Failure (Breaking Benjamin song)

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"Failure"
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Single by Breaking Benjamin
from the album Dark Before Dawn
ReleasedMarch 23, 2015 (2015-03-23)
Genre
Length3:35
Label Hollywood
Songwriter(s) Benjamin Burnley
Producer(s) Benjamin Burnley
Breaking Benjamin singles chronology
"Blow Me Away"
(2010)
"Failure"
(2015)
"Angels Fall"
(2015)
Music video
"Failure" on YouTube

"Failure" is a song by American rock band Breaking Benjamin. The song was released on March 23, 2015 as the lead single on the band's fifth studio album, Dark Before Dawn . The track marks the band's first release since the start of an extended hiatus entered upon in mid-2010, and is also the first recording to feature a different lineup alongside singer, writer, and guitarist Benjamin Burnley. The track is their third single to reach No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, after "Breath" (2006) and "I Will Not Bow" (2009), and spent nine weeks there. [1] On January 9, 2017, the single was certified Gold by the RIAA.

Contents

Music

Loudwire's Chad Childers stated the song is "stylistically true" to the band's past content, [2] and Dominique Kollie of Moargeek said "the song features the band's signature sound of metal-driven riffs coupled with soft hooks that maintain its angst-filled energy." [3] At MusicSnake, it is stated as "sure to catch the interest of alternative rock fans". [4] Metal Insider's Bran Teitelman associates the song with "the band's melodic mainstream hard rock". [5]

Release

On March 12, 2015, Breaking Benjamin released a 15-second teaser of "Failure", [6] though its name was not confirmed until March 18, when it was formally announced via K-SHE '95. [7] On March 23, it became available as an automatic download with the pre-order of Dark Before Dawn, [8] but was also dispersed via rock radio and other media. [7] A lyric video and official music video for the song was released via Vevo on May 15 and June 26, respectively. [9] [10] [11]

Personnel

Band
Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [18] Gold500,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

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

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