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"The Good Life" is a song and the second single from Three Days Grace's 2009 album Life Starts Now. It was released for radio airplay on February 9, 2010.[1] It charted at number 85 on the Canadian Hot 100 before becoming a single. The song hit number one on the Mainstream Rock Tracks[2] and Rock Songs chart and number four on the Alternative Songs chart matching "Break".[3] It was the second most played song on the Active Rock format in 2010.[4]

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"The Good Life"
Single by Three Days Grace
from the album Life Starts Now
Released	February 9, 2010
Genre	Hard rock alternative metal
Length	2:53
Label	Jive
Songwriter(s)	Adam Gontier
Producer(s)	Howard Benson
Three Days Grace singles chronology
"Break" (2009) "The Good Life" (2010) "World So Cold" (2010)

Background

The song was featured on ESPN's Winter X Games XIV,[5] and was also used during the Professional Motocross Freestyle show Nuclear Cowboyz. "The Good Life" was the featured song for the 2010 ACC men's basketball tournament, and also during the 2010 NFL Draft. The song was also performed during a concert of Three Days Grace along series of concerts during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver on February 15, 2010.

Track listing

Promotional single

1. "The Good Life" – 2:52

Music video

The band shot the video with director Michael Maxxis on March 23, 2010.[6] The video was released on April 27, 2010. The video consists of the band performing in a garage, with Adam Gontier wearing a Citizen Cope outfit, with clips of people performing activities, both recreational and with violent overtones. The video ends with a man kissing his wife and leaving for work. In contrast to the clean and professionally shot look of previous music video for "Break", this video is filmed with a handheld camera in a messy, real world environment and makes heavy use of video editing effects and colour grading to look rough and visually vibrant.

Personnel

• Adam Gontier – lead vocals
• Barry Stock – lead guitar
• Brad Walst – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Neil Sanderson – drums, backing vocals

Accolades

Publication	Country	Accolade	Year	Rank
AOL Radio	United States	"Top Alternative Songs of 2009"[7]	2009	1
Alternative Addiction		"Song of the Year"[8]	2010	39

Charts

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[14]	Platinum	1,000,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of Billboard Mainstream Rock number-one songs of the 2010s
• List of number-one Billboard Rock Songs

References

External links

• "The Good Life" Official music video on YouTube

На других языках

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- [en] The Good Life (Three Days Grace song)

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[es] The Good Life

«The Good Life» —en español: «La Buena Vida»— es una canción perteneciente al tercer álbum de estudio titulado Life Starts Now lanzado en 2009 por la banda de metal alternativo, Three Days Grace. Fue lanzado para emisiones de radio el 9 de febrero de 2010. Llegó al #85 en el Canadian Hot 100 antes de convertirse en sencillo, y posteriormente ya como sencillo lideró las listas del Mainstream Rock Tracks y Rock Songs de la revista Billboard. La canción también apareció en los Juegos X de invierno de ESPN XIV, y fue utilizado durante el programa nuclear Cowboyz Profesional Motocross Freestyle . "The Good Life" fue la canción destacada para el Torneo de Baloncesto Masculino 2010 de ACC, y también durante el Draft 2010 de la NFL. La canción también se tocó durante un concierto de Three Days Grace a lo largo de una serie de conciertos durante los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno de 2010 en Vancouver el 15 de febrero de 2010.

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