"Riot" is the fourth and final single from the album ''

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. It peaked at number 65 in Canada, and number 12 and 21 on the US

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and

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charts respectively. To date, this is the band's only single to miss the top ten on the former chart. Despite this, the single was certified Platinum in both Canada and the United States respectively.

Background

The song is about protesting against the negative things in life and was inspired by vocalist

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's anger when he was in rehab for

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addiction. The song was also featured in the

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'' along with "

Animal I Have Become "Animal I Have Become" is a song by Canadian rock band Three Days Grace. It was released on April 10, 2006, as the first single from their second studio album, ''One-X''. The song was released digitally on April 18, 2006. The song spent seven ...

" as an edited version. It is one of only a few songs by the band to feature profanity. During radio play, the line "If you feel so filthy, so dirty, so fucked up", "fucked" is replaced with "messed", and in the ''

'' video game, the word "fuck" in that line is backmasked so that it sounds somewhat like "if you feel so filthy, so dirty, so huffed up".

Personnel

– lead vocals, rhythm guitar * Barry Stock – lead guitar *

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– bass *

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– drums, backing vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{Three Days Grace Three Days Grace songs 2007 singles 2006 songs Songs written by Adam Gontier Jive Records singles Songs about drugs