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"Never Gonna Be Alone" 
Single by Nickelback from the album Dark Horse Released September 29, 2009 (U.S. radio) Format Digital download, Radio Recorded 2008 in Vancouver, BC, Canada Genre Alternative rock, country rock Length 3:47 Label Roadrunner Writer(s) Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Chad Kroeger, Ryan Peake, Mike Kroeger Producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange Nickelback singles chronology "Burn It to the Ground"
(2009)"Never Gonna Be Alone"
(2009)"Shakin' Hands"
(2009)Music video "Never Gonna Be Alone" on YouTube "Never Gonna Be Alone" is the 6th overall single (4th mainstream single in U.S., 5th overall single in U.S. and mainstream single in Canada due to I'd Come For You released only in Europe and Canada) since off of Nickelback's sixth studio album Dark Horse. The song is a power ballad, similar to other hits by the band such as, "I'd Come For You", "Far Away", and "Gotta Be Somebody".
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Background
The song made its North American debut on Montreal hot adult contemporary radio station CJFM-FM (Mix 96, now Virgin Radio) in December 2008; however, it was not yet released as a single when the station played it. It is also getting rotation on CKRV-FM in Kamloops, British Columbia and many other Canadian radio stations.
The song is featured on the soundtrack of the Brazilian soap opera: Caminho das Índias.[1]
The song was used during the 2009 WWE Tribute to the Troops highlighting John Cena and his visit to Iraq for six years.
The band performed the song live for the very first time, on the opening show of the Summer 2010 leg of the Dark Horse tour in Atlantic City on the 3rd April 2010.
Commercial performance
"Never Gonna Be Alone" reached #68 on The Billboard Hot 100 a few months before it was released as a single. It recently reappeared on the chart, entering at #96 and it's currently at #58, which is their new peak. As of early 2010, the single had shifted 513,456 downloads in the US.[2]
Music video
The music video was released on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 on the Road Runner Records Twitter page. The video world-premiered on YouTube. It tells a bittersweet story of a young woman who has lost her father. The video opens with the young woman in a limousine being taken to her wedding. She is holding a fake blue flower with her bouquet. As she walks down the aisle, she looks back at her mother and father, who are smiling proudly. The scene then cuts back to her high school graduation, where her father is again smiling and clapping for her as she receives her diploma. The video flashes back three more times, the first with the girl's father seeing her off to her prom and the second with him teaching her how to ride a bike. The final flashback shows the father's funeral, the young woman being just a little girl. She is holding two fake flowers in her hand, one yellow and one blue (the blue one being similar to the one at her wedding). She tosses the yellow one into her father's grave. The events in the flashbacks are shown again from a different perspective, each time the girl looks up at her father and sees him disappear in a shimmer of light. Back at the wedding, the girl is still looking back, seeing her father's ghost surrounded in light. She realizes that he has still been there for her all along, even in death. The girl places the blue flower in her new husband's breast pocket, and the two wed. As they are leaving the church, the video cuts to her father once more, smiling proudly. He disappears for the final time, his daughter now fully grown up. The video is intercut with scenes of the band singing in a room with a large, light-filled backdrop.
Charts
Chart (2009–2010) Peak
position[3]Australian Singles Chart[4] 64 Canadian Hot 100 25 Dutch Top 40[5] 37 Netherlands Singles Chart 37 Portugal Singles Chart 46 Japan Hot 100 97 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 58 U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[7] 17 U.S.Billboard Pop Songs 28 U.S.Billboard Adult Pop Songs 5 References
- ^ http://vagalume.uol.com.ar/caminho-das-indias-novela/never-gonna-be-alone-nickelback.html
- ^ http://www.gairoo.com/forum/say-what/102272-soundscan-album-digital-songs-sales-03-06-10-a.html
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/song/nickelback/never-gonna-be-alone/12058530
- ^ http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20100105-0000/Issue1035.pdf
- ^ Dutch Top 40 Never gonna be alone
- ^ Never Gonna Be Alone rises to #62 Retrieved on December 10, 2009
- ^ [1], billboard.com
Nickelback Chad Kroeger · Ryan Peake · Mike Kroeger · Daniel Adair
Brandon Kroeger · Ryan VikedalStudio albums Curb · The State · Silver Side Up · The Long Road · All the Right Reasons · Dark Horse · Here and NowExtended plays HesherCompilations Three-Sided CoinSingles "Fly" · "Leader of Men" · "Old Enough" · "Breathe" · "Worthy to Say" · "How You Remind Me" · "Too Bad" · "Never Again" · "Someday" · "Figured You Out" · "Feelin' Way Too Damn Good" · "Because of You" · "See You at the Show" · "Photograph" · "Animals" · "Savin' Me" · "Far Away" · "Rockstar" · "If Everyone Cared" · "Side of a Bullet" · "Gotta Be Somebody" · "Something in Your Mouth" · "If Today Was Your Last Day" · "I'd Come for You" · "Burn It to the Ground" · "Never Gonna Be Alone" · "Shakin' Hands" · "This Afternoon" · "When We Stand Together" · "Bottoms Up"Videos Tours The Long Road Tour · All the Right Reasons Tour · Dark Horse TourRelated articles Discography · Awards and nominations · "Hero" · "Why Don't You & I" · "Into the Night" · "Porn Star Dancing"Categories:- 2009 singles
- Nickelback songs
- Music videos directed by Nigel Dick
- Songs produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange
- Songs written by Chad Kroeger
- Songs written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange
- Rock ballads
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