Never Too Late (Three Days Grace song)
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| Single by Three Days Grace | ||||
| from the album One-X | ||||
| Released | June 5, 2007 October 23, 2007 (Mainstream Top 40 radio) |
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| Format | CD single, digital download | |||
| Recorded | 2005–2006 | |||
| Genre | Post-grunge | |||
| Length | 3:29 | |||
| Label | Jive | |||
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"Never Too Late" is a song by the band Three Days Grace. It is the third single from the band's second album One-X.
The song reached the number 1 spot at the MuchMusic Countdown on June 29 for one week. It also reached the top of the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. This is the band's most successful song from One-X despite the fact that their prior hits Just Like You (from their self-titled album), Animal I Have Become, Pain and a few singles that were less successful did better on the U.S. charts. This is due to Never Too Late peaking at number 71, where Just Like You peaked at No. 55, Animal I Have Become at No. 60 and Pain at No. 44. Despite not hitting number 1, it was more successful than any of the singles from One-X and it stayed longer on the charts than their number 1 hits at 43 weeks, beating Animal I Have Become by 2 weeks and Pain by a hefty 13 weeks. It is the band's 2nd most successful song only behind I Hate Everything About You on the rock charts at 45 weeks.
This song is also the band's only cross-over hit to date charting on both Top 40 Mainstream and Adult Top 40 formats at No. 12 and No. 13. Their 3 prior hits failed to chart since Animal I Have Become and Pain were released to commercial radio after Never Too Late, even though they came to all rock stations before it and Never Too Late was the highest charting single on the Canadian Charts, making Never Too Late as Three Days Grace's most successful song from One-X. Its music video has also reached more views on YouTube than Pain has (with over 67 million) with "Never Too Late" having over 100 million views, making it their 2nd most viewed video only behind I Hate Everything About You with over 116 million views (Views as of April 2016).
The track managed to resurge in pop airplay, peaking at number 14 on Mediabase, and was added by the pop stations in the US, Z100 and Y100. It is the only song to be released to Mainstream Top 40 radio since their 2003 hit I Hate Everything About You peaked at No. 28 and Never Too Late hit No. 12. Certain radio stations and Sirius XM The Pulse play a version of the song which censors the phrase "end your life" in the chorus to "change your life" to eliminate the suicide reference from the song. It also quiets the heaviness of the guitar. It appeared on Now! 26, the only song from the album to appear on a Now! album in the U.S.
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