Bottoms Up (Nickelback song)

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"Bottoms Up"
Nickelback - Bottoms Up.jpg
Single by Nickelback
from the album Here and Now
ReleasedSeptember 26, 2011 (Rock radio only)
Genre Hard rock
Length3:39
Label Roadrunner
Songwriter(s) Chad Kroeger, Mike Kroeger, Joey Moi
Producer(s) Nickelback, Joey Moi
Nickelback singles chronology
"When We Stand Together"
(2011)
"Bottoms Up"
(2011)
"This Means War"
(2011)

"Bottoms Up" is a single by Canadian rock band Nickelback as the second single from their seventh studio album, Here and Now .

Contents

A Billboard review of the song said that it was a "surprising return to [...] bawdy arena rock," but that it was also "amazingly monolithic" and "lack[ed] the slick melodies of the group's past hits." [1]

Release

The song was made free for listening on the band's official website on September 22, 2011 and was released as an official single on September 26. [2] It was made available for download on September 27. The official lyric video for "Bottoms Up" was released on YouTube on November 17.

Track listing

UK Track listing

  1. "Bottoms Up" (Clean Edit)
  2. "Bottoms Up" (Album Version)

US Track Listing

  1. "Bottoms Up" (Clean Edit)

Charts

Chart (2011–12)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [3] 83
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [4] 31
Canada Rock ( Billboard ) [5] 5
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) [6] 179
UK Rock & Metal (OCC) [7] 4
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [8] 1
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [9] 6

Year-end charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard) [10] 57

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