Break (Three Days Grace song)
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"Break" is the first single from Three Days Grace third album, Life Starts Now. The single was released on September 1, 2009 at 6:45 pm EST for radio play as well as on their website.[1]
Release & chart performance
The song made its North American radio station debut on Ottawa, Ontario's CKQB-FM (Virgin Radio 106.9) on August 31, 2009.[citation needed] It has been charted on the Billboard Hot 100 at #86, on the Billboard Rock Songs at 7, and the Canadian Hot 100 at 26.
Upon its release, the song was made available to be heard on the band's official website.
The song became available at iTunes on September 4, 2009.
Lead guitarist Barry Stock, in an interview with TheDeadbolt.com, explained the meaning behind Break:
"It's really just about if you don't like the situation you're in or what's going on around you, it's entirely up to you to break out of it. That's it. It's pretty much just breaking out and letting loose. You don't have to be stuck in whatever it is you're dealing with. Whether it's good or bad, it's your choice to make a change."[2]
Bassist Brad Walst told the Peterborough Examiner in an interview that "Break is about breaking away from bad influences."[3]
Music video
On September 11, Three Days Grace announced the music video for Break would debut on Yahoo! Music on September 14, 2009.[4] Instead of the initial date, the music video was leaked a day early.
The video, directed by P. R. Brown[citation needed], begins with the band members entering separate rooms that match their clothes' colors (Adam wearing white, Barry in pink, Neil dressed in black, and Brad in grey), and shows four balls, matching the aforementioned colors, in a pendulum-like state. The band begins to perform their parts in these separate rooms as giant fans appear and begin to whir. As the song progresses, floating balls are pulled through the fans and hit each band member, leaving them stained with one of their band-mate's colors. The song ends with them exiting down a hall, the four paint balls following them.
Several effects used include: Via phantom cams, green screens, polymer (which ruined Neil's drums[citation needed]) and water based paint.
Charts
| Chart (2009) | position |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 86[5] |
| Billboard Alternative Songs | 9[5] |
| Billboard Rock Songs | 7[5] |
| Canadian Hot 100 | 26[5] |