Singer Chad Kroeger once told fans while on tour in Australia that this was the band's 'only real love song,' adding that while other songs spoke of love, this one was truly about the experience.Īhead of the 15th anniversary edition of the album, Kroeger added, 'We’ve spent most of our adult lives away from family, friends and loved ones. The thing that was on Joey's head was a champagne bucket that my wife and I got Chad for his housewarming, and it was somehow secured to his head by what appeared to be a bra - I'm not sure about that, but I think it's a bra.' Nickelback, 'Photograph'Īlmost simultaneously with 'Savin' Me,' the tender-hearted rock ballad 'Far Away' also started to grab radio's attention as well. That came from his kitchen and it's back in his kitchen now. Answering the lyrical question of 'what the hell was on Joey's head,' Mike Kroeger told WSOU-FM, 'In the video, when you see my brother holding up that picture, that picture is actually in his kitchen – it has been for many, many years. It also started with a photograph that Chad Kroeger holds up of him partying with Joey Moi, the band's producer.

The Nigel Dick-directed video for the song added to connection, returning the band to their hometown and pointing out key places within their coming of age. While the song features a number of references to the band members time growing up in Hanna, Alberta, a majority of the experiences expressed are universal ones. The first song to cause that fervor was 'Photograph,' a track set in a nostalgic mindset that connected with listeners on a deeply personal level.

Everything's just completely crazy, and you're sitting in a hotel room watching CNN trying to find out if we're gonna go to war again or something like that, and the whole world's going nuts for your music. It's, like, get on a plane, get off the plane, mass hysteria, interviews, tours. Kroeger says of that period that it felt like 'living in the eye of a hurricane,' adding, 'You're sitting in a bubble of peace while all hell's breaking loose all around you, in a global way. He would soon start to see exactly how well received the album was by how their life would start to change. And if it's great, it's not within our power. The sessions went about as normal for the group, with bassist Mike Kroeger reflecting to ABC News Radio, 'Being humble people, we don't ever presume that anything's great, we just keep working, We just work. But with Adair in place, the band hit the studio with co-producer Joey Moi between January and May of 2005 to record their new album. The wheels had been set in motion a month prior when Adair was asked to audition, and there was some contention in the split as singer Chad Kroeger would file suit against Vikedal later in 2005 over royalties the musician would receive from public performances of the band's music. Ryan Vikedal, who had appeared on The State, Silver Side Up and The Long Road, was out while Daniel Adair, who had previously been with Nickelback tourmates 3 Doors Down was in. As the calendar turned to January 2005, Nickelback made the decision to switch drummers. 4, 2005, would be the album that would take them to new heights of popularity, giving them one of the biggest records of the 21st century.īut before pushing forward with the next step in their career, there was one significant change coming. And yet, Nickelback still had only bigger success to come.

The band's follow-up record The Long Road would yield four big singles on the way to triple platinum sales. On Silver Side Up, Nickelback released 'How You Remind Me,' the most played song at radio for the decade.

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