San Quentin (song)

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"San Quentin"
Single by Nickelback
from the album Get Rollin'
ReleasedSeptember 7, 2022
Recorded2021
Genre
Length3:31
Label
  • Nickelback II Productions Inc.
  • BMG
Songwriter(s) Chad Kroeger
Producer(s)
Nickelback singles chronology
"The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
(2020)		"San Quentin"
(2022)		"Those Days"
(2022)

"San Quentin" is a song by Canadian rock band Nickelback from their tenth studio album, Get Rollin' . It was released as the album's lead single on September 7, 2022.

Contents

Musical style

"San Quentin" is described as a hard rock and heavy metal song [4] [5] [6] with elements of metalcore. [7]

Background

During an interview with WRAT radio station, lead vocalist Chad Kroeger spoke about the lyrical inspiration for “San Quentin”, saying: “I met the San Quentin prison warden at a party. And I couldn’t believe how young he was. I was, like, ‘There’s just no way that you’re the warden of San Quentin,’ and everyone was, like, ‘Yup. He is.’ Guy Fieri’s a buddy of mine, and I was at his birthday party a few years back. And the entire time we were talking, I’m speaking to this guy, but in my head all I could think about was, ‘I’m gonna write a song called 'San Quentin’. That’s it.‘ And I stuck it in my notes in my phone. And then once the riff was down, I think I screamed out this line, 'Can somebody please keep me the hell out of San Quentin?’ And we just took it from there.” [8] [9]

Release

On August 26, 2022, students attending school at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia received a newsletter stating they were invited to attend and participate in a video shoot Nickelback will be hosting on August 30, 2022 for their forthcoming single, outside the Convocation Mall on campus. [10] [11] [12] [13]

In August 2022, Nickelback began posting small snippets and teasers of new music via their official social media accounts with the date "09.07.2022" being branded on the posts. [14] [15] [16] [17] "San Quentin" was officially released to radio and digital music retailers along with the official lyric video via YouTube on September 7, 2022. [18] [19] [20] On September 14, 2022, a music video for the song was released. [21]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "San Quentin"
Chart (2022–2023)Peak
positions
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [22] 64
Canada Rock ( Billboard ) [23] 2
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [24] 35
UK Singles Downloads (OCC) [25] 77
UK Singles Sales (OCC) [26] 77
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [27] 26
US Rock Airplay ( Billboard ) [28] 8

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "San Quentin"
Chart (2023)Position
US Rock Airplay (Billboard) [29] 27

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