For the Nights I Can't Remember

"For the Nights I Can't Remember"
Single by Hedley
from the album Famous Last Words/Never Too Late
Released November 2007
Format Digital download, CD single
Recorded 2007
Genre Pop rock, soft rock
Length 4:01
Label Universal Music Canada
Writer(s) Chris Crippin
Jacob Hoggard
Tommy Mac
Dave Rosin
Hedley singles chronology
"She's So Sorry"
(2007)
"For the Nights I Can't Remember"
(2007)
"Never Too Late"
(2008)

"For the Nights I Can't Remember" is the second single by Hedley from their second album, Famous Last Words/Never Too Late. It reached number 6 on the Canadian Hot 100.

Content

This song is Jacob saying sorry to his wife, Tammy, for being away so much while he was pursuing his musical dream. "I'm sorry for the nights I can't remember." Jacob's saying that he's sorry for the nights he wasn't there with Tammy to experience with her, therefore he can't remember those nights as he was not there. It is about a man who is sorry for doing wrong things.

Music video

The video starts off with a battered Jacob Hoggard getting pictured for a mug shot. It goes to his girlfriend who waits patiently for him, it cuts to him getting involved with an alley punk. The band is playing in a club being accompanied by back-up singers, with his girlfriend arriving to see him. One scene shows the girl looking at a letter from Jacob with the chorus written in; the first line in the chorus is then shown on a music sheet where Jacob performs on piano.[1]

The song was originally written by Greig Nori, from Treble Charger.

Charts

Chart (2007/2008) Peak
position [2]
Canadian Hot 100 6

Year-end charts

Chart (2008) Position
Canadian Hot 100[3] 14

Song structure

The slow tempo and the chorus are inspired by Piano Rock and several Elton John songs.

References

  1. "Hedley - For the Nights I Can't Remember". YouTube. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
  2. "Hedley - For the Nights I Can't Remember". Retrieved March 31, 2008.
  3. "Canadian Hot 100 Year-End 2008". Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 2012-03-31.

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