… I want a new tour bus full of old guitars/ My own star on Hollywood Boulevard' 'I want a brand new house/ on an episode of Cribs/ And a bathroom I can play baseball in The material desires of the rockstar are listed, but the practice needed to become proficient at rock music is never mentioned.

The lyrics can be taken as a satirical commentary on the lifestyle (or perceived lifestyle) of a rockstar, or as a glorification of material success at the expense of artistic integrity. This song was #100 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007, despite the fact that the band has been consistently criticized by the publication. The song was the 5th biggest-selling in the UK in 2008, despite not reaching number one. The song received the Record of the Year award in the UK for 2008. Many fans believe that the re-entry was a result of the song being featured on a DFS Sofa's advert. On 10 August 2008, the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart at #27, and stayed in the chart for an extra four weeks, taking its current total of weeks inside the UK Top 40 up to 35. It fell out of the top 40 on 6 July 2008. The song remained on the UK Singles Chart for 50 consecutive weeks before falling off in October 2008, making it one of the most successful songs on the chart in years in terms of longevity.

In the UK it was one of the biggest selling singles of 2008. It also pushed sales of the album there from under 200,000 to over half a million. The release of 'Rockstar' also helped All the Right Reasons achieve a top 10 position in the UK Albums Chart for the first time, becoming their third top 10 album there. Over two years after the release of All the Right Reasons, it became the band's highest charting single in the country, beating the peak of their breakout hit, 'How You Remind Me', which reached #4 in 2002 (though 'How You Remind Me' remains slightly Nickelback's biggest selling single in the United Kingdom to date). The song was released in physical form in the country after becoming popular online and climbing into the top 50 on downloads alone. 'Rockstar' was a success in the United Kingdom, and the most successful single overall of Nickelback's career there, where it peaked at #2 in the UK Singles Chart and #1 in the UK Official Download Chart. On 12 September 2007, 'Rockstar' reached a new peak of #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking higher than 'Far Away' did, becoming Nickelback's third Top 10 hit from All the Right Reasons, their fifth career Hot 100 Top Ten overall. 'Rockstar' is now the band's best selling digital single to date in the U.S., currently with U.S. When iTunes released their Top Sellers of 2007, 'Rockstar' was the 14th best selling digital song of 2007, and the 'Rockstar' video was the #1 selling music video on iTunes for 2007. The song climbed as high as #3 on iTunes top 100 selling songs as well as #1 on the chart of the most downloaded music video on iTunes. It has also registered on charts it didn't the first time, such as the Pop 100 Airplay. Since its re-release, the song has experienced great mainstream success, and has become active on most charts again, reaching new peaks on numerous charts like The Hot 100, the Adult Top 40, and Pop 100. The song was re-shipped to radio for ads on 5 June 2007, and a video was made to accompany the re-release. Because the song was released so close together with 'Far Away' the band opted to shoot a video for 'Far Away' and a video for 'Rockstar' was not originally made. It entered the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #54, during its original run. It peaked at #4 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and #37 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. Pop charts, while 'Rockstar' instead found moderate success on the rock charts. Spoken-word vocals between each verse are provided by Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top.ĭuring the song's original release 'Far Away' was more successful on the U.S. and Canada, and has since been re-released worldwide. single (although later re-released) by the Canadian rock band Nickelback from their 2005 fifth studio album All the Right Reasons.

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