"World So Cold" is the third single released from Three Days Grace's 2009 album, Life Starts Now. The song was released for radio airplay on August 3, 2010. The single debuted on the Billboard Rock Songs chart at number 50 and has reached number one on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
Composition "World So Cold" was written by Adam Gontier and produced by Howard Benson. The song runs at 140 BPM and is in the key of C minor. It runs for four minutes and three seconds.
Gontier said the song was one of the most personal tracks for him and stated the overall meaning is about "how your world changes so quickly when somebody you love or somebody who's been in your life for so long disappears, and you don't really see it coming. It's about dealing with that."
"World So Cold (piano version)" was released on the Japanese edition of Life Starts Now and on the downloadable single for "Lost in You".
Critical reception Evigshed.com gave the song a positive review, writing, "The intro starts with an interesting original distortion guitar work, following by the awesome drums section. Then, the vocals come with the first already catchy verse singing by Adam [...] The lyrics are poetic, very sad and moving. Anyway, the most beautiful songs come from heart. Adam is an excellent songwriter who takes you into his soul through his lyrics. He also showcases another facet of his vocal talents very captivating."
Accolades +Accolades for "World So Cold" Publication Country Accolade Year Rank Chart Attack Canada Best Song 2010 3
Personnel Credits for "World So Cold" adapted from album's liner notes.
Three Days Grace Adam Gontier – lead vocals, rhythm guitar Neil Sanderson – drums, keyboards, backing vocals Brad Walst – bass guitar Barry Stock – lead guitar
Production Howard Benson – producer Mike Cashin – assistant engineer Chris Lord-Alge – mixing Hatsukazu "Hatch" Inagaki – engineer Mike Plotnikoff – recording engineer Andrew Schubert – additional engineer Brad Townsend – additional engineer Keith Armstrong – assistant mixing engineer Nik Karpen – assistant mixing engineer Paul DeCarli – editing engineer
Charts
Weekly charts +Weekly chart performance for "World So Cold" Chart (2010–2011) Peakposition Canada Rock (Billboard) 5
Year-end charts +2010 year-end chart performance for "World So Cold" Chart (2010) Position US Mainstream Rock Songs (Billboard) 40 +2011 year-end chart performance for "World So Cold" Chart (2011) Position US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard) 24
Certifications
Release history +Release dates and formats for "World So Cold" RegionDateFormatLabel United States August 3, 2010 Alternative radio Jive Mainstream rock
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