"I Am Machine" is a song by Canadian

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. The song was released as a single on September 30, 2014. It is the second single from the band's fifth studio album ''

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''. The song became the group's thirteenth number-one on the

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charts, as well as their twelfth on the US

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chart.

Background

Guitarist

Barry Stock Barry James Stock (born April 24, 1974) is a Canadian musician. He is the lead guitarist of the Canadian rock band Three Days Grace. Early life Stock was born in Belgium and was raised in Norwood, Ontario. At a young age, Stock was introduced ...

told ''

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'' 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."

Composition

"I Am Machine" was written by Johnny Andrews,

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, Barry Stock and

Brad Walst Brad Walst (born February 17, 1977) is a Canadian musician. He is the bassist and a founding member of the rock band Three Days Grace, which also includes his younger brother Matt. As of 2022, Three Days Grace has sold over 10 million albums a ...

while production was handled by Gavin Brown who also co-wrote the song. Sanderson described the track as "one of the heaviest things" they've played.

Lyric video

A lyric video for the song was released on their

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channel on September 28, 2014. The video includes the band recording the song, while lyrics are shown over the video.

Accolades

The song was nominated for Rock Song of the Year at the 2016

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'' ranked the song at number 91 on their "Greatest of All Time Mainstream Rock Songs" list.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

All-time charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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