"Not Your Fault" is a song by American alternative rock band Awolnation. It was written by frontman Aaron Bruno and recorded by the band for their debut studio album Megalithic Symphony, where it appears as the twelfth track. "Not Your Fault" was released to American modern rock radio on October 17, 2011, and was also released as a single in the United Kingdom and Bosnia on February 26, 2012. The single peaked at numbers three and eleven on the US Billboard Alternative Songs and Rock Songs charts, respectively.

Music video

The music video for "Not Your Fault" utilizes pixilation, clay animation and stop motion, similar to Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" and the animation style of Dino Stamatopoulos. In the video, frontman Aaron Bruno is shown singing the song as he and his band—in clay animation style—trying to defeat monsters. Bruno is also shown attracting a girl and saving her in the process. A 3D version of the music video was also featured in the Nintendo 3DS video service Nintendo Video.

Track listing

Digital download[1]
No.TitleLength
1."Not Your Fault"4:02
2."Sail" (LED Remix)4:30

Personnel

Sourced from the original album liner notes.

Awolnation

  • Aaron Bruno – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, synth-bass, drums

Additional Musicians

  • Jimmy Messer - electric guitar
  • Billy Mohler - bass guitar

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[5] Gold 40,000*
United States (RIAA)[6] Gold 500,000

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Country Date Format Label
United States[7][8] October 17, 2011 Modern rock radio Red Bull Records
November 28, 2011 Submodern rock radio
Bosnia and Herzegovina[9] February 26, 2012 Digital download
United Kingdom[1]

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