Someday (Nickelback song)

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“Someday”
Single by Nickelback from the album The Long Road
Released	August 2003
Format	CD
Recorded	2003
Genre	Post-grunge, power ballad
Length	3 min 27 s
Label	Roadrunner
Nickelback singles chronology
"Never Again" (2002) "Someday" (2003) "Figured You Out" (2004)

"Someday" is a 2003 single by the band Nickelback, the first one from their 2003 album The Long Road. It reached number one in Canada for three weeks and #7 in the United States. It also charted in the Top 10 of the UK singles chart, where it peaked at #6.

The lyrics chronicle a failed relationship; the singer talks about how his lover is preparing to leave and wonders "how the hell'd we wind up like this". He wishes that they could discuss their issues instead of breaking up.

In the music video, we get the same impression that the song is about a failed relationship: a woman bursts into tears after reading a newspaper with someone who appears to be her boyfriend close by her side. As she leaves the house with a suitcase (echoing the lyrics "I wish you'd [...] unpack your suitcase now"), we can see the boyfriend stepping into spilled milk without leaving any traces. Later in the street, the woman leaves crying in her car while the boyfriend is apparently trying to convince her to come back, but she just cries more. She drives off and as she looks into her rear-view mirror, she can only see an empty street where her boyfriend was standing only seconds ago. The boyfriend chases her through the street up to a car accident that kills her in front of his eyes. Her spirit resurrects and she can be seen walking to her boyfriend and smiling.

Eventually, the two reunite and we see a newspaper vending machine, revealing that the boyfriend died the day before. On itunes there is a special version of the music video and at the end the girl walks away from him and he then disappears.

There has been some controversy over the similarities between this song and How You Remind Me; a comparison of the two can be heard here, with "Someday" played in the right channel and "How You Remind Me" in the left. "How You Remind Me" has had its tempo altered, and both songs were cut in places, to show the identical chords and arrangements used in the various parts of each song.

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[edit] External links

• Someday music video at Roadrunner Records website