Background
The song was initially written and recorded by the band for band's fourth studio album Amaryllis (2012). [2] While the song did not make the cut for the album, frontman Brent Smith noted that he always expected to release it to the public at some point, noting that it "meant a great deal" to him. [2] The band decided to release the song on March 24, 2020, as part of a plan to raise money in support of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] The efforts were deemed a success by the band, who announced that the song, along with a t-shirt bundle, had raised over $300,000 in approximately two months. [3] Initially only available to those who donated, on May 22, 2020, the band released the song as a formal, non-album single, and made it widely available for purchase and streaming. [4] A music video was released as well. [5] In August 2020, the song topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart. The song was the band's sixteenth song to top the chart, making Shinedown the band with the most number ones on the chart in its almost 40 years of existence, having previously been tied with Three Days Grace. [6]
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