Learning the Hard Way

Gin Blossoms

About Learning the Hard Way

"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. It charted at #8 on the FMQB AAA Chart. 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. " 


Year:
2006
4:09
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Summer came too early
Springtime came too late
The weather went from freezing
To bleached out summer days
Hold up in your bedroom
Hangin like two thieves
Countin up the hours
For the perfect time to leave

Chorus:
Woooo Hooo
We're learning the hard way
Woooo Hooo
It just don't matter what they say

Nightime through this desert
Drivin straight out west
Stop for gas and coffee
You close your eyes for rest
I wonder what your dreaming
Why we're half way cross this bridge
We've come too far too turn back
We're just too close to quit

Chorus:
Woooo Hooo
We're learning the hard way
Woooo Hooo
It just don't matter what they say
Woooo Hooo
We're learning the hard way
Woooo Hooo Woooo Hooo

Guitar Solo

Pent up in your bedroom
Hangin like two thieves
Countin up the hours
For the perfect time to leave

Chorus:
Woooo Hooo
We're learning the hard way
Woooo Hooo
It just don't matter what they say
Woooo Hooo
We're learning the hard way
Woooo Hooo Woooo Hooo

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Gin Blossoms

Gin Blossoms are an American pop rock band formed in 1987 in Tempe, Arizona. They broke out with the song "Hey Jealousy" from their successful major label debut, New Miserable Experience (1992), but this achievement was coupled with the firing and eventual suicide of the song's author and band co-founder Doug Hopkins, prompting the title of their followup album, Congratulations I'm Sorry (1996). After a series of charting singles, the band broke up in 1997. After they reunited in 2002 they released a fourth album, Major Lodge Victory, in 2006, and their fifth, No Chocolate Cake, in 2010. more »

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Written by: JESSE VALENZUELA

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11 facts about this song

Song Generation
"Learning the Hard Way" is a song by the American rock band Gin Blossoms.
Album Appearance
It is included on their fourth studio album, "Major Lodge Victory," which was released in 2006.
Track position
On the album, it is the sixth track out of twelve.
Band Reformation
"Learning the Hard Way" was released after the band's reformation in 2002. Gin Blossoms had disbanded in 1997 and remained separated for around five years.
Style
The song maintains the band's signature blend of pop and rock.
Song Composition
Its lyrics depict stories of regret, making mistakes, and learning from them, aligning with the theme suggested by its title.
Critical Reception
The song and the album from which it comes were generally well received by critics, who praised the band's ability to maintain their sound and quality of songwriting after their hiatus.
Chart Performance
While it did not replicate the chart topping success of single like "Hey Jealousy," "Learning the Hard Way" still solidified Major Lodge Victory's standing as a successful comeback album for the Gin Blossoms.
Song Duration
The runtime of the track is around 3:46 minutes.
Songwriters
The song was penned by the band's frontman Robin Wilson and guitarist Jesse Valenzula.
Tour Performances
"Learning the Hard Way" was frequently included in the band's setlist during their tours post the release of "Major Lodge Victory."

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