Never Too Late (Three Days Grace song)
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"Never Too Late" is the third single from Three Days Grace
off their second album One-X
. It has received airplay at the Billy Talent
tour and on several Canadian
radio stations such as The Edge
.
The track managed to resurge in pop
airplay, peaking at #14 on Mediabase, and was added by the pop stations in the US, Z100 and Y100. Certain radio stations play a version of the song which censors the phrase "end your life" in the chorus to "change your life" to eliminate the suicide reference from the song. It also quiets the heaviness of the guitar. It appeared on Now! 26
, the only song from the album to appear on a Now! album in the U.S.
On October 23, 2007 Three Days Grace released a Ringle
featuring "Never Too Late" and two Clear Channel
acoustic recordings of "Pain" and "I Hate Everything About You". On February 12, 2008 an EP was released through iTunes containing the album version of "Never Too Late", an acoustic version and the music video.
frontman, Adam Gontier
, at a live performance on March 7, 2007 at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
, where he stated, "this song is about being in a very dark place, but being able to see a way out."
Then, at the Palace, in Detroit, Michigan, he explained it as, "feeling like you don't belong here, and wanting to give up, but
never giving up."
The song was featured in a promo for the television show Eleventh Hour
.
The video features an allusion to a young woman struggling to deal with having been sexually abused as a child, and a mysterious figure helps her free herself from despair in the end.
Three Days Grace
Three Days Grace is a Canadian rock band, formed in Norwood, Ontario, Canada in 1992, originally under the name Groundswell. After a breakup in late 1997, the band regrouped in the same year under its current name and with a line-up consisting of guitarist and lead vocalist Adam Gontier, drummer...
off their second album One-X
One-X
-Notes:* The songs, "Animal I Have Become", and "Riot", were both featured in the video game, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007-Personnel:*Adam Gontier – lead vocals, rhythm guitar*Barry Stock – lead guitar*Brad Walst – bass guitar, backing vocals...
. It has received airplay at the Billy Talent
Billy Talent
Billy Talent is a Canadian post-hardcore band from Streetsville, Ontario. They formed in 1993 with Ben Kowalewicz as the lead vocalist, Ian D'Sa on lead guitar, bassist Jon Gallant and drummer Aaron Solowoniuk ....
tour and on several Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
radio stations such as The Edge
CFNY-FM
CFNY-FM, promoted under the branding 102.1 The Edge, is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 102.1 FM. The station rose to prominence in the 1970s and 1980s due to its freestyle DJing format and unique choice to play alternative music...
.
Popularity and censorship
The song reached the number 1 spot at the MuchMusic Countdown on June 29 for one week. It also reached the top of the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.The track managed to resurge in pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
airplay, peaking at #14 on Mediabase, and was added by the pop stations in the US, Z100 and Y100. Certain radio stations play a version of the song which censors the phrase "end your life" in the chorus to "change your life" to eliminate the suicide reference from the song. It also quiets the heaviness of the guitar. It appeared on Now! 26
Now That's What I Call Music! 26 (U.S. series)
Now That's What I Call Music! 26 was released on November 13, 2007. It is the 26th edition of the Now That's What I Call Music! series in the United States. It sold 208,000 copies in its first week, making it one of the lowest-selling debut weeks of a US Now! CD...
, the only song from the album to appear on a Now! album in the U.S.
On October 23, 2007 Three Days Grace released a Ringle
Ringle
In music, a ringle is the idea by Sony BMG Music Entertainment that combines ringtones with singles creating a "ringle". Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group are the first to release ringles...
featuring "Never Too Late" and two Clear Channel
Clear channel
A clear-channel station is an AM band Radio station in North America that has the highest protection from interference from other stations, particularly concerning night-time skywave propagation. Usually known as class A stations since 1982, they are occasionally still referred to by their former...
acoustic recordings of "Pain" and "I Hate Everything About You". On February 12, 2008 an EP was released through iTunes containing the album version of "Never Too Late", an acoustic version and the music video.
Song meaning, usage and music video
This song's meaning was explained by Three Days GraceThree Days Grace
Three Days Grace is a Canadian rock band, formed in Norwood, Ontario, Canada in 1992, originally under the name Groundswell. After a breakup in late 1997, the band regrouped in the same year under its current name and with a line-up consisting of guitarist and lead vocalist Adam Gontier, drummer...
frontman, Adam Gontier
Adam Gontier
Adam Wade Gontier is a Canadian musician and songwriter. He is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and main songwriter of the rock band Three Days Grace...
, at a live performance on March 7, 2007 at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
, where he stated, "this song is about being in a very dark place, but being able to see a way out."
Then, at the Palace, in Detroit, Michigan, he explained it as, "feeling like you don't belong here, and wanting to give up, but
never giving up."
The song was featured in a promo for the television show Eleventh Hour
Eleventh Hour (U.S. TV series)
Eleventh Hour is an American science-based drama television series, which is based on the 2006 British series of the same name. The series originally ran on CBS from October 9, 2008 to April 2, 2009 and aired on Thursdays at 10 pm . The series was a joint venture between Jerry Bruckheimer...
.
The video features an allusion to a young woman struggling to deal with having been sexually abused as a child, and a mysterious figure helps her free herself from despair in the end.
Track listing
Personnel
- Adam GontierAdam GontierAdam Wade Gontier is a Canadian musician and songwriter. He is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and main songwriter of the rock band Three Days Grace...
- lead vocals, rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together... - Brad Walst - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, backing vocals - Neil SandersonNeil SandersonNeil Christopher Sanderson is the drummer, backing vocalist, and co-founder of the Canadian band Three Days Grace. He cites his influences as John Bonham, Danny Carey and Stewart Copeland.-Early years:...
- drums, backing vocals - Barry StockBarry StockBarry Stock is the lead guitarist of the Canadian rock band Three Days Grace.-Biography:Barry James Stock is a Canadian guitarist, born in Belgium on April 24, 1974. He joined Three Days Grace in 2003, shortly after their first studio album. Barry uses Schecter,Ibanez and PRS guitars, but prefers...
- lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
Charts
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian Hot 100 Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007... |
30 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
71 |
| U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop Songs (Top 40 Mainstream) | 12 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Pop Songs | 13 |