The Good Life (Three Days Grace song)
"The Good Life" is a song and the second single from Three Days Grace's 2009 album Life Starts Now. It was released for radio airplay on February 9, 2010. It charted at number 85 on the Canadian Hot 100 before becoming a single. The song also was featured on ESPN's Winter X Games XIV, and was used during the Professional Motocross Freestyle show Nuclear Cowboyz. "The Good Life" was the featured song for the 2010 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, and also during the 2010 NFL Draft. The song was also performed during a concert of Three Days Grace along series of concerts during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver on February 15, 2010. The song hit number one on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and Rock Songs chart and number four on the Alternative Songs chart matching "Break". This is the most recent Three Days Grace song to hit the top 10 on the Alternative Songs chart.
"The Good Life" | ||||
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Single by Three Days Grace | ||||
from the album Life Starts Now | ||||
Released | February 9, 2010 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 2:53 | |||
Label | Jive | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Howard Benson | |||
Three Days Grace singles chronology | ||||
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Track listing
- Promotional single
- "The Good Life" – 2:52
Music video
The band shot the video with director Michael Maxxis on March 23, 2010.[1] The video was released on 27 April 2010. The video consists of the band performing in a garage, with Adam Gontier wearing a Citizen Cope outfit, with clips of people performing activities, both recreational and with violent overtones. The video ends with a man kissing his wife and leaving for work. In contrast to the clean and professionally shot look of previous music video for "Break", this video is filmed with a handheld camera in a messy, real world environment and makes heavy use of video editing effects and colour grading to look rough and visually vibrant.
Personnel
- Adam Gontier – lead vocals
- Barry Stock – lead guitar
- Brad Walst – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Neil Sanderson – drums, backing vocals
Accolades
Publication | Country | Accolade | Year | Rank |
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AOL Radio | United States | "Top Alternative Songs of 2009"[2] | 2009 | 1 |
Charts
Charts | Peak position |
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Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles[3] | 1 |
Billboard Alternative Songs[4] | 4 |
Billboard Mainstream Rock[5] | 1 |
Billboard Rock Songs[4] | 1 |
Canadian Hot 100[4] | 52 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[6] | Platinum | 1,000,000[7] |
*sales figures based on certification alone |
See also
- List of Billboard Mainstream Rock number-one songs of the 2010s
- List of number-one Billboard Rock Songs
References
- http://www.videostatic.com/vs/2010/03/booked-three-days-grace-michael-maxxis-director.html
- Dickinson, Boonsri (2009-12-22). "Top Alternative Songs of the 2009 - AOL Radio Blog". AOL Radio. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
- "Three Days Grace Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- "The Good Life - Three Days Grace". 2009 Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
- "Three Days Grace Chart History (Mainstream Rock Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- "American single certifications – Three Days Grace – The Good Life". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH.
- "American certifications – Three Days Grace". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 20 December 2017.