How to Save a Life
The Fray
2006
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release/version source checked.
Release: 2005
Release: 2005Source checked | Recent carryover
2005 album recording; single 2006 and initial UK campaign in 2007.
Separately documented single release: 2006. Read the source note for the release region or version.
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How to Save a Life - release / recording history
2005 album recording; single 2006 and initial UK campaign in 2007. Source consulted 2026-10-13; not a complete discographic audit.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
Lead singer Isaac Slade wrote the song after his experience as a mentor to a troubled teenager.
Evidence scope: Attributed owner-supplied note; NOT independently verified songwriter testimony
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 2006.html, position 36
Original annotation, retained with an explicit unverified label
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual recording candidate, not an audio fingerprint or pressing-level verification.
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Sources and scope
Supplied annual selection; independent annual corroboration remains open
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Owner-supplied 2006.html
Supplied annual selection, not independently corroborated.
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