Someday (Nickelback song)

"Someday" is a midtempo post-grunge and alternative rock ballad, described as a "splattering tidal wave of guitars". All of Nickelback composed the music while Chad Kroeger, Mike Kroeger, and Ryan Peake penned the lyrics. The song begins with an electric guitar played by Chad Kroeger with an EBow, making it sound like an orchestral string instrument. "Someday" and The Long Road were recorded at Greenhouse Studios in Burnaby, British Columbia, and at Mountainview Studios in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Production was handled by Nickelback and Joey Moi; Moi also engineered the track and edited it digitally alongside Ryan Andersen. Mixing, handled by Randy Staub, occurred at The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, British Columbia, using the same SSL board that was used to mix albums such as Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet (1986) and Metallica's Metallica (1991); Kroeger would later purchase the board and use it for his home studio. ==Release and airplay==

On 28 July 2003, Roadrunner Records serviced "Someday" to American modern rock radio as the lead single from The Long Road. The following week, it became the most-added song on three radio formats: modern rock, active rock, and mainstream rock, with a total of 188 adds. Within two weeks of its release, it had gained 3,000 plays, and within four weeks, it was a top-10 success on all three formats plus heritage rock, becoming one of the few non-hip-hop songs of 2003 to experience instant success on radio. Following the song's boom on rock formats, Roadrunner then targeted pop formats, shipping the track to hot adult contemporary, triple-A, and contemporary hit radio (CHR) on 8 September 2003. It experienced similar success on CHR, entering the top 10 on two Billboard pop airplay charts and giving Nickelback their most enduring hit on both. The first physical format of "Someday", a CD single, was issued in Japan on 29 August 2003. The CD contains both the single and album mixes of "Someday" plus the B-side "Slow Motion", which was included only on the Japanese pressings of The Long Road. A CD with the same track listing was released in Canada, with a longer version of the single mix. In Europe, the Japanese version of the CD was released as well as a two-track CD single that contains the single and album mixes. ==Critical reception and legacy==

Writing for Billboard magazine, Chuck Taylor listed "Someday" as an "Essential" pick and gave it a rating of "a perfect ear-scorching 10", calling Kroeger's vocal performance "bombastic" and noting its appeal to radio, calling it "hard-rocking fodder for the masses" and referring to the song's melody as "anthemic". ==Commercial performance==

"Someday" made its first chart appearance on 16 August 2003, debuting at number 14 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number 24 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. On 13 September, it reached its peak of number two on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and three weeks later, it obtained its highest position of number four on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. In both instances, the song charted for 26 weeks. The following week, it ascended to number one, making it Nickelback's first commercial number-one single in their home country. It stayed atop the chart for three weeks and remained within the top 30 for 18 weeks. In Italy, the song was a top-10 hit, peaking at number nine. "Someday" additionally entered the top 20 in Austria, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. In Germany, it peaked at number 26, while in Sweden and the Flanders region of Belgium, it entered the top 30. Elsewhere, the single charted lowly in France and Romania, while in Denmark, it was certified gold by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) for sales and streams exceeding 45,000 units. ==Music video==

The music video for "Someday" was directed by Nigel Dick and shot in Vancouver. The video premiered on television through MTV2 on 2 September 2003. Canadian TV channel MuchMusic added the video to its playlists on the week ending 7 September 2003, while its American counterpart, Fuse, added the video the following week, as did VH1. MTV did not add the video until the week ending 14 December. Eva Zhu of CBC Music stated that the video "seems to hinge entirely on its M. Night Shyamalan-esque twist". ==Live performances==

In September 2003, Nickelback performed "Someday" live on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. ==Track listings==

Canadian maxi-CD single • "Someday" (single mix) – 3:25 • "Someday" (album mix) – 3:23 • "Slow Motion" – 3:32 Australian CD single • "Someday" (album mix) • "Someday" (acoustic mix) • "Slow Motion" European CD single • "Someday" (single mix) – 3:14 • "Someday" (album mix) – 3:25 European maxi-CD and Japanese CD single • "Someday" (single mix) – 3:14 • "Someday" (album mix) – 3:25 • "Slow Motion" – 3:32 UK CD single • "Someday" (album version) – 3:25 • "Slow Motion" – 3:32 • "Someday" (acoustic version) – 3:23 • "Someday" (video) ==Credits and personnel==

Credits are taken from The Long Road album booklet. Studios • Recorded at Greenhouse Studios (Burnaby, British Columbia) and Mountainview Studios (Abbotsford, British Columbia) • Mixed at The Warehouse Studio (Vancouver, British Columbia) • Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York City) Personnel • Nickelback – music, production • Chad Kroeger – lyrics, lead vocals, guitars • Mike Kroeger – lyrics, bass • Ryan Peake – lyrics, vocals, guitars • Ryan "Nik" Vikedal – drums • Brian Larson – additional strings • Cameron Wilson – additional strings • Henry Lee – additional strings • Zoltan Rozsnyai – additional strings • Joey Moi – production, engineering, digital editing • Randy Staub – mixing • Zach Blackstone – mixing assistance • Alex "Laquaysh" Aligizakis – assistant engineering • Ryan Andersen – digital editing • George Marino – mastering ==Charts==

Weekly charts Year-end charts ==Certifications==