Mockingbird (Rob Thomas song)

Mockingbird is a song by American recording artist Rob Thomas. It is the fourth single (third outside of Australia)^[1] from the album Cradlesong, released on April 20, 2010. The song debuted at #50 on the ARIA Charts and, in the US, debuted at 29 on the Adult Pop Songs chart and at 100 on the Billboard Hot 100, making his third song of Cradlesong to reach the Hot 100. For the chart week ending August 28, 2010, the song reached #95 on the Hot 100.

"Mockingbird"
Single by Rob Thomas
from the album Cradlesong
Released	April 20, 2010
Genre	Rock
Length	4:00 (Album Version) 3:51 (Radio Edit)
Label	Emblem / Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Rob Thomas
Producer(s)	Matt Serletic
Rob Thomas singles chronology
"Someday" (2009) "Mockingbird" (2010) "Real World '09" (2010)

"Mockingbird" marks Thomas's ninth solo top 10 and eighth consecutive top 5 hit on the Adult Pop Songs chart, peaking at number four. Thomas's combined 21 trips to the chart's top 10 (counting the singles as lead singer of Matchbox Twenty) gives him the second best top 10 sum in the chart's history after only Goo Goo Dolls' 13.^[2]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Mockingbird"

Chart (2010–2011)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[3]	50
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)^[4]	73
Canada AC (Billboard)^[5]	21
Canada Hot AC (Billboard)^[6]	13
US Billboard Hot 100^[7]	95
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[8]	27
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)^[9]	4

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Mockingbird"

Chart (2010)	Position
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)^[10]	16

References

1. Rob Thomas - Give Me The Meltdown (Reaction Video) [Cradlesong 10 Year Anniversary]. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-10.
2. Billboard Magazine - POP/ADULT/ROCK^{[dead link]}
3. "Rob Thomas – Mockingbird". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
4. "Rob Thomas Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
5. "Rob Thomas Chart History (Canada AC)". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
6. "Rob Thomas Chart History (Canada Hot AC)". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
7. "Rob Thomas Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
8. "Rob Thomas Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
9. "Rob Thomas Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
10. "Adult Pop Songs – Year-End 2010". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-09-17.