How You Remind Me

How You Remind Me
Nickelback
publication	August 21, 2001
length	3:43
Genre (s)	Alternative rock , post-grunge , nu metal
text	Chad Kroeger
music	Rick Parashar, Nickelback
album	Silver Side Up
Cover version
2012	Avril Lavigne

How You Remind Me (English; " How You Remind Me ") is a song by the Canadian rock band Nickelback . The song is the first single from their third studio album Silver Side Up and was released on August 21, 2001. The piece helped the band achieve their worldwide commercial breakthrough and was the most played single on US radio stations from 2001 to 2009. The song was composed by Chad R. Kroeger , Michael D. Kroeger , Ryan A. Peake and Ryan Vikedal .

content

Thematically, it's about a man who looks back on a broken relationship with his ex-girlfriend. He blames himself for misbehaving, being blind and having no sense of emotion. His ex-girlfriend would remind him who he really was. The man has made a lot of mistakes and swears that he still loves her. There are also indications that he was addicted to alcohol during their relationship . Finally, he asks the question whether they had fun despite all this and says no.

According to his own statement, Kroeger wrote the song about his ex-girlfriend Jodi.

production

The song was produced by music producer Rick Parashar in collaboration with Nickelback.

Music video

In the video, Nickelback play a small concert in front of a few spectators, including the ex-girlfriend of Chad Kroeger (played by the model Annie Henley). Kroeger has been abandoned by her and the memories of her still haunt him. He sees them in different places he goes and imagines their touch. But in the course of the video he finally gets over her. During his concert, his ex-girlfriend approaches him and apparently asks for forgiveness, but he has overcome his lovesickness and pushes her away. Now the tide has turned and she is heartbroken and haunted by memories of him.

single

Cover design

The single cover shows the lower right half of the face of Chad Kroeger , the front man of Nickelback. In the upper part are the white lettering How You Remind Me and Nickelback . The background is mostly kept in different shades of blue.

Chart successes

How You Remind Me entered the German singles charts at number 10 in the 5th calendar week of 2002 and was at ranks 7 and 5 in the following weeks before reaching the highest position 3. Overall, the song stayed in the top 100 for 29 weeks, including 13 weeks in the top 10. The song was particularly successful in the United States, Canada, Austria, Denmark, Ireland and Poland, where it topped the charts.

In the German annual charts in 2002 , the single was number 13, while it reached number 1 in the United States.

Chart placements Charts Top ranking Weeks Chart placements  Germany (GfK) 3 (29 weeks) 29  Austria (Ö3) 1 (25 weeks) 25th  Switzerland (IFPI) 3 (40 weeks) 40  United Kingdom (OCC) 4th (42 weeks) 42  United States (Billboard) 1 (49 weeks) 49

Annual charts Charts (2002) placement Annual charts (2002)  Germany (GfK) 13  Austria (Ö3) 6th  Switzerland (IFPI) 13  United Kingdom (OCC) 12  United States (Billboard) 1

Sales figures and awards

The piece received a gold record in Germany for more than 250,000 sales, in Austria for over 20,000 copies, in Switzerland for more than 20,000 sales and in the United States for over 500,000 units sold . In the UK, the track was awarded a double platinum record in 2019 for more than 1.2 million sales .

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
Belgium (BEA)	gold	25,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	gold	250,000
Italy (FIMI)	gold	25,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	20,000
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	30,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	20,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	1,200,000
All in all	7 × gold 5 × platinum	2,460,000

At the Grammy Awards in 2003 was How You Remind Me in the category Record of the Year nomination, but lost the song Do not Know Why by Norah Jones .

Avril Lavigne version

In late 2012, a cover of Avril Lavigne was released as a promo single in Japan. It was part of the soundtrack for the Japanese animated feature film One Piece Z .

It was later included on the Japanese and Taiwanese editions and on the digital extended version of their studio album Avril Lavigne (2013).

Web links

• Lyrics with interpretations on rock.genius.com (English)
• Lyrics translation on golyr.de
• Music video on youtube.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ [1]
2. ↑ Most played single 2001-2009 in the USA
3. ↑ Lyrics
4. ↑ Song facts
5. ↑ Music video (Youtube)
6. ↑ Single cover
7. ↑ Chart tracking How You Remind Me on musicline.de (Part 1) ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
8. ↑ Chart tracking How You Remind Me on musicline.de (Part 2) ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ↑ Chart tracking How You Remind Me on chartsurfer.de
10. ↑ International chart tracking How You Remind Me
11. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
12. ↑ ^{a b c d e} annual charts 2002: DE AT CH UK (PDF; 317 kB) US
13. ↑ Awards: DE AT CH UK US
14. ↑ Avril Lavigne - Bad Reputation / How You Remind Me (2012, CDr) . Discogs. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
15. ↑ One Piece Film Z soundtrack . CDJapan.co.jp. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
16. ↑ Avril Lavigne - Avril Lavigne (2016, CD) . Discogs . Retrieved February 7, 2020.
    Avril Lavigne - Avril Lavigne (2013, File Folder, CD) . Discogs . Retrieved February 7, 2020.
17. ↑ Avril Lavigne (Expanded Edition) by Avril Lavigne on Apple Music . Retrieved February 7, 2020.