The song became the group's third single to sell 2 million downloads in the United States, after "How to Save a Life" and "Over My Head (Cable Car)".

[4] It has sold 3.6 million copies in the US as of February 2015, making it one of the most downloaded rock songs.

[10] Prior to its official release, the song was first performed live on November 9, 2007, where it was known as "Amistad" and featured slightly darker lyrics from the final version.

[11] In a Reuters article about the album, Slade stated that the lyrics for "You Found Me" were written in 2007, and that the song asks about the problem of evil, why bad things happen to good people, after some of their friends and family went through very tough times.

I just imagined running into God standing on a street corner like Bruce Springsteen, smoking a cigarette, and I'd have it out with Him.

On February 7, 2009, issue of Billboard magazine, the single jumped to number eight on the strength of a 91% digital single sales increase from the previous week and steady airplay gains on several radio formats, becoming the Fray's third and most recent Billboard Hot 100 top ten hit after "Over My Head (Cable Car)" and "How to Save a Life".

It marks the Fray's first ever number-one song in Australia and second top-ten hit after "How to Save a Life".

50 for the week starting November 28, 2011, on the back of The X Factor Australia runner-up Andrew Wishart collaborated with the Fray on the show's grand finale.

The track was originally covered for BBC Radio 1's compilation album, Radio 1 Established 1967, in which 40 artists were asked to cover a song for each year from 1967 to 2007 to celebrate the station's 40th anniversary.

[16][17] The video was shot in Chicago with Josh Forbes as the director and premiered on January 10, 2009, on VH1 and on the VH1 website.