"The High Road"
Single by Three Days Grace
from the album Transit of Venus
ReleasedJanuary 22, 2013
GenreAlternative rock
Length3:13
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Don Gilmore
Three Days Grace singles chronology
"Chalk Outline"
(2012)		 "The High Road"
(2013)		 "Misery Loves My Company"
(2013)

"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]

Commercial performance

It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.[2] This is the band's first song to not enter the top 20 on the Billboard Alternative Songs peaking at No. 24 since "Riot" peaked at No. 21 in 2007.[3] On the week of December 22, 2012, the song entered the Canada Rock chart making it the last song from the band to enter the chart before Adam Gontier's departure in January 2013.[4][5]

Lyric video

A lyric video for the song was released on their YouTube and Vevo channel on January 7, 2013.[6]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[7] 69
Canada Rock (Billboard)[4] 2
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[8] 32
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[9] 14

Year-end charts

Chart (2013) Position
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[10] 72
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[11] 45

Certification

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[12] Gold 40,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ "All Access - Rock Future Releases". All Access Mediabase. January 22, 2013. Archived from the original on January 13, 2013. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Mainstream Rock: Apr 27, 2013". Billboard. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Three Days Grace Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Three Days Grace Chart History (Canada Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  5. ↑ Spencer Kaufman (January 9, 2013). "Singer Adam Gontier Explains Departure From Three Days Grace". Loudwire. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Three Days Grace - The High Road - YouTube". Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Three Days Grace Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Three Days Grace Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Three Days Grace Chart History (Rock Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Hot Rock Songs: Year End 2013". Billboard. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Rock Airplay Songs: Year End 2013". Billboard. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Canadian single certifications – Three Days Grace – The High Road". Music Canada. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
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