"If Everyone Cared," Nickelback

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Billboard review:

If Everyone Cared
NICKELBACK
Label: Roadrunner

The umpteenth release from Nickelback's four-times platinum "All the Right Reasons" is no less potent than previous single "Far Away" or its predecessors. Chad Kroeger and team have hit-making down to a science—not to dismiss the art behind same—though, granted, there is certainly a formula behind their output. In any case, the lyric of "If Everyone Cared" is keenly relatable: "I never dreamed you'd be mine/But here we are tonight/Singing amen, I'm alive." As always, the music is front-loaded with guitars and driving percussion, masking what is essentially a pure pop ballad. Nickelback ain't pretending to be anything it's not, and obviously it continues to work on a mainstream level, maintaining the band's nomenclature as the day's pre-eminent pop/rock hit-making machine. —Chuck Taylor

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#37 on iTunes

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Debuts at #50 on the Hot 100.

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#24 on iTunes

[irice22]

I finally decided to listen to this. It is good, I guess. I just can't take their style anymore! I probably would like it a lot more if someone else sang it.

[maverick]

Good track.

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#17 on iTunes

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

Few things piss me off more than Nickelback's success.

[That Skipping Rope.]

jerseyboy said:

Few things piss me off more than Nickelback's success.

Word.

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#12 on iTunes

[duh5]

haveyoueverbeenlow said:

jerseyboy said:

Few things piss me off more than Nickelback's success.

Word.

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Top 10

[I HATE LA REID]

i love this

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tozion said:

Top 10

I rarely hear this... Maybe that's just in comparison to their other songs though.

[DaveZ35]

I'm hearing way too much of this song and their previous hits. They're excessively overplayed on Pop, Hot AC, and AC. One more reason not to turn on the radio....

[The Music Man]

I never liked this, but the more I hear it, the more I think it's total garbage. It's unlistenable, every time it comes on the radio (too often now that KISSFM has it in power rotation) I can't flip the channel fast enough. "Savin' Me" and "Far Away" were great from this album but the rest sucks along with the vast majority of their other material.

If I were at the top of a tall building and someone started singing this song, I think I'd jump.

[cactus tree]

I don't think i've ever heard this on the radio

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

Disgusted to learn that this just went to #1 at HAC... a format that I NEVER listen to at all now despite it being my favorite format five years ago. It's crap like this that turned me off from it, and I seriously must not be the only one since the format is losing relevance by the week.

[I HATE LA REID]

i think this is kinda good lol... well i kinda like their singles so...

[DaveZ35]

splitchick59 said:

I don't think i've ever heard this on the radio

Count yourself extremely lucky!

[sleepy eat pepper]

Normally I'd jump on the bandwagon of hating this, but I believe I heard that all of the proceeds of this song are going to charity.... so I guess I hope it's successful. Charity singles often end up being completely, completely HORRIBLE, and this is pretty much standard Nickelback, so it could be much worse.