"Infra-Red" is a song by Canadian

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. It was the second single from their sixth studio album '' Outsider''. It topped the ''

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chart in September 2018. It became the band's fourteenth song to top the chart.

Background

After releasing "

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" as the first single from their sixth studio album '' Outsider'', the band chose "Infra-Red" as the album's second single. It was released as a single on June 12, 2018. A

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was released on July 9, 2018, with the lyrics displayed in a dark warehouse with red tinges of color. In September 2018, the song topped the ''

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chart, their fourteenth song to do so, surpassing

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for the act with the most number-one songs on the chart since its inception in 1981. While the album version is a full band, electric performance, an acoustic rendition of the song was recorded in April 2018 for Radio.com. The song was written by

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, Gavin Brown,

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 ...

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 ...

Matt Walst Matthew Jean Paul Walst (born December 28, 1982) is a Canadian musician who is the co-lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Three Days Grace, which also includes his older brother Brad as bassist. Before joining Three Days Grace, he ...

, Dan Kanter and Isiah Steinberg. In 2018, the song won the

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Awards for "No. 1 Song of the Year".

Personnel

Three Days Grace *

– lead vocals, rhythm guitar *

– lead guitar *

– bass guitar *

– drums Production * Gavin Brown – producer * Howard Benson – producer * Three Days Grace – producer * Mike Plotnikoff –

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* Chris Lord-Alge – mixing *

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– mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{authority control 2018 singles 2018 songs Three Days Grace songs Songs written by Neil Sanderson Songs written by Barry Stock Songs written by Matt Walst Songs written by Gavin Brown (musician) Songs written by Dan Kanter Song recordings produced by Gavin Brown (musician)