"Too Bad"
Single by Nickelback
from the album Silver Side Up
B-side
  • "Yanking Out My Heart"
  • "Learn the Hard Way"
ReleasedNovember 27, 2001
StudioGreenhouse (Burnaby, British Columbia)
Length3:56
LabelRoadrunner
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Nickelback singles chronology
"How You Remind Me"
(2001) 		"Too Bad"
(2001) 		"Never Again"
(2002)

"Too Bad" is a song by Canadian rock band Nickelback, released on November 27, 2001, as the second single from their third studio album, Silver Side Up (2001). The song reached number 42 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and peaked within the top 20 in Ireland, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.

Lyrical content

The lyrics were written by the band's singer and guitarist Chad Kroeger and deals with the issues he felt growing up without his father, who abandoned him at age two.[1]

Music video

A music video was made for the song showing the band playing in the "Woodley Sawmill". A picture of the father and his son standing next to a truck is shown. After receiving a foreclosure notice, the father leaves his family and his son seems to be the most impacted. After years pass, he and his mother get into a fight ending with him leaving. He speeds down a dirt road where several flashbacks appear and distracted he crashes into a wooden post, breaking his leg. The music stops for a moment when his father receives a phone call telling him about the accident, then starts again. He is brought back to his house, where he sees his father sitting at the table, and the two walk out to the father's truck. The song ends with the picture shown at the beginning of the video shown again.

Track listings

Personnel

Personnel are lifted from the UK CD single liner notes.[2]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Too Bad"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[36] Gold 500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Too Bad"
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States November 27, 2001
Roadrunner [37]
Australia March 4, 2002 Maxi-CD [38]
United States March 25, 2002 Contemporary hit radio [39]
United Kingdom August 26, 2002
  • CD
  • cassette
 [40]

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