SHINEDOWN ON SAVE ME

(VIDEO) Shinedown has one of the most heartfelt songs on the radio these days with “Save Me.”

Shinedown is getting some huge airplay with “Save Me,” the first single off the new album “Us And Them.” The band has been on the road with 3 Doors Down and the song is climbing all three rock charts, Alternative, Rock and Active Rock.

Shinedown vocalist Brent Smith said the song chronicling drug dependency is not so much about the drugs as it is about the strong asking for help.

“‘Save Me’ is about… I think everybody has this kind of person in their life. You know, it’s someone, they take the initiative to deal with what’s around them and they really take care of the people that’s around them and they don’t really focus a lot on themselves. They kind of have an idea that if they take care of everyone else that somehow they’ll be OK. But what they really need to do is take a look at their own life. Even the strongest people that you know will hit a wall once in a while, and everybody has a threshold and a breaking point. It’s just a song about not being ashamed to ask for help. There’s nothing wrong with the fact that sometimes you fall down and it’s OK. You should be able to depend on your friends and your family to help you up. You’re there for them and they should be there for you.”

Shinedown recently performed “Save Me” on the late night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live.

The band will be on the road opening for 3 Doors Down with Alterbridge through November 13 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.