"Human Race" is a song by Canadian

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. The song was released on March 23, 2015, as the third single from the band's fifth studio album ''

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Background

In an interview with ''

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'', guitarist

Barry Stock Barry Stock (born April 24, 1974) is the lead guitarist of the Canadian rock band Three Days Grace. Biography Stock joined Three Days Grace in 2003, shortly after the band's self-titled debut studio album was released. Stock's addition in Thre ...

mentioned that "Human Race" was written while the band was on tour. Stock believed the song's inspiration was from the noise and traffic he saw during a drive through

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. The song was nominated for "Rock Song of the Year" at the Loudwire Music Awards in 2015.

Release

An atmospheric version of "Human Race" was released on the deluxe edition of ''Human''.

Music and lyric videos

A lyric video for the song was released on their

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channel on March 23, 2015. The music video was released on May 14, 2015. It was directed by

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References

2015 singles 2015 songs Songs written by Barry Stock Songs written by Neil Sanderson Song recordings produced by Gavin Brown (musician) Three Days Grace songs Music videos directed by Mark Pellington Songs written by Gavin Brown (musician) {{2010s-rock-song-stub