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.[2] 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."[3] He also said that the song was his favorite off the album.[4] According to bassist Brad Walst,"Never Too Late" was the first track written from One-X.[5] The song was written by Gontier,while production was handled by Howard Benson and Gavin Brown.[6] 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.[7] Gontier's range in the song spans from the notes C4 to B♭5.[7]
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".[8] 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.[9]
The music video was directed by Tony Petrossian and was released in 2007.[10] It was also released to MTV on February 14,2008.[11] The video tells a story about a girl who has a mental breakdown from childhood to adulthood.[12] Gontier stated that the concept was dark but there was a sign of hope towards the end of the video.[citation needed] The music video features an appearance by Gontier's then-wife,Naomi Brewer and actress Matreya Fedor.
Chart performance
"Never Too Late" debuted on the BillboardMainstream Rock chart at number 33.[13] On the week of August 9,2007,the song jumped from number three to number one,to overtake Finger Eleven's "Paralyzer".[14] The song topped the Mainstream Rock chart for seven weeks.[15] The song also peaked at number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[16] 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.[17] 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.[18][19] The song peaked at number 30 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart.[20]
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