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"If Today Was Your Last Day" is the third single from Nickelback's sixth studio album Dark Horse. It was originally planned as the first single, to hit all U.S. radio formats September 30, 2008,[1][2] but was scrapped as the first single in favour of "Gotta Be Somebody".[3] Instead it was released on March 31, 2009. It was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange, who produced the entire album. The song was released as a digital download in the U.S. on November 11. "If Today Was Your Last Day" was released in the UK on June 15. The song was performed live for the first time on May 22 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.

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"If Today Was Your Last Day"
Single by Nickelback
from the album Dark Horse
Released	November 11, 2008 (iTunes) November 2008 (CAN radio) March 31, 2009 (US radio) June 15, 2009 (UK)
Recorded	March–July 2008
Studio	Mountain View Studios, Abbotsford, British Columbia
Genre	Post-grunge
Length	4:08
Label	Roadrunner
Songwriter(s)	Chad Kroeger, Ryan Peake, Mike Kroeger, Daniel Adair
Producer(s)	Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Nickelback singles chronology
"Something in Your Mouth" (2008) "If Today Was Your Last Day" (2008) "I'd Come for You" (2009)
Music video
"If Today Was Your Last Day" on YouTube

In the US, the song has sold over 1,500,000 downloads, as of February 2010. According to Roadrunner Records UK, the song is "dynamically swelling our bank accounts". The song has also apparently been around with Nickelback for a while, but had never been finished. The song received Gold certification in Australia.[4]

Lead vocalist/guitarist Chad Kroeger has mentioned the song as his personal favorite from Dark Horse. He had described the middle part of the song as "very motivational, and very positive".[5]

The song was used for promotional videos in the Winter Olympics in 2010, and was used as the closing song during NHL Tonight's 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs coverage.

Music video

The music video was shot with director Nigel Dick in March 2009. Performance portions of the video were shot at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Nebraska and in New York City. The other portion was shot in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The music video premiered on 23 April. In the beginning, two white teenage boys dressed in black seem to be up to some sort of shady business in Philadelphia. They record their journey on a camcorder. They carry mysterious black bags with them which seem to possibly be filled with illegal stuff. In the end, they stand on top of a bridge ready to carry out their plan. They open the bags, but only harmless colorful pieces of paper with quotes from the song such as "Forgive your Enemy," "It's Never Too Late," "Call a Friend and Reminisce" and "Fall in Love" fall over the people beneath them. This inspires two women to hand out coats with messages similar to those on the colored paper, a well-dressed man to hand money to everyone he meets, an arguing couple make up and a man arguing with presumably his boss to quit. All of the quotes refer to lines in the song "If Today Was Your Last Day".

Track listing

1. "If Today Was Your Last Day" (album version) – 4:08

Charts

In November 2008, "If Today Was Your Last Day" debuted at number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US based on downloads only. After its release as an official single, it re-entered the Hot 100 and reached a new peak at 19. It is their second top twenty hit on the Hot 100 from Dark Horse, and their ninth top twenty hit on the chart overall. In Canada, it debuted at 91 on the Canadian Hot 100 also based on just downloads, and after its physical release in Canada and receiving airplay it made a re-entry on the chart at number 67 and would go on to reach number 7.

Weekly charts

Chart (2008–10)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[6]	26
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[7]	31
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[8]	7
Canada AC (Billboard)[9]	12
Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[10]	5
Canada Hot AC (Billboard)[11]	3
Germany (Official German Charts)[12]	31
Luxembourg Digital Songs (Billboard)[13]	3
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[14]	58
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[15]	32
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16]	30
UK Singles (OCC)[17]	64
UK Rock & Metal (OCC)[18]	1
US Billboard Hot 100[19]	19
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[20]	14
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[21]	2
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[22]	32
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[23]	12

Year-end charts

Chart (2009)	Position
Australia (ARIA)[24]	80
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[25]	22
Russia Airplay (Tophit)[26]	60
US Billboard Hot 100[27]	70
US Adult Contemporary Songs (Billboard)[28]	33
US Adult Pop Songs (Billboard)[29]	13

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[30]	Silver	200,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

На других языках

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«If Today Was Your Last Day» (с англ. — «Если бы сегодняшний день был твоим последним») — сингл с шестого студийного альбома группы Nickelback — Dark Horse. Было запланировано, что это будет первый сингл, который выйдет на радио в США 30 сентября 2008 года,[2][3] но его заменили песней «Gotta Be Somebody».[4] Вместо этого песня была выпущена 31 марта 2009 года как второй сингл в США, и как третий сингл в Канаде в ноябре 2008. «I'd Come For You» была выпущена как второй сингл в Европе вместо «If Today Was Your Last Day», так же как при выпуске альбома All the Right Reasons, когда «Far Away» была выпущена в Европе, а «Savin' Me» была выпущена в США и Канаде. Она была спродюсирована Робертом Лангом, который продюсировал весь альбом. Песня стала доступна для цифровой загрузки 11 ноября. «If Today Was Your Last Day» была выпущена в Великобритании 15 июня. Вживую песня была впервые исполнена 22 мая на «Манчестер-Арене» в Манчестере, Англия.

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