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Shinedown
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- Album
- Leave a Whisper
- Released
- 2003
- Genres
- post-grunge, alternative metal, rock
- Length
- 4:10
- Tempo
- 152 BPM
- Label
- Atlantic Records
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About this song
"45" is a track from Shinedown's 2003 album Leave A Whisper. Lead singer Brent Smith spoke to Foundry Music about the song.
What it's about
Many listeners take the song to be about suicide, but Brent Smith says it is about hope and fighting against the odds. He describes it as being about the day someone decides to become comfortable in their own skin and to make themselves happy first.
Summary written with AI, based on the song's page on Genius.
Fun facts
- Sampled in 1 other song, like “45 by Berner (Ft. The Jacka)”.
- Written by Brent Smith and Tony Battaglia.
- Produced by Tony Battaglia.