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How to Save a Life
The Fray
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- Album
- How To Save A Life
- Released
- 2005
- Genres
- Length
- 4:23
- Tempo
- 122 BPM
- Label
- Epic
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About this song
The second single and title track from The Fray's debut album. The song draws on lead singer Isaac Slade's experience at a shelter for troubled teens, where he was paired with one young man during a weekend retreat.
What it's about
The song is about the story of a young man whose choices put his relationships at risk and eventually cost him those relationships. Slade related that story to his own history of threatening the relationships in his life.
Fun facts
- Samples “Fate by Li Splatt”.
- Sampled in 15 other songs, like “MAD RAT NIRVANA by Chongo”.
- Covered 24 times, including “How to Save a Life by KIDZ BOP Kids”.
- Written by Joe King and Isaac Slade.
- Produced by Aaron Johnson and Mike Flynn.