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261:"It's really an accidental phenomenon," Lewis explains. "I've been playing it for quite some time. In the early days of the band, any money we made went back into the band, so two or three times a week I played acoustically to make money to live off. 'Outside' was one of the songs I played, but it wasn't really finished, so I made up different words every time. We almost put it on
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743:References
559:UK Singles
487:Flanders)
340:Nigel Dick
254:Fred Durst
232:Background
1625:Town Line
1494:Not Again
1403:Mudshovel
1321:Chapter V
1293:Tormented
1198:April 12,
1175:Billboard
1157:Billboard
1139:Billboard
955:Billboard
937:Billboard
919:Billboard
901:Billboard
867:March 25,
727:Cold Case
631:Billboard
613:Billboard
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471:Austria (
454:position
429:Billboard
411:Billboard
393:Billboard
375:Billboard
367:position
288:Billboard
24:"Outside"
1582:The Road
1006:Ultratip
843:Archived
677:200,000
534:Sweden (
520:Scotland
73:Nu metal
62:May 2001
59:Released
1644:Outside
1636:Singles
1480:Believe
1431:For You
1417:Outside
1396:Just Go
1388:Singles
839:YouTube
674:Silver
662:/sales
653:Region
377:Hot 100
319:chart.
290:Hot 100
244:, with
212:Outside
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187:Outside
182:(2001)
130:Elektra
1628:(2011)
1609:(2022)
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1593:(2016)
1590:Sinner
1585:(2012)
1335:Staind
1241:Staind
816:May 2,
350:Charts
257:live.
220:Staind
165:Staind
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43:Staind
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218:band
125:Label
68:Genre
1424:Fade
1200:2024
869:2007
818:2021
790:2018
764:2011
735:Cane
703:Lost
461:ARIA
452:Peak
365:Peak
333:MTV2
216:rock
196:Fade
1617:EPs
1508:Now
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