Learning the Hard Way
2006 single by Gin Blossoms
"Learning The Hard Way" | ||||
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Single by Gin Blossoms | ||||
from the album Major Lodge Victory | ||||
B-side | "Learning The Hard Way (Radio Edit)" | |||
Released | 2006 | |||
Genre | Jangle pop, power pop | |||
Length | 4:09 | |||
Label | Hybrid | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jesse Valenzuela | |||
Gin Blossoms singles chronology | ||||
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"Learning the Hard Way" is a song by American power pop band Gin Blossoms, and was the lead-off single from their fourth album Major Lodge Victory. It was promoted late summer and fall of 2006, and received heavy AAA airplay.
Gin Blossoms also performed Learning The Hard Way live on XM Radio, for which there is a video on YouTube.
Jesse Valenzuela told Songfacts that he "started ruminating" on a 5 or 6 hour drive between Phoenix and Los Angeles and "just kind of wrote down the song when I got home."[1]
Chart performance
Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[2] | 22 |
References
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Gin Blossoms
- Bill Leen
- Jesse Valenzuela
- Robin Wilson
- Scott "Scotty" Johnson
- Scott Hessel
- Doug Hopkins
- Phillip "Phil" Rhodes
- John Richardson
- Dusted
- New Miserable Experience
- Congratulations I'm Sorry
- Major Lodge Victory
- No Chocolate Cake
- Mixed Reality
- Live in Concert
- Outside Looking In: The Best of the Gin Blossoms
- Rarities
- "Hey Jealousy"
- "Until I Fall Away"
- "Found Out About You"
- "Allison Road"
- "Til I Hear It from You"
- "Follow You Down"
- "As Long as It Matters"
- "Learning the Hard Way"
- "Miss Disarray"
- Discography
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