Song · Three Days Grace
“World So Cold” by Three Days Grace
From the album Life Starts Now (2009)
“World So Cold” by Three Days Grace appears on 13 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 2009 and 2011. It was first released in 2009 on the album Life Starts Now. Its best result is #16 on the 94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #60 alternative song of 2010 and #194 of the '10s.
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"World So Cold" was the third single from Life Starts Now, Three Days Grace's 2009 album, and it reached radio on August 3, 2010. Adam Gontier sings lead and had a hand in the writing, and he called it one of the most personal songs he'd made: it's about how fast everything shifts when someone you love, someone who's been around forever, is suddenly gone without warning, and about living with that afterwards. Howard Benson produced it, and it churns along in C minor at 140 beats per minute, grief turned into alt-metal muscle.
Rock radio answered. It entered Billboard's Rock Songs chart at 50 and went on to hit number one on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. A piano version turned up on the Japanese edition of the album and on the download single for "Lost in You".
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 94 | X103.9 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA | X103.9 Top Songs of 2009 | 103 |
| 2010 | 24 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2010 | 101 |
| 2010 | 21 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2010 | 89 |
| 2010 | 59 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2010 | 102 |
| 2010 | 26 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2010 | 99 |
| 2010 | 32 | 90.5 WERG Erie, PA | WERG Top 90 of 2010 | 90 |
| 2010 | 35 | 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT | 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2010 | 99 |
| 2010 | 71 | 89.7 The River Omaha, NE / Council Bluffs, IA | 89.7 The River Top 89 of 2010 | 89 |
| 2010 | 56 | 94.1 The Zone Rochester, NY | 94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2010 | 91 |
| 2010 | 24 | 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO | 105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2010 | 105 |
| 2010 | 61 | 94.5 The Buzz Houston, TX | 94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2010 | 94 |
| 2011 | 16 | 94.5 The Buzz Houston, TX | 94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2011 | 94 |
| 2011 | 60 | 98KUPD Phoenix, AZ | 98KUPD Top 98 of 2011 | 98 |
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