"Save Me" is a song by American rock band Shinedown. The song was released as the first single in promotion of the band's second studio album, Us and Them. "Save Me" was the theme song for WWE's No Mercy 2005 pay-per-view event, and is their second most commercially successful single to date, reaching number one on the U.S. mainstream rock chart (and remaining there for 12 weeks). It is also Shinedown's third-highest charting song on the Billboard Hot 100 (behind "Second Chance" (number 7) and "If You Only Knew" (number 42), peaking at number 72.
| "Save Me" | ||||
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| Single by Shinedown | ||||
| from the album Us and Them | ||||
| Released | August 23, 2005[1] | |||
| Length | 3:33 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
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| Producer(s) | Tony Battaglia | |||
| Shinedown singles chronology | ||||
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The foundations of the song date back to the mid-1990s, when the band's singer Brent Smith was just 16 years old and beginning to make demo tracks.[2]
At the time the single was released to radio, the band was still working to complete the album which had not yet been mixed or mastered. According to Smith, "when the first single, 'Save Me', hit the radio, I still hadn't written lyrics for four of the songs nor had sung four others on the album. I was in the studio working my ass off to get finished".[3]
Background
editIn 2011, singer Brent Smith said, “‘Save Me’ is a song about how people will take on everyone else’s problems and issues. When they put that much pressure on themselves, they’re going to hit a wall eventually. A person in my life saw me go through the darkest times in life. They picked me up. Eventually they had that dark time and I had to pick them up.”[4]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Save Me" | 3:34 |
Charts
edit| Chart (2005-06) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada (Jam!)[5] | 67 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[6] | 72 |
| US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[7] | 2 |
| US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[8] | 1 |
Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United States (RIAA)[9] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
edit- ^ "FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock". Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated. Archived from the original on March 22, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
- ^ Band's first glimmers found in Knoxville
- ^ 411Mania Interview Archived 2012-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Erickson, Anne (February 26, 2011). "INTERVIEW: Shinedown vocalist Brent Smith". Audio Ink Radio. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
- ^ Canadian Singles Chart 2 March 2006[usurped]
- ^ "Shinedown Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
- ^ "Shinedown Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
- ^ "Shinedown Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
- ^ "American single certifications – Shinedown – Save Me". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
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