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| | ''This article is about the [[Songs|song]].'' ''For the video, see [[It's Like It Was Meant to Be (video)]].'' |
| <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>
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| <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/>
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| <b>Time:</b> 1 minute 5 seconds<br/>
| | ''"It's like...it was meant to be...."'' |
| <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/>
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| <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>.
| | == Detailed Information == |
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| <a id="Lyrics" name="Lyrics"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">Lyrics</span></h2>
| | '''Album:''' [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]]<br />'''Track:''' 11<br /> |
| <p>It's like it was meant to be<br/>
| | '''Time:''' 1 minute 5 seconds<br /> |
| I'm not kidding<br/> | | '''Artist(s):''' [[Strong Bad]]<br />'''Written by:''' [[J. Christopher Arrison]], [[Matt Chapman]]<br />'''Style:''' [[Power ballad|Rock Ballad]]<br /> |
| | '''Origin:''' Brand new song. Also in a '''music video''' on [[strongbad email.exe Disc Four]]. |
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| | == Lyrics == |
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| | 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>
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| </p><p>I'm not kidding!<br/>
| | ''{guitars come in}'' |
| No, I'm not kidding!<br/> | | |
| I've never been more serious in my life!<br/> | | I'm not kidding!<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/>
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| I'm seriously not kidding!<br/> | | Oh, I'm not kidding!<br /> |
| I'll never stop joking!<br/> | | I'm seriously not kidding!<br /> |
| Oh wait, I mean I will stop joking!<br/> | | I'll never stop joking!<br /> |
| Because I'm serious!<br/> | | Oh wait, I mean I will stop joking!<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>
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| <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>.
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| </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>
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| <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>)
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| </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>)
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| </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>
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| </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>
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| </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>
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| </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>
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| </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>
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| </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>)
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| </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>)
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| </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>)
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| </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>
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| </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>
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| </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>
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| </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>
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| </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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| | == Fun Facts == |
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| | * The guitar lead-in is extremely similar to the one from "[[Don't Stop Believin']]" by [[Journey (band)|Journey]]. |
| | * According to [[J. Christopher Arrison]]'s [https://www.jchristopherarrison.com/freelance 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. |
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| | * [https://songwhip.com/strong-bad/its-like-it-was-meant-to-be "It's Like It Was Meant to Be" on Songwhip] |
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| | | style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;" | '''1''' |
| | | [[Trogdor (song)|Trogdor]] ([[Trogdor (karaoke)|karaoke]]) |
| | | style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;" | '''8''' |
| | | [[Moving Very Slowly]] ([[Moving Very Slowly (video)|video]]) |
| | | style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;" | '''15''' |
| | | [[These Peoples Try to Fade Me]] |
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| | | style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;" | '''2''' |
| | | [[The System is Down (song)|The System Is Down]] |
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| | | [[Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Theme Song]] |
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| | | [[The Ladies in My Town All Know My Name]] |
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| | | [[Strong Badia National Anthem]] |
| | | style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;" | '''10''' |
| | | [[I Think I Have a Chance With This Guy]] |
| | | style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;" | '''17''' |
| | | [[The Theme from Dangeresque II]] ([[Dangeresque (karaoke)|karaoke]]) |
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| | | style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;" | '''4''' |
| | | [[Oh Yeah Yeah]] |
| | | style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;" | '''11''' |
| | | '''It's Like It Was Meant to Be''' ([[It's Like It Was Meant to Be (video)|video]]) |
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| | | [[Somebody Told Me (Now I Believe Them)]] |
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| | | [[Because, It's Midnite]] ([[Because, It's Midnite (karaoke)|karaoke]]) |
| | | style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;" | '''12''' |
| | | [[Nite Mamas]] ([[Nite Mamas (karaoke)|karaoke]]) |
| | | style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;" | '''19''' |
| | | [[The Cheat Is Not Dead]] |
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| | | [[Circles]] |
| | | style="background-color:#e0e0ff;text-align:center;" | '''13''' |
| | | [[Sensitive to Bees]] |
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| | | [[Everybody to the Limit (Live)]] ([[Fhqwhgads (karaoke)|karaoke)]] |
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| | | [[Let's Get Started on Doing All Those Awesome Things I Suggested]] |
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| | | [[You've Got an Ugly & Stupid Butt]] |
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| | | [[Secret Song]] ([[Secret Song (video)|video]]) |
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