Too Bad (Nickelback song)
2001 single by Nickelback
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"Too Bad" is a song by Canadian rock band Nickelback, released on November 27, 2001, as the second single from their third studio album, Silver Side Up (2001). The song reached number 42 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and peaked within the top 20 in Ireland, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.
- "Yanking Out My Heart"
- "Learn the Hard Way"
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| Single by Nickelback | ||||
| from the album Silver Side Up | ||||
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| Released | November 27, 2001 | |||
| Studio | Greenhouse (Burnaby, British Columbia) | |||
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| Length | 3:56 | |||
| Label | Roadrunner | |||
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| "Too Bad" on YouTube | ||||
Lyrical content
The lyrics were written by the band's singer and guitarist Chad Kroeger and deals with the issues he felt growing up without his and his brother Mike Kroeger's father, who abandoned them when Chad was two years old.[3]
Music video
A music video was made for the song showing the band playing in the "Woodley Sawmill". A picture of the father and his son standing next to a truck is shown. After receiving a foreclosure notice, the father leaves his family and his son seems to be the most impacted. After years pass, he and his mother get into a fight ending with him leaving. He speeds down a dirt road where several flashbacks appear and distracted he crashes into a wooden post, breaking his leg. The music stops for a moment when his father receives a phone call telling him about the accident, then starts again. He is brought back to his house, where he sees his father sitting at the table, and the two walk out to the father's truck. The song ends with the picture shown at the beginning of the video shown again.
Personnel
Personnel are lifted from the UK CD single liner notes.[4]
- Chad Kroeger – lead vocals, guitars
- Ryan Peake – guitars, vocals
- Mike Kroeger – bass
- Ryan Vikedal – drums
Track listings
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UK CD single[4]
UK cassette single[5]
European CD single 1[6]
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European CD single 2[7]
European maxi-CD single[8]
Australian maxi-CD single[9]
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Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United Kingdom (BPI)[38] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA)[39] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
Release history
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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| United States | November 27, 2001 | Roadrunner | [40] | |
| Australia | March 4, 2002 | Maxi-CD | [41] | |
| United States | March 25, 2002 | Contemporary hit radio | [42] | |
| United Kingdom | August 26, 2002 |
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| Japan | August 28, 2002 | CD | [44] |