Save Me (Shinedown song)
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"Save Me" is a song
Song
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recorded and performed by the post-grunge
Post-grunge
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band Shinedown
Shinedown
Shinedown is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida, formed in 2001 and founded by members Brent Smith , Brad Stewart , Jasin Todd , and Barry Kerch . A few line-up changes followed, and the band's current line-up consists of Smith and Kerch, the band's only two remaining original...
. The song was released as the first single
Single (music)
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in promotion of the band's second studio album
Studio album
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, Us and Them. "Save Me" was the theme song for WWE
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's No Mercy 2005
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pay-per-view
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event, and is their second most commercially successful single to date, reaching number one on the U.S. mainstream rock chart (and remaining there for a whole 12 weeks). It is also Shinedown's third-highest charting song on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
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(behind "Second Chance
Second Chance (Shinedown song)
"Second Chance" is a song by American hard rock band Shinedown and the second single from their 2008 album, The Sound of Madness. However, the song is not included on the UK release of The Sound of Madness...
" (#7) and "If You Only Knew" (#42), peaking at #72.
The foundations of the song came around when the band's singer, Brent Smith, was just 15 years old and beginning to make demo tracks.
At the time the single was released to radio, the band was still working to complete the album which had not yet been mixed or mastered. According to Brent Smith, "when the first single, 'Save Me', hit the radio, I still hadn't written lyrics for four of the songs nor had sung four others on the album. I was in the studio working my ass off to get finished."
Chart performance
| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 72 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Modern rock Modern rock is a rock format commonly found on commercial radio; the format consists primarily of the alternative rock genre... |
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