I Am Machine

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"I Am Machine"
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Single by Three Days Grace
from the album Human
ReleasedSeptember 30, 2014
Recorded2013-2014
GenreAlternative metal
Length3:20
LabelRCA
Songwriters
ProducerGavin Brown
Three Days Grace singles chronology
"Painkiller"
(2014) 		"I Am Machine"
(2014) 		"Human Race"
(2015)
Music video
"I Am Machine" (lyric video) on YouTube

"I Am Machine" is a song by Canadian rock band Three Days Grace. The song was released as a single on September 30, 2014. It is the second single from the band's fifth studio album Human.[1] The song became the group's thirteenth number-one on the Active Rock charts,[2] as well as their twelfth on the US Mainstream Rock chart.[3]

Background

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Guitarist Barry Stock told Guitar World that the song is about, "a feeling we all have from time to time." He further elaborated stating, "Everyone is stuck in technology these days with our heads stuck down on our phones. We're all guilty of that to some degree. The song is really about the idea that sometimes you just have to lift your head up and look around and see how beautiful things are."[4]

Composition

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"I Am Machine" was written by Johnny Andrews, Neil Sanderson, Matt Walst, Barry Stock and Brad Walst while production was handled by Gavin Brown who also co-wrote the song.[5] Sanderson described the track as "one of the heaviest things" they've played.[6]

Lyric video

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A lyric video for the song was released on their YouTube and Vevo channel on September 28, 2014.[7] The video includes the band recording the song, while lyrics are shown over the video.[8]

Accolades

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The song was nominated for Rock Song of the Year at the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Awards.[9] Billboard ranked the song at number 91 on their "Greatest of All Time Mainstream Rock Songs" list.[10]

Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications and sales for "I Am Machine"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[17] Gold 40,000‡
United States (RIAA)[18] 2× Platinum 2,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Release dates and formats for "I Am Machine"
Region Date Format Label Ref(s).
Various September 30, 2014 Digital download RCA [19]
United States October 7, 2014 Mainstream rock [20]

References

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