Desperate Measures (song)

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"Desperate Measures"
Desperate Measures MTrench.jpeg
Single by Marianas Trench
from the album Ever After
ReleasedJuly 4, 2012 (2012-07-04)
Genre
Length3:45
Label 604
Songwriter(s) Josh Ramsay
Producer(s) Josh Ramsay
Marianas Trench singles chronology
"Fallout"
(2011)
"Desperate Measures"
(2012)
"Stutter"
(2012)

"Desperate Measures" is a song recorded by Canadian pop rock band Marianas Trench. It was released on July 4, 2012, as the third single on their third studio album Ever After . [1] The song peaked on the Canadian Hot 100 chart at number 20 on the week of August 11, 2012 and was certified triple platinum in Canada in March 2023. [2] [3]

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Background

The track was written and produced by Josh Ramsay. [4] MTV describes "Desperate Measures" as a power pop song. [5] The song earned 2 nominations at the 2013 MuchMusic Video Awards for "Video of the Year" and "Pop Video of the Year" and they performed the song live at the award show. [6]

Awards and nominations

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2013"Desperate Measures" MMVAs Video of the YearNominated [7]
2013"Desperate Measures" MMVAs Pop Video of the YearWon [8]

Music video

The music video for "Desperate Measures" was released on July 4, 2012. [9] It was directed by Kyle Davison [10] and it is the follow-up from the "Fallout" music video of a five-video storyline accompanying the backstory of their album Ever After . [11]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [3] 3× Platinum240,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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