Too Bad (Nickelback song)

The lyrics were written by the band's singer and guitarist Chad Kroeger and deals with the issues he felt growing up without his and his brother Mike Kroeger's father, who abandoned them when Chad was two years old. ==Music video==

A music video was made for the song showing the band playing in the "Woodley Sawmill". A picture of the father and his son standing next to a truck is shown. After receiving a foreclosure notice, the father leaves his family and his son seems to be the most impacted. After years pass, he and his mother get into a fight ending with him leaving. He speeds down a dirt road where several flashbacks appear and distracted he crashes into a wooden post, breaking his leg. The music stops for a moment when his father receives a phone call telling him about the accident, then starts again. He is brought back to his house, where he sees his father sitting at the table, and the two walk out to the father's truck. The song ends with the picture shown at the beginning of the video shown again. ==Personnel==

Personnel are lifted from the UK CD single liner notes. • Chad Kroeger – lead vocals, guitars • Ryan Peake – guitars, vocals • Mike Kroeger – bass • Ryan Vikedal – drums ==Track listings==

UK CD single • "Too Bad" (Diggla mix) • "Never Again" (live) • "Leader of Men" (live) • "Too Bad" (live video) UK cassette single • "Too Bad" (Diggla mix) – 3:29 • "How You Remind Me" (live) – 5:48 European CD single 1 • "Too Bad" (Diggla mix) – 3:29 • "Woke Up This Morning" (live) – 3:49 • "How You Remind Me" (live) – 5:48 • "Too Bad" (video) European CD single 2 • "Too Bad" (Diggla mix) – 3:29 • "Yanking Out My..." – 3:34 • "Too Bad" (video) European maxi-CD single • "Too Bad" (Diggla mix) – 3:29 • "Yanking Out My..." – 3:34 • "Learn the Hard Way" – 2:54 • "Too Bad" (video) Australian maxi-CD single • "Too Bad" – 3:51 • "How You Remind Me" (Cold Live at the Chapel) – 4:15 • "Learn the Hard Way" – 2:54 ==Charts==

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