"Not Your Fault" | ||||||||
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Single by Awolnation | ||||||||
from the album Megalithic Symphony | ||||||||
B-side | "Sail" (LED Remix) | |||||||
Released | October 17, 2011 | |||||||
Format | Digital download | |||||||
Recorded | 2010–11 at Red Bull Recording Studio (Los Angeles, California) |
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Length | 4:03 | |||||||
Label | Red Bull | |||||||
Songwriter(s) | Aaron Bruno | |||||||
Producer(s) | Aaron Bruno | |||||||
Awolnation singles chronology | ||||||||
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"Not Your Fault" is a song by American alternative rock band Awolnation. It was originally written by frontman Aaron Bruno and recorded by the band for their debut studio album Megalithic Symphony, where it appears as the twelfth track. "Not Your Fault" was released to American modern rock radio on October 17, 2011, and was also released as a single in the United Kingdom and Bosnia on February 26, 2012. The single peaked at numbers three and eleven on the US Billboard Alternative Songs and Rock Songs charts, respectively.
The music video for "Not Your Fault" utilizes pixilation, clay animation and stop motion, similar to Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer". In the video, frontman Aaron Bruno is shown singing the song as he and his band—in clay animation style—try to defeat monsters. Bruno is also shown attracting a girl and saving her in the process. A 3D version of the music video was also featured in the Nintendo 3DS video service Nintendo Video.
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone