Chalk Outline (song)

"Chalk Outline"
Single by Three Days Grace
from the album Transit of Venus
ReleasedAugust 14, 2012
StudioRevolution Studios, Toronto, Ontario
Length3:02
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Don Gilmore
Three Days Grace singles chronology
"Lost in You"
(2011) 		"Chalk Outline"
(2012) 		"The High Road"
(2013)

"Chalk Outline" is the lead single from Canadian rock band Three Days Grace's fourth album, Transit of Venus.[1] The band released many "snippets" of the song before August 14 to tease fans.[2] It reached No. 1 on the U.S. Active Rock chart for a total of 10 weeks[3] and won the "Rock Song of the Year" award given by Loudwire.[4] Billboard ranked the song at number 8 on their "Greatest of All Time Mainstream Rock Songs" list.[5]

  1. ^ "Three Days Grace 'Transit Of Venus' | The Official Three Days Grace Site". Threedaysgrace.com. August 20, 2010. Archived from the original on August 18, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
  2. ^ "Chalk Outline Snippet #1 | The Official Three Days Grace Site". Threedaysgrace.com. Archived from the original on August 17, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
  3. ^ Entertainment, Core. "Three Days Grace | Core Entertainment". www.coreentertainment.ca. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  4. ^ "Three Days Grace Win Rock Song of the Year in the 2012 Loudwire Music Awards". Loudwire. January 16, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  5. ^ "Greatest of All Time Mainstream Rock Songs". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2022.