3 Doors Down is leading a seemingly unstoppable hit parade. Previous slow-grower "Let Me Go" is just finishing its roost in the top 10 at mainstream and adult top 40 radio, after more than half a year. Perhaps Universal is counting on it to take some promotional grooming for "Here by Me" to reach critical
mass, because this melancholy ballad smells like fall. The lyric is sad enough to bring a chill, even in the August heat, while Brad Arnold's lead vocal sounds dully resigned and stone cold. That makes "Here by Me" an ideal mood-shifter as summer romances begin their retreat. From the platinum album "Seventeen Days." —Chuck Taylor