Song · Nickelback
“Never Again” by Nickelback
From the album Silver Side Up (2001)
“Never Again” by Nickelback appears on 7 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2002 and 2005. It was first released in 2001 on the album Silver Side Up. Its best result is #13 on the WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #165 alternative song of 2002 and #5,212 alternative song of all time.
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"Never Again" closed out the singles from Nickelback's Silver Side Up in the summer of 2002, the third and last one the Roadrunner band sent out from that album, and it's the darkest thing on the record. Credited to the whole four-piece, it tells a story of domestic violence through a child's eyes, though the band have said it wasn't drawn from their own lives.
Musically it's hard rock with the post-grunge grind cranked up: chugging, clenched riffs and a vocal that sounds like it's pushing through gritted teeth. It gave the Canadians a third straight No. 1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart. The video they shot was shelved for being too violent, so footage from Live at Home stood in.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 58 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002 | 100 |
| 2002 | 55 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002 | 99 |
| 2002 | 13 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002 | 106 |
| 2002 | 79 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002 | 99 |
| 2002 | 39 | KNAC Los Angeles, CA | KNAC Top 105 Songs of 2002 | 105 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 964 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
| 2005 | 463 | 99X | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) | 1000 |
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