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Rockstar
Nickelback
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- Album
- All the Right Reasons (Special Edition)
- Released
- 2005
- Genres
- post-grunge, rock
- Length
- 4:12
- Tempo
- 144 BPM
- Label
- Roadrunner Records
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What it's about
The song is about wanting to live the life of a rockstar and its perks, but it is satirical in how it plays this out. It describes giving up everything to reach one's goals, only to end up washed up and fake, and it takes a swipe at the mainstream rock industry.
Fun facts
- Sampled in 13 other songs, like “Confusion Vol. 6 by Ph0ton”.
- Covered 3 times, including “Rockstar by Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox (Ft. Drue Davis)”.
- Written by Daniel Adair, Mike Kroeger, Ryan Peake and Chad Kroeger.
- Produced by Joey Moi and Nickelback.
- Recorded at Mountainview Studios (Abbotsford.