Kryptonite ( 3 Doors Down song ) - wikipedia Kryptonite ( 3 Doors Down song ) `` Kryptonite '' Single by 3 Doors Down from the album The Better Life Released January 11, 2000 Format CD cassette Recorded 1999 in New York, New York Genre Post-grunge Length 3 : 53 Label Republic Songwriter ( s ) Brad Arnold Todd Harrell Matt Roberts Producer ( s ) Paul Ebersold 3 Doors Down singles chronology `` Kryptonite '' ( 2000 ) `` Loser '' ( 2000 ) `` Kryptonite '' ( 2000 ) `` Loser '' ( 2000 ) `` Kryptonite '' is a song by the American rock band 3 Doors Down. It was originally released as a demo for local play by 97.9 WCPR - FM in Biloxi, Mississippi. The song first charted on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart reaching number - one for 9 weeks, then it hit the Modern Rock Tracks also staying at number - one for 11 weeks, being one of the longest - running songs on the chart. It also reached number one on the Pop Songs chart for 5 non-consecutive weeks, peaked at number 4 on the Adult Top 40 chart and number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, being the band 's highest - charting single there. The main chorus of the song were sampled in the 2007 song `` Goodnight, Goodnight '' by band Maroon 5 on It Wo n't Be Soon Before Long. Contents 1 Composition and inspiration 2 Music video 3 Track listing 4 Charts and certifications 4.1 Weekly charts 4.2 Year - end charts 4.3 Certifications 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Composition and inspiration The song was written by drummer / vocalist Brad Arnold in a mathematics class when he was fifteen and was one of the first songs he ever wrote. In terms of the song 's meaning, Arnold has said : `` That song seems like it 's really just kind of like asking a question. Its question is kind of a strange one. It 's not just asking, `` If I fall down, will you be there for me ? '' Because it 's easy to be there for someone when they 're down. But it 's not always easy to be there for somebody when they 're doing good. And that 's the question it 's asking. It 's like, `` If I go crazy, will you still call me Superman ? '' It 's asking, `` If I 'm down, will you still be there for me ? '' But at the same time, `` If I 'm alive and well, will you be there holding my hand ? '' That 's kind of asking, `` If I 'm doing good, will you be there for me ? Will you not be jealous of me ? '' That 's the basic question that song 's asking, and maybe throughout the years of singing that song, I might have come up with more meanings for it than it actually might have originally had. '' Music video Directed by Dean Karr, the music video presents an old man who was a big - time action hero on 1950s TV. The scene cuts between the band hanging around on the roof of the apartments where the old man lives, spying on a man harassing a woman. When the man drags her away, the old man dons his trusty suit and follows. In between shots of the old hero chasing the bad guy and failing to protect himself against a group of goths, the band is shown playing in a club with several other elderly people dressed as caricatures of comic villains. The video comes to a close when the old man dives through the skylight and catches the bad guy off guard, possibly knocking him out by falling on top of him. The video ends with the old man smiling, giving a thumbs up to the camera. Track listing U.S. version `` Kryptonite '' ( Top 40 Edit ) -- 3 : 44 `` Kryptonite '' ( LP version ) -- 3 : 54 U.S. version enhanced `` Kryptonite '' ( LP version ) -- 3 : 55 `` Wasted Me '' ( Previously unreleased ) -- 3 : 11 `` Duck and Run '' ( LP version ) -- 3 : 52 `` Kryptonite '' ( Video ) -- 3 : 53 UK version `` Kryptonite '' ( LP version ) -- 3 : 55 `` Smack '' ( LP version ) -- 2 : 30 AUS version enhanced `` Kryptonite '' ( LP version ) -- 3 : 55 `` Wasted Me '' -- 3 : 11 `` Duck and Run '' ( LP version ) -- 3 : 52 `` Kryptonite '' ( Video ) -- 3 : 53 German version `` Kryptonite '' ( LP version ) -- 3 : 55 `` Wasted Me '' -- 3 : 11 `` Life of My Own '' ( Live from Atlanta ) -- 4 : 36 `` Kryptonite '' ( Acoustic ) Dutch version enhanced `` Kryptonite '' ( LP version ) -- 3 : 55 `` Wasted Me '' -- 3 : 11 `` Duck and Run '' ( LP version ) -- 3 : 52 `` Kryptonite '' ( Video ) -- 3 : 53 Charts and certifications Weekly charts Chart ( 2000 ) Peak position Australia ( ARIA ) 8 Canada ( Canadian Hot 100 ) 6 Canada Rock ( RPM ) Germany ( Official German Charts ) 85 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 21 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 13 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 17 US Billboard Hot 100 US Mainstream Top 40 ( Billboard ) US Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) US Adult Top 40 ( Billboard ) US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) Year - end charts Chart ( 2000 ) Position New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 38 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 15 U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks Certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales Australia ( ARIA ) Platinum 70,000 United Kingdom ( BPI ) Silver 200,000 United States ( RIAA ) 4 × Platinum 4,000,000 shipments figures based on certification alone See also Kryptonite Superman in other media References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition ( Billboard Publications ), p. 633. ^ Jump up to : `` Brad Arnold from 3 Doors Down : Songwriter Interviews ''. songfacts.com. Jump up ^ `` Australian-charts.com -- 3 Doors Down -- Kryptonite ''. ARIA Top 50 Singles. Jump up ^ `` 3 Doors Down Chart History ( Canadian Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Offiziellecharts.de -- 3 Doors Down -- Kryptonite ''. GfK Entertainment Charts. Jump up ^ `` Dutchcharts.nl -- 3 Doors Down -- Kryptonite '' ( in Dutch ). Single Top 100. Jump up ^ `` Charts.nz -- 3 Doors Down -- Kryptonite ''. Top 40 Singles. Jump up ^ `` 3 Doors Down Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` 3 Doors Down Chart History ( Pop Songs ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` 3 Doors Down Chart History ( Alternative Songs ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` 3 Doors Down Chart History ( Adult Pop Songs ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` 3 Doors Down Chart History ( Mainstream Rock ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` End of Year Charts 2000 ''. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved December 11, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Billboard Top 100 - 2000 ''. Archived from the original on March 4, 2009. Retrieved 2010 - 08 - 31. Jump up ^ `` ARIA Charts -- Accreditations -- 2001 Singles ''. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved December 13, 2014. Jump up ^ `` British single certifications -- 3 Doors Down -- Kryptonite ''. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved January 7, 2015. Select singles in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Enter Kryptonite in the search field and then press Enter. Jump up ^ `` American single certifications -- 3 Doors Down -- Kryptonite ''. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved April 8, 2013. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH External links `` Kryptonite '' Official music video on YouTube 3 Doors Down Brad Arnold Chet Roberts Chris Henderson Justin Biltonen Greg Upchurch Daniel Adair Studio albums The Better Life Away from the Sun Seventeen Days 3 Doors Down Time of My Life Us and the Night Compilations The Greatest Hits Extended plays Another 700 Miles Acoustic EP Where My Christmas Lives Singles `` Kryptonite '' `` Loser '' `` Duck and Run '' `` Be Like That '' `` When I 'm Gone '' `` The Road I 'm On '' `` Here Without You '' `` Let Me Go '' `` Behind Those Eyes '' `` Landing in London '' `` Citizen / Soldier '' `` It 's Not My Time '' `` Train '' `` The Champion in Me '' `` Let Me Be Myself '' `` When You 're Young '' Discography Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kryptonite_(3_Doors_Down_song)&oldid=854321181 '' Categories : 2000 singles 3 Doors Down songs Billboard Mainstream Rock number - one singles Billboard Alternative Songs number - one singles Billboard Mainstream Top 40 ( Pop Songs ) number - one singles Song recordings produced by Rick Parashar Songs written by Brad Arnold Songs written by Matt Roberts ( musician ) Songs written by Todd Harrell Superman music 2000 songs Republic Records singles Debut singles Songs about fictional characters Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Australia Singlechart usages for Canada Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Germany2 Singlechart usages for Dutch100 Singlechart usages for New Zealand Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart usages for Billboardpopsongs Singlechart usages for Billboardalternativesongs Singlechart usages for Billboardadultpopsongs Singlechart usages for Billboardmainstreamrock Certification Table Entry usages for Australia Certification Table Entry usages for United Kingdom Certification Table Entry usages for United States Talk Contents About Wikipedia Ελληνικά Español Italiano Nederlands Português Српски / srpski Українська Tiếng Việt Edit links This page was last edited on 10 August 2018, at 13 : 35 ( UTC ). 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Question: when was kryptonite by 3 doors down made
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1999