You Found Me

This article is about a 2008 song by The Fray. For the 2004 Kelly Clarkson song, see Breakaway (Kelly Clarkson album). For the TV episode, see You Found Me (The Boys).

"You Found Me"
Single by the Fray
from the album The Fray
B-side"The Great Beyond"[1]
ReleasedNovember 21, 2008
Recorded2008; Record Plant, Sausalito
StudioAndys_Hunt
GenreAlternative rock
Length4:04
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Isaac Slade and Joe King
Producer(s)Aaron Johnson and Mike Flynn
The Fray singles chronology
"All at Once"
(2007) 		"You Found Me"
(2008) 		"Never Say Never"
(2009)

"You Found Me" is a song by American rock band the Fray. It was released in November 2008 as the lead single from their eponymous second studio album. Live performances of the song from concerts in Europe surfaced on YouTube in late 2007, when the song was titled "Amistad".[2] The band began streaming the song on their website on November 21, 2008.[3] The single was digitally released in the U.S., Canadian, UK, Australian and French iTunes Stores and had a physical release later on.

The song became the group's third single to sell 2 million downloads in the United States, after "How to Save a Life" and "Over My Head (Cable Car)".[4]

It has sold 3.6 million copies in the US as of February 2015, making it one of the most downloaded rock songs.[5] The single was certified double platinum by the RIAA and the ARIA in 2009.

The song was nominated for a Choice Music: Rock Track award at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards.[6]

The song was ranked No. 13 on the Hot 100 Songs of 2009 list[7] and No. 36 on Billboard's Best Adult Pop Songs of the Decade list.[8] It was also ranked No. 42 on Billboard's Top 100 Digital Tracks of the Decade list[9] and No. 61 on the ARIA's list of the Top 100 Tracks of the Decade.[10]

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  2. ^ Videostatic.com Archived August 5, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "The Fray – Touring". thefray.net. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008. Retrieved November 21, 2008.
  4. ^ Paul Grein, Chart Watch – Week Ending May 3, 2009: Age Is Just A Number Archived May 11, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, music.yahoo.com, May 3, 2009
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference sales_us was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Fray Awards & Features". Metrolyrics.com. February 27, 2012. Archived from the original on July 23, 2013. Retrieved March 16, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ "Hot 100 Songs : Page 1 – Billboard". Billboard. January 2, 2013.
  8. ^ "Billboard – Music Charts, Music News, Artist Photo Gallery & Free Video". Billboard.
  9. ^ "Billboard – Music Charts, Music News, Artist Photo Gallery & Free Video". Billboard.
  10. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 17, 2010. Retrieved March 6, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)