If Everyone Cared
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| Single by Nickelback | ||
| from the album All the Right Reasons | ||
| B-side(s) | "Too Bad"/"Someday" | |
| Released |  November 28, 2006 December 2006 Early 2007 January 2007 |
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| Format | CD single, Airplay, Digital download | |
| Recorded | April 2005 in Dallas, Texas | |
| Genre | Alternative rock | |
| Length | 3:38 | |
| Label | Roadrunner | |
| Writer(s) | Chad Kroeger, Nickelback |
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| Nickelback singles chronology | ||
| "Rockstar" (2006) |
"If Everyone Cared" (2006-2007) |
"Side of a Bullet (2007) |
"If Everyone Cared" is the fourth single worldwide released from Nickelback's All the Right Reasons, and the fifth and sixth single released in Australia and the U.S. respectively("Animals" was only released in Australia and the U.S., and "Rockstar" only in the U.S.). It was released first in Australia, in November 2006. The song entered inside the Top 40 in the ARIA Singles Chart on January 7, 2007. The song was then released in most other parts of the world in the beginning of 2007. It debuted at #50 on the Billboard Hot 100 in late January 2007, and has since so far climbed to #17.
It was announced that 100% of all digital sales for the song will be donated to the charities of Amnesty International, and the International Children's Awareness Canada.[1] This ties into the theme of the song and video of caring about something to work towards the improvement of human civilization.
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[edit] Song Meaning
The song discusses a very strong relationship between two people, who are always honest, supporting, and caring of each other. The chorus then describes a scenario about how the world would be better off if everyone in the world acted like this towards every one else.
[edit] Chorus
If everyone cared and nobody cried,
If everyone loved and nobody lied,
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride,
Then we'd see the day...when nobody dies."
[edit] Music Video
The band worked on the video for it with director, Dori Oskowitz. The video for "If Everyone Cared" is not like most videos, or any other video the band has done. It begins with Nickelback in the studio playing the song. Scenes of this are intercut with images and videos of past social justice and human rights events, essentially when an individual "cared" and ended up changing the world. Some of the people shown are Bob Geldof starting up Live Aid, Peter Benenson igniting what would become known as Amnesty International, Nelson Mandela leading South Africa to its first democratic election, (which would end the racist apartheid regime that had divided the country for 46 years) and Betty Williams leading people. The video ends with a quote from Margaret Mead that reads "Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
[edit] Track listings
- "If Everyone Cared"
- "Too Bad" (acoustic) Rolling Stone Original
- "Someday" (acoustic) Rolling Stone Original
[edit] Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 17 |
| Billboard Pop 100 | 12 |
| Billboard Pop 100 Airplay | 10 |
| Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks | 37 |
| Billboard Hot Digital Songs | 12 |
| Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 | 3 |
| ARC Weekly Top 40 | 7 |
| Canadian BDS Airplay Chart | 3 |
| Canadian MuchMusic Countdown | 5 |
| AT 40 | 8 |
| MBG Top 40 | 18 |
| VSPOT Top 20 Countdown | 1 (1) |
| Austrian Top 75 | 12 |
| Latvian Airplay Top 50 | 17 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 19 |
| German Top 100 | 21 |
| Polish Singles Chart | 26 |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 32 |
| United World Chart | 17 |
