Song · Nickelback
“Figured You Out” by Nickelback
From the album The Long Road (2003)
“Figured You Out” by Nickelback appears on 14 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 2003 and 2020. It was first released in 2003 on the album The Long Road. Its best result is #4 on the CHOI Top 98 Songs of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #70 alternative song of 2004 and #4,941 alternative song of all time.
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"Figured You Out" was the second single from The Long Road, Nickelback's fourth album, and it's the band at its most bludgeoning: Chad Kroeger and Ryan Peake's guitars grinding down low, Mike Kroeger's bass and Ryan Vikedal's drums pounding like a pile driver, and Chad snarling the words he wrote over the top. The whole band shares the music credit, and Joey Moi produced with them before Randy Staub mixed it.
Rock radio couldn't get enough: it sat at number one on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks for 13 weeks, finished 2004 as that chart's top song, and reached number 10 in Australia. Critics have been less kind about the words. VH1's Christopher Rosa branded them misogynistic, and Metal Injection's Graham Hartmann later filed it among the greatest "divorced dad rock" songs ever.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 78 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2003 | 100 |
| 2003 | 79 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2003 | 102 |
| 2003 | 47 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2003 | 106 |
| 2003 | 74 | 102.1 The Edge Dallas-Fort Worth, TX | KDGE Top 102 Songs of 2003 | 102 |
| 2004 | 37 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 | 101 |
| 2004 | 54 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2004 | 100 |
| 2004 | 55 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2004 | 93 |
| 2004 | 4 | CHOI Radio X Quebec City, QC | CHOI Top 98 Songs of 2004 | 98 |
| 2004 | 41 | The Bear Ottawa, ON | The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2004 | 107 |
| 2004 | 11 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2004 | 99 |
| 2004 | 20 | Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA | Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2004 | 105 |
| 2004 | 14 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2004 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 533 | 99X | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) | 1000 |
| 2020 | 418 | DC101 | The DC101 Top 500 | 500 |
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