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"If Today Was Your Last Day"
Song

"If Today Was Your Last Day" is the second major single (third overall) from Nickelback's sixth studio album Dark Horse. It was originally planned as the first single, to hit all U.S. radio formats September 30th, 2008,[1][2] but was scrapped as the first single in favour of "Gotta Be Somebody".[3] Instead it was released on March 31, 2009 as the second U.S. single, and it had been released as the third single in Canada from around November 2008. "I'd Come For You" is being released as the second single in Europe in place of "If Today Was Your Last Day", similar to All the Right Reasons when "Far Away" was released in Europe and "Savin' Me" was released in the US and Canada. It was produced by famed rock producer Mutt Lange, who produced the entire album. The song was originally released as a digital download in the U.S. on November 11, where it climbed to #11 on iTunes top selling songs in the U.S. "If Today Was Your Last Day" was released in the UK on the 15th of June. It song was performed live for the very first time on May 22nd at the M.E.N Arena Manchester.

According to Roadrunner Records UK, the song is "dynamically swelling our bank accounts". The song has also apparently been around with Nickelback for a while, but had never been finished. The song received gold certification in Australia. [1]

The lead vocalist/guitarist Chad Kroeger has mentioned the song as his personal favorite from Dark Horse. He had described the middle part of the song as "very motivational, and very positive".[4]

The song features on Kerrang! The Album '09, and is also featured on Now That's What I Call Music! 31 (U.S. series) and Now! 15 (Canadian series).

The song was used for promotional videos in the Winter Olympics in 2010. It will be included in the 2010 movie How To Train Your Dragon soundtrack. But ITS FAKE!!!!.

Music video

The Music video was shot with director Nigel Dick in March 2009. Performance portions of the video were shot at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Nebraska. The other portion was shot in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania outside of the K&A Restaurant. The music video premiered on 23 April. In the video directed by Nigel Dick, a businessman is captured giving away money to those whom he meets on the streets. Two women in New York City are also shown handing out jackets with a tag that reads "Do Whatever It Takes" on its back to people. The video certainly emphasizes the ongoing theme of live each day as if it were your last. Also included in the video is a man on the street appearing stressed by work, arguing on the phone with presumably his boss. After the message is shared, he then places his suitcase in the bin and takes off his work jacket, ready to live each day like it were his last. In addition, the song emphasizes that living each day as if it were your last, means live how you like to live, and not how others tell you to live. It also emphasizes to see your old friends and forgive your enemies.[5]

Charts

On October 2008, "If Today Was Your Last Day" debuted at #35 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. based on downloads only. After its release as an official single, it re-entered the Hot 100 and reached a new peak at #19. It is their second top twenty on the Hot 100 from Dark Horse, and their ninth top twenty on the chart overall. It also charted on on the Pop 100 debuting at #90 and then peaked at #24 before the chart was discontinued, peaked so far at #2 on the Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks, and also peaked at #32 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks. In Canada it debuted at #91 on the Canadian Hot 100 also based on just downloads, and after its physical release in Canada and receiving airplay it made a re-entry on the chart at #67 and would go on to reach #7.

Chart (2008-2010) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 19
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[7] 14
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks[8] 2
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[9] 32
U.S. Billboard Pop 100[10] 24
Canadian Hot 100[11] 7
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[12][13] 26
Dutch Tipparade (Bubbling Under)[14] 19
Swiss Singles Chart[15] 30
German Singles Chart[16] 31
Austrian Singles Chart[17] 31
Swedish Singles Chart[18] 32
UK Singles Chart[19] 64
UK Rock Chart[20] 1
U.S. Billboard Pop Songs 12
U.S. Billboard Radio Songs 23
U.S. Billboard Digital Songs 16
AOL Radio 3
U.S. Billboard Adult Pop Songs 2
Slovak Airplay Chart 58

References

  1. ^ Nickelback Currently Recording New Album Nickelback.com. Accessed September 8, 2008
  2. ^ Nickelback announce new album Roadrunnerrecords.com. Accessed September 21, 2008
  3. ^ Mainstream Top 40 Add Dates FMQB.com. Accessed September 25, 2008
  4. ^ NICKELBACK - Dark Horse Album: If Today Was Your Last Day, youtube.com
  5. ^ VideoStatic.com: SHOT: Nickelback - Nigel Dick, director
  6. ^ acharts
  7. ^ Adult Contemporary Tracks chart listing for June 20, 2009, billboard.com
  8. ^ Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks Top 10 Singles, billboard.com
  9. ^ Mainstream Rock Tracks chart listing for April 25th, 2009, billboard.com
  10. ^ Pop 100 Top 11-50 Singles, billboard.com
  11. ^ Canadian Hot 100 peak position, billboard.com
  12. ^ acharts
  13. ^ http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1U50
  14. ^ Megacharts. "NL Tipparade". Megacharts.
  15. ^ http://acharts.us/song/40481 acharts
  16. ^ http://acharts.us/song/40481 acharts
  17. ^ http://acharts.us/song/40481 acharts
  18. ^ Swedish Singles Chart - Sverigetopplistan
  19. ^ Chart Stats: UK Singles & Albums Chart Archive - Nickelback - If Today Was Your Last Day
  20. ^ Chart Stats: UK Singles & Albums Chart Archive - Nickelback - If Today Was Your Last Day
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