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Nickelback Goes Country?

May 26, 2010 by Dayne Shuda 9 Comments

NickelbackNickelback’s new song This Afternoon is a fun, summer song. The guys in the band are saying the song is country-rock. Lead singer Chad Kroeger told MTV News that the song is “A rock-and-roll version of Friends In Low Places“. Bassist Mike Kroeger said that country music was an influence on the guys growing up. “It’s a big part of our background.”

I don’t know if we’ll be hearing Nickelback on country radio regularly in the future, but this song does seem like it could find a place on the country singles charts this summer. Just as Kid Rock and Uncle Kracker have found success in country music, Nickelback has a song with melodies that country fans dig.

This song is fun like Kid Rock’s All Summer Long (co-written by Uncle Kracker) and summery like Uncle Kracker’s recent country top 40 hit Smile. It’ll be interesting if Nickelback and their record label decide to promote This Afternoon to country radio after it makes its way up the pop and rock charts. There is definitely precidence for rocking summer songs from rock stars to find a home with the country audience.

I like the song.

What are your thoughts?

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Comments

  1. HugABoxer says

    June 19, 2010 at 12:09 pm

    The song is fun…The video is typically distasteful.

  2. Dayne Shuda says

    June 19, 2010 at 12:18 pm

    That seems to be how it works with Nickelback. Their songs are guilty pleasures. This Afternoon is just a simple fun song.

  3. Michael says

    July 4, 2010 at 7:48 pm

    SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS !

  4. Robert says

    July 5, 2010 at 8:13 am

    I always wondered what an abortion sounded like.

  5. Daniel says

    July 26, 2010 at 12:01 pm

    This song is not country!! plus its only one song they are a metal band “This Afternoon” is rock not country!!

  6. John the Dudeman says

    August 18, 2010 at 6:40 pm

    THIS iS NOT COUNTRY!! THIS IS JUST GREAT SOUTHERN ROCK!!! Told You dumb*** Bob!!!

  7. LexiPodolski says

    September 13, 2010 at 8:59 am

    Nickleback is not country, Nickleback is rock. Some bands think that the pop/rock/or hip hop genre’s would be too unwilling to let them in or like Nickleback, the genres listed above are sick of them.. So they assume country will take them..

    sorry y’all – country doesn’t really want your rock and roll.

  8. Chris says

    August 3, 2016 at 6:29 pm

    You commenters are idiots, they may be a rock band but this is done in a modern country style rhythm. It’s a good song, stop being part of the “oh they sold out and I’m going to bandwagon on the hatred train” movement about Nickelback. what exactly is wrong with this song? What could possibly make this the worst song in the world? Have you ever heard John Fruiscante’s “Enter A Uh” (he was on heroin)? Listen to that and tell me that you’d rather listen to that than Nickelback. FYI I’m not even a fan of Nickelback, I just think the hatred is undeserved. In conclusion, you guys are idiotic in your ways of thinking

  9. Mary Greninger says

    July 15, 2021 at 9:56 am

    July 13, 2021. Well a little late for the comments we only recently heard them but we love their song and the video is cute would like to know where we could listen to them

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