| "How to Save a Life" | ||||
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| Single by the Fray | ||||
| from the album How to Save a Life | ||||
| Released | March 26, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2004–2005 | |||
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| Length | 4:22 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
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"How to Save a Life" is a song by American alternative rock band the Fray, released in March 2006 as the second single from their debut studio album of the same name.[1] The song is one of the band's most popular airplay songs and peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States, becoming the band's highest-charting song. It became the joint seventh longest-charting single on the Billboard Hot 100, tying with Santana's 1999 single "Smooth", at 58 consecutive weeks. The song has received quintuple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),[2] and has sold 4.7 million downloads as of January 2015, the fourth best-selling rock song in digital history.[3]
"How to Save a Life" is the band's biggest hit single, peaking the Adult Top 40 chart for 15 consecutive weeks and peaking the Canadian Airplay Chart. It was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 2007, but lost to "Dani California" by Red Hot Chili Peppers. Lyrically, the song is the lamentation of a person unable to help a troubled friend.
- ^ Paoletta, Michael (October 14, 2006). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 16 – via Internet Archive.
{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires|magazine=(help) - ^ "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
- ^ Polk, Christopher (January 31, 2015). "The 15 Most Downloaded Songs in Rock History". Yahoo! Music. Retrieved February 5, 2015.