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Trying Not to Love You
Nickelback
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- Album
- Here and Now
- Released
- 2011
- Genres
- post-grunge, rock
- Length
- 4:12
- Tempo
- 160 BPM
- Label
- Roadrunner Records
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About this song
The song is the fifth single from Nickelback's seventh studio album, Here and Now. Its music video stars Jason Alexander as a coffee shop barista who tries to win over a beautiful customer played by Brooke Burns, using his coffee creations. Alexander has also appeared in videos for Brad Paisley songs, and he directed "Online," which won the 2007 Country Music Association Video of the Year award.
What it's about
The song is a paean to romantic ambivalence, focusing on mixed feelings about being attracted to someone.
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Fun facts
- Written by Chad Kroeger.
- Produced by Nickelback, Joey Moi and Brian Howes.