


It also reached the top 10 in Denmark, the Netherlands, and New Zealand as well as the top 20 in Austria, Norway, and Sweden. 2 in Australia, becoming the band's highest-charting single there. After the song's release, "Here Without You" remained a staple on pop and adult contemporary radio but not on rock or alternative radio. 14 on the Mainstream Rock Songs chart and No. While one of their most popular songs, "Here Without You" was not a large hit on the band's home format of rock radio, peaking at No. 1 on the Adult Top 40 chart, where it stayed at the top for 13 weeks. 1 hit on the Mainstream Top 40 chart and their first No. The song was a large success on pop radio, becoming their third No. It has since been certified 2× Platinum in the United States and Platinum in Australia. Only their songs " Kryptonite" and " When I'm Gone" reached higher positions on the chart, peaking at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, for the week ending November 8, 2003. In that way I kind of meant for it to be a little bit of a happy song." Chart performance And being in a state of peace, because you've got that person there with you in your sleep. And tonight, it's only you and me, so the song was really about that dream. But in a way, people take that as a little bit of a sad song, and I kind of meant it as a happy song, because it's talking about being here without you, but she's still with me in my dreams. It's about the loneliness and missing of somebody. And it really doesn't matter if you're here without them for all day or all month.

"Here Without You" gives the listener a look into the mind of a man that is missing his girlfriend.Īrnold explained the story behind the song: "The song's about being away from someone, or missing them. Arnold has also explained that the song was written about their lonely nights spent on the road promoting their band and how tough it was to be away from their significant others. Brad Arnold stated that the main inspiration for the song was his now ex-wife.
