Side of a Bullet

"Side of a Bullet"
Single by Nickelback
from the album All the Right Reasons
Released March 2007
Format Digital download
Recorded January–May 2005 at Mountainview Studios, Abbotsford, British Columbia
Genre Heavy metal
Length 3:00
Label Roadrunner
Writer(s) Chad Kroeger,
Nickelback,
Dimebag Darrell
Nickelback singles chronology
"If Everyone Cared"
(2006)
"Side of a Bullet"
(2007)
"Gotta Be Somebody"
(2008)

"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.

Background

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 thereof. 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.

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.

Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 7

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