<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Home" (2000) </Td> <Td> "It's Been Awhile" (2001) </Td> <Td> "Outside" (2001) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Home" (2000) </Td> <Td> "It's Been Awhile" (2001) </Td> <Td> "Outside" (2001) </Td> </Tr> <P> "It's Been Awhile" is a song recorded by American rock band Staind . It was released in March 2001 as the lead single from their album Break the Cycle . </P> <P> The song is Staind's most successful and is their best - known song, becoming a No. 5 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 2001, their only song to reach the top 10 . The song spent a second - best 20 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart (behind only "Loser" by 3 Doors Down) and a then - record 16 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart, beaten in 2007 by Foo Fighters with "The Pretender". </P>

Who sings the song it's been a while