| "Side of a Bullet" | ||||
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| Single by Nickelback | ||||
| from the album All the Right Reasons | ||||
| Released | March 2007 | |||
| Format | Digital download | |||
| Recorded | 2005 in Abbotsford, BC, Canada | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 3:00 | |||
| Label | Roadrunner | |||
| Writer(s) | Chad Kroeger, Nickelback |
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"Side of a Bullet" is Nickelback's seventh and final single from the album All The Right Reasons. The song was released only to U.S. rock stations. Wal-Mart's Tod Sterling has described the song as "one of the heaviest cuts on the album."[1]
The song is a tribute song to Dimebag Darrell who was shot on stage while performing in Columbus, Ohio. The lyrics for "Side of a Bullet" focus on the murder of Darrell and the aftermath therof. It takes place in an alternative universe where the murderer is still alive and Chad Kroeger is planning his revenge.
The guitar solo is by Dimebag from the Far Beyond Driven era. Dimebag's girlfriend Rita Haney and his brother Vinnie Paul sent Nickelback the track. At first Nickelback wanted to have Vinnie Paul playing on the track but he declined by stating that Nickelback's drummer Daniel Adair performed just as well as he could. Chad Kroeger, Nickelback's singer/guitarist, said that when he performs this song he actually feels that Dimebag still has a presence on the stage.
The song had received radio play on certain rock stations across the U.S. for quite some time before its official release. It charted on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Chart, peaking at #7, giving Nickelback their fourth top-ten hit on the chart from All the Right Reasons.
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks | 7 |
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