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“Someday” by Nickelback

From the album The Long Road (2003)

“Someday” by Nickelback appears on 22 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 2003 and 2010. It was first released in 2003 on the album The Long Road. Its best result is #3 on the KDGE Top 102 Songs of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #34 alternative song of 2003, #4,947 alternative song of all time and #287 of the '00s.

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17stations
#3best position
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2003–2010years charted

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Nickelback - Someday (Official Video) [HD Remaster]

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"Someday" kicked off Nickelback's fourth studio album, The Long Road, as its lead single in 2003, and it's the band doing the big, bruised power ballad the only way they know how: with guitars. That ghostly swell at the start is no synth, just an electric guitar played with an EBow. Chad Kroeger, Mike Kroeger and Ryan Peake wrote the words, the whole band, drummer Ryan Vikedal included, wrote the music, and they produced it with Joey Moi, with Randy Staub mixing.

It hit US rock radio in late July and went on to give Nickelback their first commercial number-one single at home in Canada, where it sat on top for three weeks. In the States it climbed to number seven on the Hot 100, with a Nigel Dick video and a turn on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno helping it along.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2003 81 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2003 107
2003 52 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 101
2003 68 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2003 100
2003 59 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2003 92
2003 31 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2003 100
2003 33 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2003 89
2003 24 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2003 100
2003 8 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2003 102
2003 17 The Bear Ottawa, ON The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2003 107
2003 12 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2003 99
2003 21 WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2003 106
2003 25 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003 105
2003 3 102.1 The Edge Dallas-Fort Worth, TX KDGE Top 102 Songs of 2003 102
2003 64 WBCN Boston, MA WBCN Top 104 Songs of 2003 104
2003 50 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2003 103
2003 35 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2003 100
2004 49 The Bear Ottawa, ON The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2004 107
2004 34 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2004 105
2004 62 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2004 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2004 265 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2005 489 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2010 135 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 New Rock Songs of the Millennium 200

Charting alongside it in 2003

Best songs of 2003 →
  1. 1Seven Nation ArmyThe White Stripes
  2. 2Like a StoneAudioslave
  3. 3Bring Me to LifeEvanescence
  4. 4Somewhere I BelongLinkin Park
  5. 5Times Like TheseFoo Fighters
  6. 6Weak and PowerlessA Perfect Circle

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