Song · Nickelback
“Animals” by Nickelback
From the album All the Right Reasons (2005)
“Animals” by Nickelback appears on 8 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2005 and 2010. It was first released in 2005 on the album All the Right Reasons. Its best result is #22 on The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #109 alternative song of 2006.
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"Animals" came off All the Right Reasons, Nickelback's fifth album, and went to American radio in November 2005 as its second single there. Chad Kroeger wrote the lyrics, a lurid little tale of a couple getting carried away in a car until the woman's father catches them.
It's the band at full throttle: a fast, thick, snarling hard rock stomp built for cranked car stereos, which is exactly the point. Not everyone was charmed, and VH1's Christopher Rosa grumbled about the way women in Kroeger's songs exist mostly to get physical. Radio didn't care: it went to number one on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and it reached 27 in Australia, where it came out as the album's fourth single in 2006.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Classic Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 64 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2005 | 99 |
| 2005 | 35 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2005 | 106 |
| 2005 | 182 | ModernRock.com Online | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 | 400 |
| 2006 | 52 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2006 | 102 |
| 2006 | 41 | The Bear Ottawa, ON | The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2006 | 107 |
| 2006 | 22 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2006 | 97 |
| 2006 | 56 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2006 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 472 | 97.9 The Loop | The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) | 500 |
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