Song · Creed
“One Last Breath” by Creed
From the album Weathered (2001)
“One Last Breath” by Creed appears on 10 radio countdowns from 10 stations in 2002. It was first released in 2001 on the album Weathered. Its best result is #17 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #71 alternative song of 2002.
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"One Last Breath" was the third single from Weathered, Creed's third album, from 2001, and it's the band at their most confessional. Scott Stapp worked on the song over three weeks, with Mark Tremonti sharing the music credit, and they recorded it at J. Stanley Productions in Ocoee, Florida. The lyric looks back at past mistakes and reaches out to the friends who want to help, and the music builds from a hushed, brooding verse to a chorus that swells like a tidal wave of post-grunge guitar.
It gave Creed their fourth and final top-10 single on the Hot 100. More than 20 years later, in 2024, streaming listeners rediscovered it, pushing it back into the top 10 of the hard rock charts on those services.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 73 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002 | 107 |
| 2002 | 17 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 | 101 |
| 2002 | 36 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002 | 100 |
| 2002 | 35 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2002 | 89 |
| 2002 | 31 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002 | 100 |
| 2002 | 21 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002 | 106 |
| 2002 | 37 | Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT | WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 2002 | 104 |
| 2002 | 73 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002 | 103 |
| 2002 | 52 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002 | 99 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 941 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
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