Nickelback rockstar was my favorite song like 2 or three years ago, but it was played very rarely one the radio. and if you typed it in on the internet nothing came up. Now all of sudden this august it just becomes huge, and everyone was saying it was nickelbacks "newest" song. but i thought it was a really old song. Now i cant go a day without hering it on the radio. so i was wondering if anyone new why suddenly it just became huge
2007-10-31 09:43:26 · 21 answers · asked by bill f 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
It was originally released as the fifth single off the album in the U.S. and Canada, around the same time as the fourth U.S. single "Far Away". During the song's original release "Far Away" was more successful on the U.S. Hot 100 and U.S. Pop charts, while "Rockstar" instead found moderate success on the rock charts. It peaked at #4 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and #37 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. It entered the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #54, during its original run. Because the song was released so close together with "Far Away" the band opted to shoot a video for "Far Away" and a video for "Rockstar" was not made originally.
The song was re-shipped to radio for adds on June 5, 2007, and a video was made to accompany the re-release. Since its re-release, the song has experienced great mainstream success, and has become active on most charts again, reaching new peaks on numerous charts like The Hot 100, the Adult Top 40, and Pop 100. It has also registered on charts it didn't the first time, such as the Pop 100 Airplay. The song has so far climbed as high as #3 on iTunes top 100 selling songs.
As of September 12, 2007, "Rockstar" has reached a new peak of #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking higher than "Far Away" did, becoming Nickelback's third Top 10 hit from "All the Right Reasons", their fifth career Hot 100 Top Ten overall.
In the UK the song debuted at #64 the week ending October 21st and moved to a new peak of #58 the following week. No CD single has so far materialized.
2007-10-31 09:48:42 · answer #1 · answered by KIKI 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have been wondering the same thing to! I used to like the song very much a few years ago when it came out. Now that's pretty much the only Nickleback song that is played on the radio's around here. It is driving me crazzy! It's so played out now, and I also don't understand why everyone thinks it's so new.
2007-10-31 09:49:48 · answer #2 · answered by Jacob's Mommy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because, it's become a marketing term that everyone from rappers (??!!) to Energy drinks , uses cause they need the "hype". Everyone wants to "party Like a Rockstar" , ...yet nobody has the talent to BE a Rockstar - and even THAT'S been out of whack for so long now , cause talent has nothing to do with it anymore. I saw this coming many years ago , when i started hearing crap like "Dude! Your mom's taco's ROCK!" ...jeez!!!
2007-10-31 09:53:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
thanks to the internet, we tend to hear songs that are unfamiliar to some. by the time the songs reaches the radio, it seems old to the ones who had a chance to hear it "first". the word rockstar has become popular because over the summer, even rappers were saying things like party like a rockstar. actually, i gotta sick of it. but, the nickelback song rockstar...i love it!
2007-10-31 09:50:33 · answer #4 · answered by datchik 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The video is doing very well, due to its superstar lineup of cameos. The album that song came from already had like five singles, and with the drug references they weren't expecting to release that one, at first. That's why it came so late.
Chad Kroeger has solo material on the charts now from the new "Ultimate Santana" greatest hits package, but Rockstar is still doing well.
2007-10-31 09:49:03 · answer #5 · answered by Your Uncle Dodge! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because Sheep love to chew the Grass of the Month
2007-10-31 11:58:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
cause everyone doesn't want to listen to "Party Like A Rockstar" anymore. that song is terrible. Rockstar is so much better
2007-10-31 10:39:18 · answer #7 · answered by the Diary of Jane (is Baby Girl) 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Just?!?!?!?
They palyed it TWICE every hour all LAST SUMMER...
Perhaps it's because they are CANADIAN - we got the song when the album FIRST came out, but the single wasn't released to AMERICAN radio stations until much later ;););)
2007-10-31 09:50:49 · answer #8 · answered by kr_toronto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Payola
2007-10-31 14:05:05 · answer #9 · answered by James Taylor 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because the mega powers known as the record industry want it to be very popular right now. the music industry sucks
2007-10-31 09:46:34 · answer #10 · answered by B-MOC 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋