Gotta Be Somebody

Infobox Single
Name = Gotta Be Somebody


Artist = Nickelback
Album = Dark Horse
B-side =
Released = flagicon|US start date|2008|9|29
Format = CD single, Airplay, Digital download
Recorded = 2008 in Vancouver, BC, Canada
Genre = Rock, Post-Grunge
Length = 4:13
Label = Roadrunner
Writer = Chad Kroeger,
Nickelback
Producer = Mutt Lange
Certification =
Last single = "Side of a Bullet"
(2007)
This single = "Gotta Be Somebody"
(2008)
Next single = TBA
Misc =

"Gotta Be Somebody" is the first official single to be released from Nickelback's sixth studio album, "Dark Horse". Originally, the lead single from the album was set to be "If Today Was Your Last Day" [ [http://www.nickelback.com/new/content/nickelback-currently-recording-new-album Nickelback Currently Recording New Album] Nickelback.com. Accessed September 8, 2008] but was changed instead to "Gotta Be Somebody". The song was digitally delivered to all formats on September 29, 2008. [ [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/artists/nickelback/ Nickelback announce new album] Roadrunnerrecords.com. Accessed September 21, 2008] [ [http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16691 Mainstream Top 40 Add Dates] FMQB.com. Accessed September 25, 2008] It was available on September 29 for free download for 24 hours only on participating radio station websites and the band's website, after which it was released to all digital markets for paid digital download on September 30th. The song has already reached #1 on American iTunes Rock Chart and #3 on the overall top selling songs. It shot to the #1 spot overall on the Canadian iTunes store.

The song is about searching for the right person to spend the rest of your life with, and deals with the fear of wondering if you may ever find that person.

On September 29 2008, the song was premiered on BBC Radio 1 on "The Scott Mills Show". This song will be released in the UK in November 2008, following the re-release of "Far Away".

Music video

Nickelback will be shooting a video at The Forum on Sunday, October 12 in Inglewood, California. The band will also perform a "Mini Concert" consisting of several songs. The show will be a "sneak peak" at their upcoming world tour that the band plans to embark on at the beginning of 2009. Part of the concert will air in a television commercial. [http://soundcheck.freedomblogging.com/2008/10/06/nickelback-to-play-free-mini-concert-at-the-forum/]

Chart performance

"Gotta Be Somebody" debuted at #10 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 the chart week of October 18, 2008. It is Nickelback's highest debut on the chart of their career thus far, and gives the band their sixth top ten Hot 100 hit. The song's high debut was partially fueled by it's first week digital sales of 127,000, resulting in a #6 debut on the Hot Digital Songs chart. The song debuted at #14 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart (the band's fifteenth top twenty hit there), and entered at #22 on Modern Rock Tracks. It also debuted on the Adult Top 40 in the top twenty at #19.

On the Canadian Hot 100 it was the "Hot Shot" debut of the week, entering at #7.

Charts

References