- Animal I Have Become
Single infobox
Name = Animal I Have Become
Artist =Three Days Grace
from Album =One-X
Released =March 31 ,2006
Format =CD single ,Digital download
Genre =Hard rock
Length = 3:51
Label = Jive
Writer =Barry Stock ,Adam Gontier
Certification = 222
Last single = "Wake Up"
(2005)
This single = "Animal I Have Become"
(2006)
Next single = "Pain" (2006)"Animal I Have Become" is the first single from
Three Days Grace 's second studioalbum , "One-X ". Unlike most singles, "Animal I Have Become" wasn't released in stores, and only had one track.The video, directed by
Dean Karr , features singerAdam Gontier as the main character. Gontier is seen looking into mirrors, and other reflective objects, seeing himself as a monster. Gontier has stated that while addicted to the painkillerOxyContin , he had become abusive and angry and had no idea who he was anymore. He wrote "Animal I Have Become" while in rehab for his addiction. [ [http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Lowdown/2007/03/30/3871210-ca.html CANOE - JAM! Music - Karen Bliss's Lowdown: Insider Canadian music news: 3DG doc aims to help addicts ] ] The song is featured on the video gameWWE Smackdown vs Raw 2007 , and song stayed on US mainstream rock for 7 weeks at #1 and 3 weeks at #1 on the modern rock chart. fact|date=January 2008Versions
Both "Animal I Have Become" and "Pain" have been released in acoustic formats and are available on online music stores like
iTunes .Music Video
The music video for "Animal I Have Become" features a man (Gontier) walking through various places, including a street where he pushes through everyone in front of him, as well as seeing his reflection as a monstrous entity with deathly eyes and a gaping hole with menacing teeth for a mouth twice. It ends with him meeting a woman in a bar, only to find her looking just like the monstrous entity. He then proceeds to overturn a table and throw a chair at a mirror. The man finds out it was all a dream. During the video, clips of the band playing are featured.
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