Love Don't Die

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"Love Don't Die"
Love Don't Die.jpg
Single by the Fray
from the album Helios
ReleasedOctober 15, 2013 [1]
Recorded2013
Genre
Length3:03
Label Epic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
The Fray singles chronology
"Run for Your Life"
(2012)
"Love Don't Die"
(2013)
"Hurricane"
(2014)

"Love Don't Die" is a song recorded by American pop-rock band the Fray. It was released on December 12, 2013, as the first single from their fourth album Helios . The band premiered the song while performing in various concerts in the United States during October 2013. [1] [2] The song was released for airplay on October 15, 2013, [3] and was released for download in the United States on iTunes on October 21, 2013. [3] The song is used in a commercial for the Samsung Gear Fit [4] and commercial for CSI:Las Vegas S15 (only available in AXN Asia).[ citation needed ]

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Music video

The music video for the single was released on December 6, 2013. It features the guest star Candice King from The Vampire Diaries, Joe King's then-wife, and holds its setting at a bar. In the video, a stranger begins to harass Candice, so guitarist Joe King initiates a fight. The fight progresses and comes to include the entire band, and ends when the band escapes the bar on motorcycles. The video is heavily inspired by a scene from The Blues Brothers in which similar proceedings in bar take place.

Live performances

"Love Don't Die" was performed on October 22, 2013, on NBC's Today Show. [5]

Chart performance

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [16] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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