Never Too Late (Three Days Grace song)

"Never Too Late"
Single by Three Days Grace
from the album One-X
Released	June 5, 2007 October 23, 2007 (re-release)
Format	CD single, Digital download
Recorded	late 2005
Genre	Post-grunge
Length	3:29
Label	Jive
Writer(s)	Adam Gontier
Certification	Gold (U.S.)
Three Days Grace singles chronology
Pain (2006) Never Too Late (2007) Riot (2007)
Alternative cover Deluxe Single Cover

"Never Too Late" is the third single from Three Days Grace off their second album One-X. It has received airplay at the Billy Talent tour and on several Canadian radio stations such as The Edge.

Popularity and censorship

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.

The track managed to resurge in pop airplay, peaking at #14 on Mediabase, and was added by the pop stations in the US, Z100 and Y100. Certain radio stations 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.

On October 23, 2007 Three Days Grace released a Ringle featuring "Never Too Late" and two Clear Channel acoustic recordings of "Pain" and "I Hate Everything About You". On February 12, 2008 an EP was released through iTunes containing the album version of "Never Too Late", an acoustic version and the music video.

Song meaning and usage

This song's meaning was explained by Three Days Grace frontman, Adam Gontier, at a live performance on March 7, 2007 at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., where he stated, "this song is about being in a very dark place, but being able to see a way out." Then, at the Palace, in Detroit, Michigan, he explained it as, "feeling like you don't belong here, and wanting to give up, but never giving up." The song was featured in a promo for the television show Eleventh Hour.

Music Video

The video depicts a young girl who is with her family. She is seen dancing in a circle with her mom and dad while the band plays in the same room. Later in the video, it shows her older self being grabbed by doctors and being strapped down to her bed. The video then cuts to her younger self. It is now shown that she was sexually abused as a girl because of the black hand marks. Because of being sexually abused, she had a breakdown when she was older, which is why the doctors strapped her down. Later, an angel appears and helps her see that it's never too late to get away from her younger self. The band is seen playing the song throughout the video.

Track listing

Promotional Single
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Never Too Late"	3:29

Never Too Late Ringle (Single+Ringtone)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Never Too Late"	3:35
2.	"Pain (Clear Channel Stripped Version)"	3:19
3.	"I Hate Everything About You (Clear Channel Stripped Version)"	3:51

Never Too Late EP
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Never Too Late"	3:29
2.	"Never Too Late (Acoustic)"	3:31
3.	"Never Too Late (Music Video)"	3:31

Personnel

• Adam Gontier - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Brad Walst - bass, backing vocals
• Neil Sanderson - drums, backing vocals
• Barry Stock - lead guitar

Charts

Chart (2007-08)	Peak position
Canadian Hot 100	30
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	71
U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs	2
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	1
U.S. Billboard Pop Songs	12
U.S. Billboard Adult Pop Songs	13

External links

• "Never Too Late" Official music video on YouTube

Preceded by "Paralyzer" by Finger Eleven

Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks number-one single August 18, 2007 - September 29, 2007

Succeeded by "The Pretender" by Foo Fighters