The Fray Is An American Rock Band From Denver Colorado. Formed In 2002 By Schoolmates Isaac Slade And Joe King They Achieved Success With The Release Of Their Debut Album How To Save A Life In 2005 Which Was Certified Double Platinum By The RIAA And Platinum In Australia Canada New Zealand And The UK. The Fray Achieved National Success With Their First Single "Over My Head Cable Car" Which Became A Top Ten Hit In The United States. The Release Of Their Second Single "How To Save A Life" Brought The Band Worldwide Fame. The Song Charted In The Top Three Of The Billboard Hot 100 And Was A Top 5 Single In Australia Canada Ireland Italy Spain Sweden And The United Kingdom.
The Group's Self-Titled Second Album Released In 2009 Debuted At Number One On The Billboard Charts And Was Certified Gold In The United States Australia And Canada. It Was Also Nominated For A Grammy Award For Best Pop Vocal Album In 2010. While Both Albums Were Commercially Successful Critical Reception Was Mixed. The Fray Was Ranked No. 84 On Billboard's "Artists Of The Decade" List. Their Third Album Scars & Stories Released In 2012 Achieved Moderate Commercial Success Debuting And Peaking At Number Four On The Billboard 200. The Album Again Received Mixed Reviews From Critics. The Band's Fourth Album Helios Was Released In February 2014. The Band's Compilation Album Through The Years The Best Of The Fray Was Released In November 2016.
The Fray's Use Of The Piano As The Lead Instrument In Their Music Has Led Critics To Compare The Band With English Piano-Driven Bands Such As Coldplay And Keane. However The Band Lists Its Influences As The Wallflowers Counting Crows Better Than Ezra And U2. . User-Contributed Text Is Available Under The Creative Commons By-SA License Additional Terms May Apply.
Guitarist Joe King Penned This Track During The Fray's European Tour For Their Eponymous Sophomore Album In Zurich. He Told The Story Of The Song To Denver Westword "We Had Just Gotten In. This Was During The Second Record Tour. I Hadn't Been Home For A Good Couple Of Months And Literally I Just Got To My Room - It Was Pouring Outside I'd Been In A Plane All Day Cooped Up In Plane And I Was Tired But I Didn't Want To Just Stay In The Room. Another Cold Hotel Room With Modern Lamps And TVs Mounted On The Walls. I Was Just So Annoyed About Where I Was At Physically. So Being In A Beautiful City I Decided To Go Outside And Walk In The Rain And So I Just Got Outside And Pretty Much I Felt Like I Was The Only One Out In The City. It Was Probably Eleven At Night I Was Walking Through The Alleyways And Streets Of Zurich Soaking Wet. I Got Back To The Room And Started Writing. I Was Missing Home And Missing Feeling. I Felt Like I Was Dried Up And So I Kind Of Started Messing Around With This Song. I Was Also Missing My Honey At That Time. I Was Wanting Her And Couldn't Be With Her And So There's This Element Of Desire In The Song Of This Need That's Unmet That I Cannot Meet And What That Was Doing To Me. So I Just Kind Of Captured That Night With This One."