The song was released in physical form in the country after becoming popular online and climbing into the top 50 on downloads alone. "Rockstar" was a success in the United Kingdom, and the most successful single overall of Nickelback's career there, where it peaked at #2 in the UK Singles Chart and #1 in the UK Official Download Chart. On 12 September 2007, "Rockstar" reached a new peak of #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking higher than "Far Away" did, becoming Nickelback's third Top 10 hit from All the Right Reasons, their fifth career Hot 100 Top Ten overall. "Rockstar" is now the band's best selling digital single to date in the U.S., currently with U.S. When iTunes released their Top Sellers of 2007, "Rockstar" was the 14th best selling digital song of 2007, and the "Rockstar" video was the #1 selling music video on iTunes for 2007. ![]() The song climbed as high as #3 on iTunes top 100 selling songs as well as #1 on the chart of the most downloaded music video on iTunes. It has also registered on charts it didn't the first time, such as the Pop 100 Airplay. Since its re-release, the song has experienced great mainstream success, and has become active on most charts again, reaching new peaks on numerous charts like The Hot 100, the Adult Top 40, and Pop 100. The song was re-shipped to radio for ads on 5 June 2007, and a video was made to accompany the re-release. Because the song was released so close together with "Far Away" the band opted to shoot a video for "Far Away" and a video for "Rockstar" was not originally made. ![]() It entered the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #54, during its original run. It peaked at #4 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and #37 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. Pop charts, while "Rockstar" instead found moderate success on the rock charts. Spoken-word vocals between each verse are provided by Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top.ĭuring the song's original release "Far Away" was more successful on the U.S. and Canada, and has since been re-released worldwide. single (although later re-released) by the Canadian rock band Nickelback from their 2005 fifth studio album All the Right Reasons. ![]() At the end of the video Nickelback is shown playing live on stage this shot was filmed on July 13, 2007, at the Comcast Center for the Performing Arts in Mansfield, Massachusetts."Rockstar" is the fifth U.S. Sometimes the lyric they are lip synching relates to themselves. On screen celebrities include Billy Gibbons (who voices his lines in the song), Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell, Cindy Taylor, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Eliza Dushku, Dominique Swain, Gene Simmons, Wayne Gretzky, Big & Rich's John Rich, the cast of The Girls Next Door, Tom Petkos, Kid Rock, Stacey Travis, Lupe Fiasco, Twista, Nelly Furtado, the crew from American Chopper, Paul Wall, Ted Nugent, Grant Hill, Taryn Manning, Lindsey Shaw, Riki Lindhome, Federico Castelluccio, Jerry Cantrell, Liam Lynch, Jordan Carlos, the Naked Cowboy, Three 6 Mafia and numerous others. The non-celebrities are filmed around the world, in front of iconic landmarks, such as Times Square, the Flatiron Building and Grand Central Station in New York, Millennium Park and the Buckingham Fountain in Chicago, Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles, St Pauls and Tower Bridge in London, the Opera House and Harbour Bridge in Sydney, and the Brandenburger Tor and Reichstag in Berlin. The video features celebrities and anonymous people lip synching to the lyrics.
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