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“Just Like You” by Three Days Grace

From the EP Rolling Stone Original (2003)

“Just Like You” by Three Days Grace appears on 29 radio countdowns from 20 stations between 2003 and 2026. It was first released in 2003 on the EP Rolling Stone Original. Its best result is #6 on the Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #29 alternative song of 2004, #2,981 alternative song of all time and #221 of the '00s.

29countdowns
20stations
#6best position
0#1 finishes
3top 10 finishes
2003–2026years charted

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Three Days Grace - Just Like You (Official Video)

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"Just Like You" was the second single from Three Days Grace's debut album, released in 2004, and that August it gave the Canadian band their first number-one hits on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts. Adam Gontier, Neil Sanderson and Brad Walst wrote it with Gavin Brown, and it's a snarling kiss-off to anyone who tries to script your life.

Gontier explained that the band grew up watching friends get pushed by their parents into jobs they never chose, and the song is about refusing to be shoved around. The music matches the message: a grinding, mid-tempo stomp in A minor, heavy on grit and built for yelling along. Rock radio agreed, handing it a Song of the Year nomination at the 2005 Radio Music Awards and, by 2006, some 200,000 spins.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

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Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2003 84 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2003 89
2003 93 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2003 102
2004 72 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2004 107
2004 17 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 101
2004 9 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2004 100
2004 18 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2004 93
2004 28 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2004 99
2004 19 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2004 102
2004 7 CHOI Radio X Quebec City, QC CHOI Top 98 Songs of 2004 98
2004 92 The Bear Ottawa, ON The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2004 107
2004 20 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2004 99
2004 15 WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2004 106
2004 18 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2004 105
2004 32 99X Atlanta, GA 99X Essential 99 of 2004 99
2004 40 WHTG Monmouth-Ocean, NJ G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2004 106
2004 16 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2004 50
2004 6 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2004 100
2005 246 ModernRock.com Online ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 400

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2005 720 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2009 92 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of All-Time (2009) 200
2010 116 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 New Rock Songs of the Millennium 200
2010 142 94.1 The Zone 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade 210
2011 35 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of the 2000s 102
2014 304 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 332 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 408 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2022 449 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2023 413 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2026 373 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500

Charting alongside it in 2004

Best songs of 2004 →
  1. 1Somebody Told MeThe Killers
  2. 2American IdiotGreen Day
  3. 3Float OnModest Mouse
  4. 4Take Me OutFranz Ferdinand
  5. 5VertigoU2
  6. 6MegalomaniacIncubus

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