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<dl><dd><i>This article is about the <a href="/index.php?title=Songs" title="Songs">song</a>.</i> <i>For the video, see <a href="/index.php?title=It%27s_Like_It_Was_Meant_to_Be_%28video%29" title="It's Like It Was Meant to Be (video)">It's Like It Was Meant to Be (video)</a>.</i> | |||
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<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:182px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:sbemail117.png" title=""It's like...it was meant to be....""><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="130" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/4/4c/sbemail117.png/180px-sbemail117.png" width="180"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:sbemail117.png" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>"It's like...it was meant to be...."</div></div></div> | |||
<a id="Detailed_Information" name="Detailed_Information"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">Detailed Information</span></h2> | |||
<p><b>Album:</b> <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad_Sings_and_Other_Type_Hits" title="Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits">Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits</a><br/><b>Track:</b> 11<br/> | |||
<b>Time:</b> 1 minute 5 seconds<br/> | |||
<b>Artist(s):</b> <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad" title="Strong Bad">Strong Bad</a><br/><b>Written by:</b> <a href="/index.php?title=J._Christopher_Arrison" title="J. Christopher Arrison">J. Christopher Arrison</a>, <a href="/index.php?title=Matt_Chapman" title="Matt Chapman">Matt Chapman</a><br/><b>Style:</b> <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Power_ballad" title="wikipedia:Power ballad">Rock Ballad</a><br/> | |||
<b>Origin:</b> Brand new song. Also in a <strong class="selflink">music video</strong> on <a href="/index.php?title=strongbad_email.exe_Disc_Four" title="strongbad email.exe Disc Four">strongbad_email.exe Disc Four</a>. | |||
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<a id="Lyrics" name="Lyrics"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">Lyrics</span></h2> | |||
<p>It's like it was meant to be<br/> | |||
I'm not kidding<br/> | |||
== Lyrics = | |||
It's like it was meant to be<br /> | |||
I'm not kidding<br /> | |||
It's like it was meant to be | It's like it was meant to be | ||
</p><p><i>{guitars come in}</i> | |||
</p><p>I'm not kidding!<br/> | |||
No, I'm not kidding!<br/> | |||
I'm not kidding!<br /> | I've never been more serious in my life!<br/> | ||
No, I'm not kidding!<br /> | |||
I've never been more serious in my life!<br /> | |||
My life with you! | My life with you! | ||
</p><p>Oh, I'm not kidding!<br/> | |||
Oh, I'm not kidding!<br /> | I'm seriously not kidding!<br/> | ||
I'm seriously not kidding!<br /> | I'll never stop joking!<br/> | ||
I'll never stop joking!<br /> | Oh wait, I mean I will stop joking!<br/> | ||
Oh wait, I mean I will stop joking!<br /> | Because I'm serious!<br/> | ||
Because I'm serious!<br /> | |||
It's like it was meant to be! | It's like it was meant to be! | ||
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<a id="Fun_Facts" name="Fun_Facts"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">Fun Facts</span></h2> | |||
<ul><li>The guitar lead-in is extremely similar to the one from "<a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Don%27t_Stop_Believin%27" title="wikipedia:Don't Stop Believin'">Don't Stop Believin'</a>" by <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Journey_%28band%29" title="wikipedia:Journey (band)">Journey</a>. | |||
</li><li>According to <a href="/index.php?title=J._Christopher_Arrison" title="J. Christopher Arrison">J. Christopher Arrison</a>'s <a class="external text" href="https://www.jchristopherarrison.com/freelance" rel="nofollow" title="https://www.jchristopherarrison.com/freelance">website</a>, the song was written within ten minutes of first arriving at the recording studio. Arrison played piano chords while Matt sang improvised lyrics off the top of his head. | |||
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<a id="External_Links" name="External_Links"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">External Links</span></h2> | |||
<ul><li><a class="extiw" href="https://songwhip.com/strong-bad/its-like-it-was-meant-to-be" title="songwhip:strong-bad/its-like-it-was-meant-to-be">"It's Like It Was Meant to Be" on Songwhip</a> | |||
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<th colspan="6" style="background:#ccccff;text-align:center;"> <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad_Sings_and_Other_Type_Hits" title="Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits">Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits</a> | |||
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<td style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;" width="3%"><b>1</b></td><td width="30%"> <a href="/index.php?title=Trogdor_%28song%29" title="Trogdor (song)">Trogdor</a> (<a href="/index.php?title=Trogdor_%28karaoke%29" title="Trogdor (karaoke)">karaoke</a>) | |||
</td><td style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;" width="3%"><b>8</b></td><td width="30%"> <a href="/index.php?title=Moving_Very_Slowly" title="Moving Very Slowly">Moving Very Slowly</a> (<a href="/index.php?title=Moving_Very_Slowly_%28video%29" title="Moving Very Slowly (video)">video</a>) | |||
</td><td style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;" width="3%"><b>15</b></td><td width="31%"> <a href="/index.php?title=These_Peoples_Try_to_Fade_Me" title="These Peoples Try to Fade Me">These Peoples Try to Fade Me</a> | |||
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<td style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;"><b>2</b></td><td> <a href="/index.php?title=The_System_is_Down_%28song%29" title="The System is Down (song)">The System Is Down</a> | |||
</td><td style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;"><b>9</b></td><td> <a href="/index.php?title=Sweet_Cuppin%27_Cakes_Theme_Song" title="Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Theme Song">Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Theme Song</a> | |||
</td><td style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;"><b>16</b></td><td> <a href="/index.php?title=The_Ladies_in_My_Town_All_Know_My_Name" title="The Ladies in My Town All Know My Name">The Ladies in My Town All Know My Name</a> | |||
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<td style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;"><b>3</b></td><td> <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Badia_National_Anthem" title="Strong Badia National Anthem">Strong Badia National Anthem</a> | |||
</td><td style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;"><b>10</b></td><td> <a href="/index.php?title=I_Think_I_Have_a_Chance_With_This_Guy" title="I Think I Have a Chance With This Guy">I Think I Have a Chance With This Guy</a> | |||
</td><td style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;"><b>17</b></td><td> <a href="/index.php?title=The_Theme_from_Dangeresque_II" title="The Theme from Dangeresque II">The Theme from Dangeresque II</a> (<a href="/index.php?title=Dangeresque_%28karaoke%29" title="Dangeresque (karaoke)">karaoke</a>) | |||
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<td style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;"><b>4</b></td><td> <a href="/index.php?title=Oh_Yeah_Yeah" title="Oh Yeah Yeah">Oh Yeah Yeah</a> | |||
</td><td style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;"><b>11</b></td><td> <strong class="selflink">It's Like It Was Meant to Be</strong> (<a href="/index.php?title=It%27s_Like_It_Was_Meant_to_Be_%28video%29" title="It's Like It Was Meant to Be (video)">video</a>) | |||
</td><td style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;"><b>18</b></td><td> <a href="/index.php?title=Somebody_Told_Me_%28Now_I_Believe_Them%29" title="Somebody Told Me (Now I Believe Them)">Somebody Told Me (Now I Believe Them)</a> | |||
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<td style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;"><b>5</b></td><td> <a href="/index.php?title=Because%2C_It%27s_Midnite" title="Because, It's Midnite">Because, It's Midnite</a> (<a href="/index.php?title=Because%2C_It%27s_Midnite_%28karaoke%29" title="Because, It's Midnite (karaoke)">karaoke</a>) | |||
</td><td style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;"><b>12</b></td><td> <a href="/index.php?title=Nite_Mamas" title="Nite Mamas">Nite Mamas</a> (<a href="/index.php?title=Nite_Mamas_%28karaoke%29" title="Nite Mamas (karaoke)">karaoke</a>) | |||
</td><td style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;"><b>19</b></td><td> <a href="/index.php?title=The_Cheat_Is_Not_Dead" title="The Cheat Is Not Dead">The Cheat Is Not Dead</a> | |||
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<td style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;"><b>6</b></td><td> <a href="/index.php?title=Circles" title="Circles">Circles</a> | |||
</td><td style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;"><b>13</b></td><td> <a href="/index.php?title=Sensitive_to_Bees" title="Sensitive to Bees">Sensitive to Bees</a> | |||
</td><td style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;"><b>20</b></td><td> <a href="/index.php?title=Everybody_to_the_Limit_%28Live%29" title="Everybody to the Limit (Live)">Everybody to the Limit (Live)</a> (<a href="/index.php?title=Fhqwhgads_%28karaoke%29" title="Fhqwhgads (karaoke)">karaoke)</a> | |||
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<td style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;"><b>7</b></td><td> <a href="/index.php?title=Let%27s_Get_Started_on_Doing_All_Those_Awesome_Things_I_Suggested" title="Let's Get Started on Doing All Those Awesome Things I Suggested">Let's Get Started on Doing All Those Awesome Things I Suggested</a> | |||
</td><td style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;"><b>14</b></td><td> <a href="/index.php?title=You%27ve_Got_an_Ugly_%26_Stupid_Butt" title="You've Got an Ugly & Stupid Butt">You've Got an Ugly & Stupid Butt</a> | |||
</td><td style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;"><b>*</b></td><td> <a href="/index.php?title=Secret_Song" title="Secret Song">Secret Song</a> (<a href="/index.php?title=Secret_Song_%28video%29" title="Secret Song (video)">video</a>) | |||
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 18 July 2026
- This article is about the song. For the video, see It's Like It Was Meant to Be (video).
Detailed Information
Album: Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits
Track: 11
Time: 1 minute 5 seconds
Artist(s): Strong Bad
Written by: J. Christopher Arrison, Matt Chapman
Style: Rock Ballad
Origin: Brand new song. Also in a music video on strongbad_email.exe Disc Four.
Lyrics
It's like it was meant to be
I'm not kidding
It's like it was meant to be
{guitars come in}
I'm not kidding!
No, I'm not kidding!
I've never been more serious in my life!
My life with you!
Oh, I'm not kidding!
I'm seriously not kidding!
I'll never stop joking!
Oh wait, I mean I will stop joking!
Because I'm serious!
It's like it was meant to be!
Fun Facts
- The guitar lead-in is extremely similar to the one from "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey.
- According to J. Christopher Arrison's website, the song was written within ten minutes of first arriving at the recording studio. Arrison played piano chords while Matt sang improvised lyrics off the top of his head.
