 40, 75, 103. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
8. "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 12 Nov 2001" (PDF). ARIA. November 12, 2001. p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 20, 2002. Retrieved March 2, 2025.
9. "New Releases – For Week Starting December 10, 2001" (PDF). Music Week . December 8, 2001. p. 25. Retrieved August 21, 2021.