Song · Nickelback
“Rockstar” by Nickelback
From the album All the Right Reasons (2005)
“Rockstar” by Nickelback appears on 8 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2006 and 2025. It was first released in 2005 on the album All the Right Reasons. Its best result is #22 on the WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2006.
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"Rockstar" came off All the Right Reasons, the fifth album Nickelback released on Roadrunner in 2005, and it was the fifth single the band pulled from that record, which says plenty about how deep they were mining it. Chad Kroeger wrote the words, the music is credited to him, Mike Kroeger, Ryan Peake and Daniel Adair, and Joey Moi produced alongside the band.
It's a ballad with a countrified swagger: an ordinary guy's wish list of fame and all its excess, sung half as a daydream and half as a poke at celebrity culture. Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top pops up between the verses with spoken-word asides. It was first released only in the United States and Canada before going worldwide, and it became one of the band's most popular singles, climbing to number two in the UK, their best showing there.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 32 | The Bear Ottawa, ON | The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2006 | 107 |
| 2006 | 22 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2006 | 106 |
| 2007 | 95 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2007 | 101 |
| 2008 | 26 | 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL | Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2008 | 103 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 455 | 97.9 The Loop | The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) | 500 |
| 2011 | 61 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of the 2000s | 102 |
| 2013 | 180 | KBPI | KBPI Top 200 Songs of All Time | 200 |
| 2025 | 396 | 99.1 PLR | 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) | 400 |
Also listed as: Rock Star.
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