Photograph (Nickelback song)

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"Photograph"
Worldwide cover
Single by Nickelback
from the album All the Right Reasons
B-side(s)	"We Will Rock You (cover)"
Released	September 20, 2005 September 27, 2005
Format	CD single, Airplay, Digital download
Recorded	April 2005 in Dallas, Texas
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	4:22 (album version) 3:54 (radio edit)
Label	Roadrunner
Writer(s)	Nickelback, Chad Kroeger
Producer(s)	Nickelback
Certification	Platinum RIAA
Chart positions
#1 (Canada) #2 (United States) #3 (Australia) #29 (UK)
Nickelback singles chronology
"Because of You" (2004)	"Photograph" (2005)	"Animals" (2006)
Alternate cover
North American cover

"Photograph" is a single released by the Canadian band Nickelback, the first from their fifth studio album, All the Right Reasons (2005).

Presumably, its lyrics look back at the adolescence of frontman Chad Kroeger, who was responsible for writing the song. The single became the band's third top ten hit in the United States, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Photograph" has sold over 1.4 million digital downloads in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan, though it is currently certified only as Gold (500,000) by the RIAA, since Roadrunner Records has not yet requested and paid for an updated certification. The song also topped the Billboard Pop 100 chart.

The single was also a huge success on the Canadian charts, peaking at #1 and staying there for 7 weeks.

The song is an up-tempo track reminiscent of country music. The music video for the song was filmed in Hanna, Alberta, Canada, hometown to the majority of the band.

[edit] Music Video

The music video begins with Chad Kroeger, the video's protagonist, walking along a lonely, sparsely populated street, holding up a photograph of himself and Nickelback's producer, Joey Moi. As the song progresses to the line "This is where I grew up," he walks to a rusty mailbox, addressed as number 29025. As he speaks of sneaking out, the camera does not show the house itself but does show a view from the inside looking out at him, possibly suggesting someone else lives there now. He continues walking and comes to Hanna High School, announcing, "This is where I went to school." He and his three other band members enter the gym with their gear and put on a seemingly impromptu concert alone. During the chorus, two band members go to an old junkyard and reminisce about a field where the rest of the band and their girlfriends are partying. Another experiences a similar event near an abandoned train yard, seeing his old girlfriend run near the tracks and kiss his younger self. The camera then switches to flashbacks of various people ("I miss that town, I miss the faces") As the video ends, the flashback people get in their cars to go home as the band finishes the song.

The video was directed by Nigel Dick.

[edit] Track listings

CD single

1. "Photograph" [Album Version] – 4:21
2. "Photograph" [Edit] – 3:55
3. "We Will Rock You" – 4:29
4. "Photograph" [Video]

[edit] Charts

Chart	Peak position
Canadian BDS Airplay Chart	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	2
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	1 (1)
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Airplay	4
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs	1 (1)
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Tracks	1 (6)
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	2
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40	1 (18)
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	16
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	3
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	1 (7)
ARC Weekly Top 40	2
Canadian MuchMusic Countdown	1 (2)
VSPOT Top 20 Countdown	1 (1)
UK Singles Chart	29
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	3
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	4
Dutch Top 40	4
Austrian Singles Chart	10
Swedish Singles Chart	40
Swiss Singles Chart	27
Lithuanian Singles Chart	11
United World Chart	6

• The small note between brackets "()" represents the amount of weeks the song was at its peak position.
• "Photograph" has sold 1,468,379 downloads in the U.S. as of January 13, 2007.^{[citation needed]}