Someday (Nickelback song)
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| Single by Nickelback | ||||||||
| from the album The Long Road | ||||||||
| Released |
August 5, 2003 (U.S.) |
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| Format | CD | |||||||
| Recorded | 2003 | |||||||
| Genre | Alternative rock, post-grunge | |||||||
| Length | 3:29 (Album Version) 3:15 (Single Version) |
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| Label | Roadrunner | |||||||
| Certification | Gold (RIAA) | |||||||
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"Someday" is the title of a song recorded by Canadian rock band Nickelback. It was released in August 2003 as the lead single from their 2003 album The Long Road. It reached #1 in Canada for three weeks and #7 in the United States. It also charted in the Top 10 of the UK singles chart, where it peaked at #6. The song has been criticized by many for sounding similar to the band's #1 hit, "How You Remind Me", having the same structure and style, although a musicologist has investigated the two songs and found out they have a different melody.[1]
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[edit] Content
The lyrics chronicle a failed relationship; the singer talks about how a relationship failed and he wonders "how the hell'd we wind up like this". He wishes that they could discuss their issues instead of breaking up.
[edit] Music video
In the music video, we get the same impression that the song is about a failed relationship: a woman bursts into tears after reading a newspaper with someone who appears to be her boyfriend close by her side. As she leaves the house with a suitcase (echoing the lyrics "I wish you'd [...] unpack your suitcase"), we can see the boyfriend stepping into spilled milk without leaving any traces or footprints. Later in the street, the woman leaves crying in her car while the boyfriend is apparently trying to convince her to come back, but she doesn't notice him and just cries more. She drives off and as she looks into her rear-view mirror, she can only see an empty street where her boyfriend was standing only seconds ago. The boyfriend chases her through the street and catches up to her car but only to witness a semi-truck crashing into it at the last second, killing her in front of his eyes. Her spirit resurrects and she can be seen walking from the crowd of spectators to her boyfriend and smiling. The two reunite with tearful hugs and they walk away together. As they pass a newspaper vending machine, the news reveals that it was her boyfriend who died in another accident the day before (presumably a bridge accident). Therefore it can be said that the reason nobody can see, hear, or notice him is because he was just a spirit from the previous accident at the time. Meanwhile, the band is playing in a mysterious room near a glass window.
On the iTunes version, the woman walks away from the accident alive and unharmed instead of a ghost of her. The man then hugs her from behind, but she walks away from him and he disappears.
The song appears on the game Karaoke Revolution Volume 3 and on Cold Case TV series in Season 4 episode Saving Sammy.
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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| Australian Singles Chart | 4 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 11 |
| Belgian Singles Chart | 31 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Dutch Top 40 | 9 |
| French Singles Chart | 61 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 9 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 9 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 9 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 14 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 6 |
| UK Singles Chart | 6 |
| UK Rock Chart | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2] | 7 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop Songs[3] | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Pop Songs[2] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs[2] | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[2] | 2 |
| Preceded by "Bridge over Troubled Water" by Clay Aiken |
Canadian number-one single September 27, 2003 |
Succeeded by "Something More" by Ryan Malcolm |
| Preceded by "Bring Me to Life" by Evanescence featuring Paul McCoy |
UK Rock Chart number-one single September 20, 2003 |
Succeeded by "I Believe in a Little Thing Called Love" by The Darkness |
| Preceded by "The First Cut Is the Deepest" by Sheryl Crow |
Billboard Adult Top 40 number-one single March 20, 2004 |
Succeeded by "My Immortal" by Evanescence |
[edit] Track listing
Maxi-Single
- "Someday" (Album version) - 3:25
- "Slow Motion" - 3:32
- "Someday" (Acoustic) - 3:23
CD Single
- "Someday" (Single version) - 3:13
- "Someday" (Album version) - 3:25
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4258547
- ^ a b c d http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p410589/charts-awards/billboard-singles
- ^ "Error: no
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