The High Road (Three Days Grace song)

"The High Road" is a song by Canadian rock band Three Days Grace, released as the second single from their fourth studio album Transit of Venus on January 22, 2013. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.[1] This is the band's first song to not enter the top 20 on the Billboard Alternative Songs peaking at No. 24 since "Riot" peaked at No. 21 in 2007 and "The High Road" is the last song from the band to enter the chart at least with Gontier as their lead singer as he left the band after this album.

"The High Road"
Single by Three Days Grace
from the album Transit of Venus
ReleasedJanuary 22, 2013
GenreAlternative rock
Length3:13
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Don Gilmore
Three Days Grace singles chronology
"Chalk Outline"
(2012)		 "The High Road"
(2013)		 "Misery Loves My Company"
(2013)

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (2013) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[2] 69
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[3] 32
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[4] 14
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[5] 24
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[6] 1

Year-end charts
Chart (2013) Position
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[7] 72
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[8] 45
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[9] 7

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[10] Gold 40,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Lyric video

A lyric video for the song was released on their YouTube and Vevo channel on January 7, 2013.[11]

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gollark: As someone who does not actually work anywhere, no.
gollark: I see.
gollark: Well, there *is*, given the fact that there is nobody else.
gollark: It may be more accurate to say "if many people think so" because single people can be very loud.

References
  1. "Mainstream Rock: Apr 27, 2013". Billboard. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
  2. "Three Days Grace Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  3. "Three Days Grace Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  4. "Rock Airplay". Billboard. May 4, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  5. "Three Days Grace Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  6. "Three Days Grace Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  7. "Hot Rock Songs: Year End 2013". Billboard. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  8. "Rock Airplay Songs: Year End 2013". Billboard. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  9. "Mainstream Rock Songs: 2013 (Year-End)". Billboard. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  10. "Canadian single certifications – Three Days Grace – The High Road". Music Canada. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  11. "Three Days Grace - The High Road - YouTube". Retrieved January 7, 2013.
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