Staind - Its been awhile

“It’s Been Awhile“ [sic] is a single from 2001 off the album Break the Cycle by the alternative metal band Staind. The song is probably the band’s best-known song, becoming a #5 hit on the Billboard Hot 100,[2] their only song to reach the pop Top 10. The song spent a second-best 20 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart[2] (behind only “Loser“ by 3 Doors Down) and a then-record 16 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart,[2] beaten in 2007 by Foo Fighters with “The Pretender“. The song is stylistically different from the other tracks on the album, which are Nu metal/Alternative metal songs and is considered by many critics and fans to be the first sign of Staind’s transition from a heavy metal to post-grunge band which would evolve on the band’s next two albums.