Rockstar (4:16)
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“Rockstar” is the fifth U.S. single (although later re-released) by the Canadian rock band Nickelback from their 2005 fifth studio album All the Right Reasons. It was only released in the U.S. and Canada, and has since been re-released worldwide. Spoken-word vocals between each verse are provided by Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top.
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so close together with “Far Away” the band opted to shoot a video for “Far Away” and a video for “Rockstar” was not originally made.
The song was re-shipped to radio for ads on 5 June 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 climbed as high as #3 on iTunes top 100 selling songs as well as #1 on the chart of the most downloaded music video on iTunes. When iTunes released their Top Sellers of 2007, “Rockstar” was the 14th best selling digital song of 2007, and the “Rockstar” video was the #1 selling music video on iTunes for 2007.
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so close together with “Far Away” the band opted to shoot a video for “Far Away” and a video for “Rockstar” was not originally made.
The song was re-shipped to radio for ads on 5 June 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 climbed as high as #3 on iTunes top 100 selling songs as well as #1 on the chart of the most downloaded music video on iTunes. When iTunes released their Top Sellers of 2007, “Rockstar” was the 14th best selling digital song of 2007, and the “Rockstar” video was the #1 selling music video on iTunes for 2007.
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Rockstar
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Shouts
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angelottis wrote:
Cool song
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cadettiny wrote:
it is in my head i can't get it out i wanna a credit card thats got no limit and a big black gym with abed room in im gonna join the mile high at 37 thousand feet so how are u gonna do it im gonna cut my hair and change my name because we all wanna be big rockstars living on hill tops with fithteen cars and the girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
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RedIsCapsHockey wrote:
I hated this song at first...but it grew on me. It's too catchy not to like it. =)
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LariBenitez wrote:
Hey Hey I wanna be a rockstar...
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fran_ag wrote:
Likee <333
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Ela666 wrote:
Great!
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Linah01 wrote:
thees guys are good.. :-)
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Funkymob wrote:
Amazing that so many say they dont like this band. I think they are great. This is the first song I heard by them. It made me buy there albums
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Daticho wrote:
i listened this song in a tv serie o movie but i don´t remember where!!! :S
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martovskaja wrote:
аааааааааааа!!!!!! супер))))))
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frendi1221 wrote:
great song!!! great band!!! love them all
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D34d3nd wrote:
tbh there earlier suff was amazing but this tbh isnt :/
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Andrew_Williams wrote:
Inexcusable.
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AnnaTheAnteater wrote:
It's because they do suck.
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Jaddeagirl wrote:
I LUV THIS BAND
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brooklynboy99 wrote:
This band totally rocks! I don't know why every says they suck?
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armin-ak wrote:
Amazing ....
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cebward6 wrote:
I wanna be a rockstar
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BigTallMike wrote:
This is just....bad. And to think I actually liked Nickelback after their first album.
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BruceMacD wrote:
OH GOD WHY?! I was listening to good music until this started playing.
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