"Never Too Late" | ||||
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Single by Three Days Grace | ||||
from the album One-X | ||||
Released | May 7, 2007 | |||
Studio | ||||
Length | 3:29 | |||
Label | Jive | |||
Songwriter(s) | Adam Gontier | |||
Producer(s) | ||||
Three Days Grace singles chronology | ||||
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Alternative cover | ||||
![]() Deluxe single cover | ||||
Music video | ||||
"Never Too Late" on YouTube |
"Never Too Late" is a song by Canadian rock band Three Days Grace. It was released on May 7,2007,as the third single from the band's second album One-X . [2] Written by Adam Gontier and produced by Howard Benson and Gavin Brown,the song peaked at number 30 on the Canadian Hot 100 and number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100. Additionally,the song topped the US Mainstream Rock chart for seven weeks.
The lyrical content of "Never Too Late" is inspired by feelings of depression,isolation and suicidal ideation,which Adam Gontier,the songwriter and band's lead singer,said was something he experienced and was a song that stood out to him the most from One-X . [3] Explaining about the song,he stated,"I guess it's like feeling like you're at the end of your rope and deciding whether or not to completely give up or whether or not to try and sort of keep making it through another day." [4] He also said that the song was his favorite off the album. [5] According to bassist Brad Walst,"Never Too Late" was the first track written from One-X. [6] The song was written by Gontier,while production was handled by Howard Benson and Gavin Brown. [7] According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com,by Alfred Music Publishing,the track runs at 75 BPM and is in the key of D Minor. [8] Gontier's range in the song spans from the notes C4 to B♭5. [8]
On October 23,2007,Three Days Grace released a single featuring "Never Too Late" and two Clear Channel acoustic recordings of "Pain" and "I Hate Everything About You". [9] On February 12,2008,an EP was released through iTunes containing the album version of "Never Too Late",an acoustic version and the music video. [10]
The song was featured in a promo for the television show Eleventh Hour . [11]
The music video was directed by Tony Petrossian and was released in 2007. [12] It was also released to MTV on February 14,2008. [13] The video tells a story about a girl who has a mental breakdown from childhood to adulthood. [14] Gontier stated that the concept was dark but there was a sign of hope towards the end of the video. [15] The music video features an appearance by Gontier's then-wife,Naomi Brewer and actress Matreya Fedor. [15]
"Never Too Late" debuted on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart at number 33. [16] On the week of August 9,2007,the song jumped from number three to number one,to overtake Finger Eleven's "Paralyzer". [17] The song topped the Mainstream Rock chart for seven weeks. [18] The song also peaked at number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [19] The song reached number two on the Alternative Airplay chart,staying longer than their number one hits at 43 weeks,beating "Animal I Have Become" by two weeks and "Pain" by a hefty 13 weeks. [20] The song is also the band's only cross-over hit to date charting on both the Mainstream Top 40 and Adult Top 40 formats at number 12 and number 13 respectively. [21] [22] The song peaked at number 30 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart. [23]
The song was nominated for two awards at the 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards for "Best Video" and "Best Rock Video". [24] The song won a BDS Certified Spin Award based on the 100,000 spins it received in November 2007. [25] The song was listed in Loudwire's "66 Best Hard Rock Songs of the 21st Century" in 2020. [26]
Year | Organization | Award | Result | Ref(s) |
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2007 | MuchMusic Video Awards | MuchLOUD Best Rock Video | Nominated | [24] |
Best Video | Nominated | |||
BDS Certified Spin Award | 100,000 spins | Won | [25] | |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Never Too Late" | 3:29 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Never Too Late" | 3:35 |
2. | "Pain (Clear Channel stripped version)" | 3:19 |
3. | "I Hate Everything About You (Clear Channel stripped version)" | 6:22 |
4. | "Ringtone" | 0:30 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Never Too Late" | 3:29 |
2. | "Never Too Late (acoustic)" | 3:31 |
3. | "Never Too Late (music video)" | 3:31 |
Credits for "Never Too Late" adapted from AllMusic. [27]
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada) [34] | Platinum | 80,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [35] | Gold | 15,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [36] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format | Version | Label | Ref(s). |
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United States | May 7, 2007 | Alternative radio | Main | Jive | [2] |
Mainstream rock | [37] | ||||
Various | October 23, 2007 | CD | Ringle | [9] | |
United States | Contemporary hit radio | Main | |||
Various | February 12, 2008 | Digital download | EP | [10] | |