Animals (Nickelback song)

"Animals"
Single by Nickelback
from the album All the Right Reasons
Released	November 8, 2005 (U.S. rock radio)
Format	Radio single
Recorded	2005 in Abbotsford, BC, Canada
Genre	Hard rock
Length	3:06
Label	Roadrunner
Writer(s)	Chad Kroeger, Nickelback
Nickelback singles chronology
"Photograph" (2005) "Animals" (2005) "Savin' Me" (2006)

"Animals" is the title of a song recorded by Canadian rock band Nickelback. It was released in November 2005 as the second single from their fifth studio album All the Right Reasons. The song was recently played at the 2011 Tribute to The Troops.

Content

The song is about a guy (presumably a teenager) who picks up his girlfriend. They proceed to have oral sex in the car acting wild like "animals," until the girl's father catches them in the act at the end of the song. It can be compared with one of the band's previous singles, "Figured You Out," in that it contains strong sexual overtones, generic chord progressions, and metaphors.

Chart performance

The song was a U.S. and Australian radio only single, therefore a music video was not made. It did considerably well for a radio only single, hitting #1 on the Mainstream rock chart and holding it for 6 weeks, #16 on the Modern rock chart, and even managing to chart on the Hot 100 at #97. In Australia the single managed to rise to #27.

The single cover is a nod to the cover of Faith No More's EP Songs to Make Love To.

Track listing

CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Animals"	3:03
2.	"Animals" (live)	3:50
3.	"Follow You Home" (live)	4:21

Charts

Chart (2005–06)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	27
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	97
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	1
U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs	16

Preceded by "Save Me" by Shinedown

Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks number-one single February 11, 2006 - March 18, 2006

Succeeded by "Speak" by Godsmack