2006Released
4:22

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Interesting facts and trivia about How To Save A Life. By Songfacts®.

In an interview with USA Today, lead singer Isaac Slade explained that he wrote this song about an experience he had working at a camp for troubled youths: "One of the kids I was paired up with was a musician. Here I was, a protected suburbanite, and he was just 17 and had all these problems. And no one could write a manual on how to save him. I got a lot of email about it. One kid died in a car accident, and I guess it had been the last song he downloaded from his computer. They played it at his funeral, and some of his friends got 'Save A Life' tattooed on their arms. The response has been overwhelming."

In the February 2007 Observer Music Monthly, Slade said: "I still get an incredible number of emails about that song. We've got friends who think it's great not having to think because they're drunk or high. But there's a better way to be happy."

The Fray is comprised of devout Christians, and this song certainly has some religious subtext, with specific references to God: And I pray to God he hears you The Christian music community embraced the song, sending it to #4 on the Christian Songs chart, but it wasn't marketed as a religious song and was also a hit in the secular community - it made #3 on the Hot 100 and was also a #1 Adult Contemporary hit.

Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of How To Save A Life.
A♯Key
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
122BPM

Album

The album How To Save A Life is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released How To Save A Life.
Hollywood Records
(C) 2006 Touchstone TelevisionThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 2006 EMI Records Ltd
(P) 2006 The copyright in this compilation is owned by Hollywood Records Inc under exclusive licence to EMI Records Ltd

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