How to Save a Life
"How to Save a Life" is a song by American alternative rock band the Fray, released in March 2006 as the second single from their debut studio album of the same name. The song is one of the band's most popular airplay songs and peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States, becoming the band's highest charting song. It became the joint seventh longest charting single on the Billboard Hot 100, tying with Santana's "Smooth" (1999), at 58 consecutive weeks. The song has been certified 5× Platinum by the RIAA, and has sold 4.7 million downloads as of January 2015, the fourth best-selling rock song in digital history.
| "How to Save a Life" | ||||
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| Single by the Fray | ||||
| from the album How to Save a Life | ||||
| Released | March 26, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2005 | |||
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| Length | 4:22 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
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"How to Save a Life" is the band's biggest hit single, topping the Adult Top 40 chart for 15 consecutive weeks and topping the Canadian Airplay Chart. It was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 2007, but lost to "Dani California" by Red Hot Chili Peppers. Lyrically, the song is a lamentation from the perspective of a person unable to help a troubled friend.