17 Years Later, Breaking Benjamin's Halo 2 Song Goes Platinum

An official soundtrack for Halo 2 was released in 2004 alongside the game. In addition to tracks composed by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori for the sci-fi FPS, the soundtrack featured tunes by famous bands like Breaking Benjamin, Incubus, and Hoobastank.

Breaking Benjamin had arguably the most famous of these, "Blow Me Away." Now, coming up on 17 years after the song's release, the track has reached Platinum status. Per the RIAA's definitions, this means the song has reached 1,000,000 certification units.

"Blow Me Away" becomes Breaking Benjamin's eighth single to reach platinum status. The band also has nine Gold-certified songs for a total of 17 songs to reach either designation. This news was first discovered by and reported on by Loudwire.

The Halo 2 OST also featured the iconic guitarist Steve Vai performing the title track with his own special face-melting rendition. In this incredible video, you can see the first time that Vai laid down the track in the studio for what would become an iconic song for the Halo series.

The next major Halo game on the way is Halo Infinite, which is launching this fall for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC following a delay out of 2020. The first new mainline Halo game since 2015's Halo 5: Guardians, Halo Infinite runs on a new engine and its multiplayer is free to play.