If Everyone Cared

"If Everyone Cared"
Single by Nickelback
from the album All the Right Reasons
B-side "Too Bad"/"Someday"
Released November 28, 2006 (2006-11-28)
Format CD single, digital download
Recorded January–May 2005 at Mountainview Studios, Abbotsford, British Columbia
Genre Post-grunge
Length 3:38
Label Roadrunner
EMI Records (Canada)
Songwriter(s) Chad Kroeger, Ryan Peake, Mike Kroeger, Daniel Adair[1]
Producer(s) Nickelback / Joey Moi[1]
Nickelback singles chronology
"Rockstar"
(2006)		 "If Everyone Cared"
(2006)		 "Side of a Bullet"
(2007)

"Rockstar"
(2006)		 "If Everyone Cared"
(2006)		 "Side of a Bullet"
(2007)
Music video
"If Everyone Cared" on YouTube

"If Everyone Cared" is a song recorded by Canadian rock group Nickelback. It was released in November 2006 as the sixth single from the album All the Right Reasons. It was released in the UK on 27 November 2006 and the US on 28 November 2006. The song entered inside the Top 40 on the ARIA Singles Chart on 7 January 2007. The song was then released in most other parts of the world in the beginning of 2007. It debuted at No. 50 on the Billboard Hot 100 in late January 2007, and climbed to No. 17. All the Right Reasons was the first Nickelback album to feature more than three top 20 singles in the United States. The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks chart.

It was announced that 100% of all digital sales for the song will be donated to the charities of Amnesty International, and the International Children's Awareness Canada.[2]

It is used on Animal Planet's TV series I'm Alive as the show's theme.

Music video

The video for the song was directed by Dori Oskowitz and produced by Justin Cronkite. It shows the band performing the song in a studio, interspersed with vintage footage and pictures representing famous world leaders. Those leaders are, in order: Bob Geldof, the founder of Live Aid, Betty Williams, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and Nelson Mandela, who ended the Apartheid movement in South Africa. Their stories are also shown in text during their respective scenes. Another scene focuses on the formation of Amnesty International. The video ends with the band finishing the song and packing up, which then cuts to more footage of Williams, followed by a quote from Margaret Mead.

Track listing

  • "If Everyone Cared" (Album Version) - 3:38
  • "Too Bad (Acoustic)"
  • "Someday (Acoustic)"
  • "If Everyone Cared (edit version)"

Release history

Region Date
Australia November 28, 2006
Europe December 2006
United States January 7, 2007

Charts

Chart (2006–07) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 32
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[4] 12
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[5] 7
Brazil (ABPD)[6] 74
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[7] 7
Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[8] 7
Canada Hot AC (Billboard)[9] 2
Canada Rock (Billboard)[10] 15
Germany (Official German Charts)[11] 21
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[12] 99
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[13] 9
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 19
US Billboard Hot 100[15] 17
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[16] 17
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[17] 1
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[18] 37
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[19] 8

Year-end charts

Chart (2007) Rank
German Singles Chart[20] 95
US Billboard Hot 100[21] 50
US Adult Pop Songs (Billboard)[22] 4

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 CD liner notes: Grammy Nominees 2008
  2. ↑ IGN: Nickelback Do A Good Deed
  3. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Nickelback – If Everyone Cared". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  4. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Nickelback – If Everyone Cared" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  5. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Nickelback – If Everyone Cared" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  6. ↑ "Brazil" (PDF). ABPD. October 6, 2001. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Nickelback Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  8. ↑ "Nickelback Chart History (Canada CHR/Top 40)". Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Nickelback Chart History (Canada Hot AC)". Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Nickelback Chart History (Canada Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Musicline.de – Nickelback Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  12. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Nickelback – If Everyone Cared" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  13. ↑ "SNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 200714 into search.
  14. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Nickelback – If Everyone Cared". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  15. ↑ "Nickelback Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  16. ↑ "Nickelback Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  17. ↑ "Nickelback Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  18. ↑ "Nickelback Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  19. ↑ "Nickelback Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  20. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-24. Retrieved 2010-09-11.
  21. ↑ "Hot 100 Songs - Year-End 2007". Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  22. ↑ "Adult Pop Songs - Year-End 2007". Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
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