ARTICLE: The Fray - Anatomy Of A Hit
November 13th, 2006 |
Articles | Source: CMWired.com (255)
Ben Wysocki proffers several explanations — none of them very convincing — for why the Fray’s latest single, “How to Save a Life,” has become even bigger than summer’s “Over My Head (Cable Car).” Finally, the drummer for the Denver piano-rock band laughs and gives in to the obvious. “It might just be ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ that made it a bigger hit,” he says in a phone interview from a St. Louis theater parking lot.
Bingo! Fact is, after the video for “How to Save a Life” was shown on the top-rated show’s season premiere, it raced to No. 3 on Billboard’s Hot 100, eclipsing “Over My Head’s” peak at No. 8. […read more]



