Never Again (Nickelback song)

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"Never Again"
Nickelback - Never Again - CD cover.jpg
Single by Nickelback
from the album Silver Side Up
ReleasedJuly 8, 2002 (2002-07-08)
Studio Greenhouse (Burnaby, British Columbia)
Length4:20
Label Roadrunner
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Nickelback singles chronology
"Too Bad"
(2002)
"Never Again"
(2002)
"Someday"
(2003)
Music video
"Never Again" on YouTube

"Never Again" is a song by Canadian rock band Nickelback. The song was released on July 8, 2002, as the third and final single from their third album, Silver Side Up (2001). It became a number one hit on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, making it the band's third straight number one on this chart.

Contents

Content

The song is about domestic violence from a child's point of view. The song was not drawn from personal experience. [1]

Music video

Nickelback originally had a music video made for the song, but the video was scrapped due to its violent nature. Instead, footage from Live at Home was shown as an alternative.

Track listings

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [16] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesJuly 8, 2002 Roadrunner [17]
United KingdomNovember 25, 2002CD [18]

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