B-side "Sail" (LED Remix) Length 4:03 | Format Digital download | |
Released October 17, 2011 (2011-10-17) Recorded 2010–11 at
Red Bull Recording Studio
(Los Angeles, California) Genre Indie rock
electronic rock | ||
"Not Your Fault" is a song by American electronic rock band Awolnation. It was originally 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.
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Music video
The music video for "Not Your Fault" utilizes pixilation, clay animation and stop motion, similar to Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer". In the video, frontman Aaron Bruno is shown singing the song as he and his band—in clay animation style—try 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.