<P> "Far Behind" is a song by the American rock band Candlebox and the third single from their eponymous debut album . It is one of the band's most well - known songs, entering the charts in July 1993 and remaining there until January the following year when it was officially released as a single . It is the group's highest - charting hit, peaking at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100, after spending almost a year on the chart . It also reached #4 and #7, on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks charts, respectively . "Far Behind" was also included on The Best of Candlebox in 2006 . </P> <P> "Far Behind" is one of a few hit 1990s singles written in tribute to the late singer Andrew Wood . In a 1994 interview with Playgirl, Candlebox frontman Kevin Martin stated that it was inspired by two friends who overdosed on heroin and "represents the loss of love between friends and having to be left with the feeling of emptiness ." He elaborated in a 2008 interview: </P> <Dl> <Dd> "I wrote' Far Behind' for Andy Wood . I was a huge Malfunkshun fan and a huge Mother Love Bone fan and I got to know Andy early on in his career when I was working in a shoe store with Susan Silver who was managing Mother Love Bone, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chains ." </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> "I wrote' Far Behind' for Andy Wood . I was a huge Malfunkshun fan and a huge Mother Love Bone fan and I got to know Andy early on in his career when I was working in a shoe store with Susan Silver who was managing Mother Love Bone, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chains ." </Dd>

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