How's It Going to Be

"How's It Going to Be" is a song by American <a href="/facts/Rock_(music)/zBM2guyQ">rock</a> band <a href="/facts/Third_Eye_Blind/tTS9oDf8">Third Eye Blind</a> from their <a href="/facts/Third_Eye_Blind_(album)/wMgJa2jP">eponymous debut studio album</a> (1997). It was released to radio as the third single from the album on October 20, 1997, by <a href="/facts/Elektra_Records/qwRKPND1">Elektra Records</a>. Frontman <a href="/facts/Stephan_Jenkins/TQAglUoz">Stephan Jenkins</a> and guitarist <a href="/facts/Kevin_Cadogan/ll6YKBjK">Kevin Cadogan</a> are credited as writers of the song. Production on the song was helmed by Jenkins, <a href="/facts/Eric_Valentine/JbMoN6wj">Eric Valentine</a>, and <a href="/facts/Ren_Klyce/4MH2xcTF">Ren Klyce</a>, with additional production and arrangement by Arion Salazar and Cadogan. According to Jenkins, the song is about the end of a relationship and the transition to acquaintanceship. 
The song was recorded in and around San Francisco at Toast Studios, <a href="/facts/Skywalker_Sound/glqcvz12">Skywalker Ranch</a>, and H.O.S. by Valentine. <a href="/facts/Tom_Lord-Alge/mvJojvU2">Tom Lord-Alge</a> was responsible for the mixing of the track, which was made at South Beach Studios in Miami Beach. "How's It Going to Be" was one of the first <a href="/facts/Demo_(music)/tLBdlyPb">demos</a> recorded for Third Eye Blind, being recorded alongside the first iteration of "<a href="/facts/Semi-Charmed_Life/oJL3mu23">Semi-Charmed Life</a>". The song's concept was developed after Cadogan played an <a href="/facts/Autoharp/T0LMDpIN">autoharp</a>, which inspired feelings of <a href="/facts/Nostalgia/WBQnNqz2">nostalgia</a> among the band members. The instrumentation used in the song also includes <a href="/facts/Guitar/QIJdTYa6">guitars</a>, <a href="/facts/Drum/YIPLomXA">drums</a>, and a <a href="/facts/Cello/IeYEXr96">cello</a>.
"How's It Going to Be" received positive reviews from <a href="/facts/Music_criticism/EAPbDplh">music critics</a>, who praised Cadogan's distinct use of an autoharp in the instrumentation. The song peaked at number nine on the US <a href="/facts/Billboard_Hot_100/gwKl8VL9">Billboard Hot 100</a>, giving Third Eye Blind their second entry on the chart and their second top ten hit. Internationally, "How's It Going to Be" was a <a href="/facts/Top_40/vHTAW2M6">top 40</a> hit in three countries. On the 1998 year-end charts, the song peaked at number sixty-seven on the Canada Top Singles chart and number eleven on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, respectively.

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How's It Going to Be