Rockstar by nickelback download#

In the UK it was one of the biggest selling singles of 2008. It also pushed sales of the album there from under 200,000 to over half a million. The release of 'Rockstar' also helped All the Right Reasons achieve a top 10 position in the UK Albums Chart for the first time, becoming their third top 10 album there. Over two years after the release of All the Right Reasons, it became the band's highest charting single in the country, beating the peak of their breakout hit, 'How You Remind Me', which reached #4 in 2002 (though 'How You Remind Me' remains slightly Nickelback's biggest selling single in the United Kingdom to date). The song was released in physical form in the country after becoming popular online and climbing into the top 50 on downloads alone.

Rockstar by nickelback download#

'Rockstar' was a success in the United Kingdom, and the most successful single overall of Nickelback's career there, where it peaked at #2 in the UK Singles Chart and #1 in the UK Official Download Chart. On 12 September 2007, 'Rockstar' 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. 'Rockstar' is now the band's best selling digital single to date in the U.S., currently with U.S. 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. 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. It has also registered on charts it didn't the first time, such as the Pop 100 Airplay. 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. The song was re-shipped to radio for ads on 5 June 2007, and a video was made to accompany the re-release. 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so close together with 'Far Away' the band opted to shoot a video for 'Far Away' and a video for 'Rockstar' was not originally made. It entered the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #54, during its original run. It peaked at #4 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and #37 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Pop charts, while 'Rockstar' instead found moderate success on the rock charts.

Spoken-word vocals between each verse are provided by Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top.ĭuring the song's original release 'Far Away' was more successful on the U.S. and Canada, and has since been re-released worldwide. single (although later re-released) by the Canadian rock band Nickelback from their 2005 fifth studio album All the Right Reasons.