| "The High Road" | ||||
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| Single by Three Days Grace | ||||
| from the album Transit of Venus | ||||
| Released | January 22, 2013 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 3:13 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Don Gilmore | |||
| Three Days Grace singles chronology | ||||
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"The High Road" is a song by Canadian rock band Three Days Grace, released as the second single from their fourth studio album Transit of Venus on January 22, 2013. [1]
"The High Road" expresses a more affectionate sentiment, with Adam Gontier singing about a relationship gone wrong. [2] A lyric video for the song was released on their YouTube and Vevo channel on January 7, 2013. [3] The song was serviced to rock radio on January 22. [1]
"The High Road" reached number one on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. [4] This is the band's first song to not enter the top 20 on the Billboard Alternative Songs peaking at number 24 since "Riot" peaked at number 21 in 2007. [5] It is also the band's tenth number one on the Active Rock Radio chart, breaking the then-record for most number ones on the chart. [6] On the week of December 22, 2012, the song debuted on the Canada Rock chart at number 50, making it the last song from the band to enter the chart before Gontier's departure in January 2013. [7] [8] The song later peaked at number two on the chart. [9]
Credits for "The High Road" adpated from the album's liner notes. [10]
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada) [16] | Gold | 40,000‡ |
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