Same Damn Life

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"Same Damn Life"
Single by Seether
from the album Isolate and Medicate
Released16 September 2014
Recorded2013–2014
Genre Hard rock
Length3:20
Label Bicycle
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Brendan O'Brien
Seether singles chronology
"Words as Weapons"
(2014)
"Same Damn Life"
(2014)
"Nobody Praying for Me"
(2015)

"Same Damn Life" is a song by South African rock band Seether. It was released on 16 September 2014 as the second single from their sixth studio album Isolate and Medicate .

Contents

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2014–15)Peak
position
Canada Rock ( Billboard ) [1] 2
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 30
US Rock Airplay ( Billboard ) [3] 16

Year-end charts

Chart (2015)Position
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard) [4] 80

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [5] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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References

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  3. "Seether Chart History (Rock Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  4. "Hot Rock Songs – Year-End 2015". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
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