Three Days Grace and the Human Race

Some pop music songs remain in one’s head after you hear it first time. These rock or pop songs then replay automatically in your brain so that you want to listen to them again and again. Until another rocking song captures your attention.

As a music buff, I have a long list of such rock songs. A long list. A cherished list spanning more than 20 years. First heard on radio when there were no CDS, internet, and mp3s.

They include:

• Tom Sawyer – Rush
• Who Made Who – AC/DC
• Hysteria and Photograph – Def Leppard
• Sweet Child of Mine and Welcome to the Jungle – GNR
• Turbo – Judas Priest
• Neon Lights - Kraftwerk

Such songs are always special. Special to that kid 20 years ago.

When I heard the song Human Race by Three Days Grace, I remembered my cherished list of rock songs in a flash and this one belonged to that list. I liked this track from this Canadian rock band with its anthemic quality, good vocals and muted lead guitar solos. And they have a new vocalist in Matt Walst. The song belongs to the band's new album Human released March 2015.

I culled the song from the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart. On the day of writing this, the album is at number 4 on charts. I would rate this track higher than the single Painkiller released on iTunes in 2014.

So, I will listen to the song again until another one displaces it.