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"My Sacrifice" is a song by American rock band Creed. It was released on October 16, 2001, as the lead single from their third studio album, Weathered.The song peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week of February 9, 2002, and reached number one on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for nine consecutive weeks, beginning in December 2001.
It was soon after this that "My Own Prison" was written. Stapp wrote in his memoir, Sinner's Creed, that in a way, "Grip My Soul" was a prelude to what would become "My Own Prison". [2] [3] As with all Creed songs, the lyrics were composed by Stapp and the music was written entirely by guitarist Mark Tremonti. [4]
On December 2, the band once again performed "My Sacrifice" at the 2001 My VH1 Music Awards and on the December 3, 2001, episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Weathered was released on November 20, 2001, becoming the band's second album to top the charts in the US, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200.
To promote the Weathered album Creed performed "Bullets", along "My Sacrifice", on the November 17, 2001, episode of Saturday Night Live, where they were featured as musical guests. [8] " Bullets" was also played as the opening song during the band's first show of the Weathered tour, an hour special VH1 "Opening Night Live" performance in ...
"One Last Breath" is a song by American rock band Creed. The band's lead vocalist, Scott Stapp, wrote the song over a period of three weeks and recorded at J. Stanley Productions Inc in Ocoee, Florida.
Musically the song has an anthemic and uplifting sound, often drawing comparisons to one of the band's later hit singles, "My Sacrifice". [6] [7] The song is written in the key of D major, with Tremonti playing in drop D tuning and Stapp singing in baritone. [8] [9] "Higher" has been described as post-grunge, [8] hard rock [1] and alternative ...
Creed topped the Billboard 200 again with the release of Weathered in November 2001, [3] which was certified six times platinum by the RIAA. [4] The lead single "My Sacrifice" topped the Mainstream Rock chart and reached number four on the Hot 100, before "One Last Breath" reached the top ten on both charts. [5] [7]
The lyrics, written by Stapp, address his feelings of sadness, bleakness and the pressures that came with living the rock star lifestyle while simultaneously having to conceal his rapidly deteriorating and unraveling mental state at the time from those around him. [8] "Yeah, and I think you could see that clearly in the Weathered album.