The ballad[1] peaked at number 24 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending November 10, 2001.

Lead singer Brad Arnold said, "This song was strange, because I wrote the verses and the choruses at two completely different times.

"[2] The songs second verse makes a reference to Northpark Mall in Ridgeland, Mississippi (adjacent to their hometown), a place the band frequented during their youth.

[2] A music video directed by Liz Friedlander and Nigel Dick and was filmed at Black Park in Wexham, Bucks, England.

"Be Like That" was first performed live on April 10, 2000 at WAAF studios in Westborough, Massachusetts.