Someday (Nickelback song)
| "Someday" | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Nickelback - Someday - CD cover.jpg | ||||||||
| Single by Nickelback | ||||||||
| from the album The Long Road | ||||||||
| Released | August 5, 2003 (U.S.) | |||||||
| Format | CD | |||||||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||||||
| Genre | Post-grunge | |||||||
| Length | 3:29 (Album Version) 3:15 (Single Version) |
|||||||
| Label | Roadrunner | |||||||
| Certification | Gold (RIAA) | |||||||
| Nickelback singles chronology | ||||||||
|
||||||||
|
||||||||
"Someday" is a song by Canadian rock band Nickelback, released by Nickelback in August 2003 as the lead single from their 2003 album The Long Road. It reached #1 in Canada for three weeks and #7 in the United States. It also charted in the Top 10 of the UK singles chart, where it peaked at #6.
Contents
Content
The lyrics chronicle a failed relationship; the singer talks about how a relationship failed and he wonders "how the hell'd we wind up like this". He wishes that they could discuss their issues instead of breaking up.
Music video
In the music video, we get the same impression that the song is about a failed relationship, a boyfriend played by Clint Carleton and the woman played by Daniella Evangelista: a woman bursts into tears after reading a newspaper with someone who appears to be her boyfriend close by her side. As she leaves the house with a suitcase (echoing the lyrics "I wish you'd [...] unpack your suitcase"), we can see the boyfriend stepping into spilled milk without leaving any traces or footprints. Later in the street, the woman leaves crying in their jeep while the boyfriend is apparently trying to convince her to come back, but she doesn't notice him and just cries more. She drives off and as she looks into her rear-view mirror, she can only see an empty street where her boyfriend was standing only seconds ago. The boyfriend chases her through the street and catches up to her jeep (driving carelessly) but only to witness a semi-truck crashing into it at the last second, her jeep running a red light, killing her in front of his eyes at the intersection. Her spirit resurrects and she can be seen walking from the crowd of spectators to her boyfriend and smiling. The two reunite with tearful hugs and they walk away together. As they pass a newspaper vending machine, the news reveals that it was her boyfriend who died in another accident the day before (a bridge accident). Therefore it can be said that the reason nobody can see, hear, or notice him is because he was just a spirit from the previous accident at the time. Meanwhile, the band is playing in a room near a glass window.
On an alternate version, the woman walks away from the accident alive and unharmed instead of a ghost of her. The man then hugs her from behind, but she walks away from him and he disappears.[1]
Usage in the media
The song appears on the game Karaoke Revolution Volume 3, Cold Case TV series in Season 4 episode "Saving Sammy", the film Going the Distance, in the first episode of the sixth and last season of Third Watch, "More Monsters" and on the ending of Torque.
The song was also used as the opening theme for the British TV series Spooks when it was aired in North America under the name MI-5.
Charts
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Singles Chart | 4 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 11 |
| Belgian Singles Chart | 31 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Dutch Top 40 | 9 |
| Europe Official Top 100[2] | 13 |
| French Singles Chart | 61 |
| Germany (Media Control Charts) | 26 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 9 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 9 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 9 |
| Portugal Top 20[3] | 14 |
| Polish Singles Chart[4] | 36 |
| Romania (Romanian Top 100)[5] | 79 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 14 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 6 |
| UK Singles Chart | 6 |
| UK Rock Chart | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] | 7 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop Songs[7] | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Pop Songs[6] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs[6] | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[6] | 2 |
| Preceded by | Canadian number-one single September 27 - October 11, 2003 |
Succeeded by "Something More" by Ryan Malcolm |
| Preceded by | UK Rock Chart number-one single September 21, 2003 |
Succeeded by "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" by The Darkness |
| Preceded by | Billboard Adult Top 40 number-one single March 20, 2004 |
Succeeded by "My Immortal" by Evanescence |
Track listing
Maxi-Single
- "Someday" (Single Mix) - 3:25
- "Someday" (Album Mix) - 3:23
- "Slow Motion" - 3:32
CD Single
- "Someday" (Single Version) - 3:13
- "Someday" (Album Version) - 3:25
Mexico RARE Single
- "Someday" - 3:13
- "Slow Motion" - 3:32
- "Someday" (Acoustic Version) - 3:25
References
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VMFdpdDYYA&ob=av2e
- ↑ http://top40-charts.com/songs/full.php?sid=7832&sort=chartid
- ↑ http://top40-charts.com/songs/full.php?sid=7832&sort=chartid
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Romanian Top 100: Editia 37, saptamina 29.09-05-10, 2003
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p410589/charts-awards/billboard-singles
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
