If Everyone Cared

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{{Short description|2006 single by Nickelback}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}}

{{Infobox song

| name = If Everyone Cared

| cover = Nickelback - If Everyone Cared.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Nickelback

| album = All the Right Reasons

| B-side = "Too Bad", "Someday"

| released = {{start date|2006|11|13}}

| recorded =

| studio = Mountainview (Abbotsford, British Columbia)

| genre =

| length = 3:38

| label = Roadrunner, EMI (Canada)

| writer = Chad Kroeger, Ryan Peake, Mike Kroeger, Daniel AdairCD liner notes: Grammy Nominees 2008

| producer = Nickelback, Joey Moi

| prev_title = Rockstar

| prev_year = 2006

| next_title = Side of a Bullet

| next_year = 2007

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|WOwJSpt2m_w|"If Everyone Cared"}}}}

}}

"If Everyone Cared" is a song recorded by Canadian rock group Nickelback. It was issued as the sixth single from their fifth studio album, All the Right Reasons (2005), in Australia on November 13, 2006, and in the United States on January 7, 2007. It debuted at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 50 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in late January 2007 and climbed to No. 17. The song also reached No. 1 on the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart.

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.{{Cite web |url=http://music.ign.com/articles/759/759556p1.html |title=IGN: Nickelback Do A Good Deed |access-date=February 6, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202054104/http://music.ign.com/articles/759/759556p1.html |archive-date=February 2, 2007 |url-status=dead}}

Music video

The video for the song was directed by Dori Oskowitz and produced by Justin Cronkite. It shows the band performing the song in a studio, interspersed with vintage footage and pictures representing famous world leaders. Those leaders are, in order: Bob Geldof, the founder of Live Aid, Betty Williams, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and Nelson Mandela, who ended the Apartheid movement in South Africa. Their stories are also shown in text during their respective scenes. Another scene focuses on the formation of Amnesty International. The video ends with the band finishing the song and packing up, which then cuts to more footage of Williams, followed by a quote from Margaret Mead.

Track listing

  1. "If Everyone Cared" (album version) – 3:38
  2. "Too Bad (acoustic)"
  3. "Someday (acoustic)"
  4. "If Everyone Cared (edit version)"

Personnel

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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Chart (2006–2007)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|32|artist=Nickelback|song=If Everyone Cared|access-date=November 6, 2010}}
{{single chart|Austria|12|artist=Nickelback|song=If Everyone Cared|access-date=November 6, 2010}}
{{single chart|Flanders Tip|7|artist=Nickelback|song=If Everyone Cared|access-date=November 6, 2010}}
{{single chart|Canada|7|artist=Nickelback|access-date=November 6, 2010}}
{{single chart|Billboardcanadachrtop40|7|artist=Nickelback|access-date=March 15, 2018}}
{{single chart|Billboardcanadahotac|2|artist=Nickelback|access-date=March 15, 2018}}
{{single chart|Billboardcanadarock|15|artist=Nickelback|access-date=March 15, 2018}}
{{single chart|Germany|21|artist=Nickelback|song=If Everyone Cared|songid=150164|access-date=April 30, 2020}}
Germany Airplay (BVMI){{cite web|url=http://www.nielsenmusiccontrol.com/|title=Nielsen Music Control Airplay - Germany Top 5|publisher=Nielsen Music Control on behalf of BVMI|accessdate=February 17, 2023|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202013036/http://www.nielsenmusiccontrol.com/|archivedate=February 2, 2007}}

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{{single chart|Dutch100|99|artist=Nickelback|song=If Everyone Cared|access-date=November 6, 2010}}
Russia Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/weekly/20070302-20070308|title=Top Radio Hits Russia Weekly Chart: Mar 8, 2007|publisher=TopHit|access-date=April 26, 2024}}

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{{single chart|Slovakia|9|year=2007|week=14}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|19|artist=Nickelback|song=If Everyone Cared|access-date=November 6, 2010}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|17|artist=Nickelback|access-date=November 6, 2010}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|17|artist=Nickelback|access-date=November 6, 2010}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|1|artist=Nickelback|access-date=November 6, 2010}}
{{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|37|artist=Nickelback|access-date=November 6, 2010}}
{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|8|artist=Nickelback|access-date=November 6, 2010}}

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=Year-end charts=

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! Chart (2007)

! Position

Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40){{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=2007|title=Jahreshitparade Singles 2007|website=austriancharts.at|access-date=January 13, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 75

Germany (Official German Charts){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2007|title=Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts|language=de|work=GfK Entertainment|publisher=offiziellecharts.de|access-date=November 23, 2019}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 95

Russia Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/annual/2007|title=Top Radio Hits Russia Annual Chart: 2007|publisher=TopHit|access-date=April 26, 2024|archive-date=April 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426131857/https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/annual/2007|url-status=live}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 42

Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2007|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2007 – hitparade.ch|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=November 23, 2019}}

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US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|title=Hot 100 Songs - Year-End 2007|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/hot-100-songs|website=Billboard|access-date=March 15, 2018}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 50

US Adult Top 40 (Billboard){{cite web|title=Adult Pop Songs - Year-End 2007|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/adult-pop-songs|website=Billboard|access-date=March 15, 2018}}

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Release history

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Region

! Date

Australia{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue871.pdf|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 13th November 2006|publisher=ARIA|page=29|date=November 13, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222440/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20061220-0000/issue871.pdf|archive-date=February 22, 2008|access-date=May 26, 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

| {{start date|2006|11|13}}

Europe

| {{start date|2006|12}}

United States

| {{start date|2007|1|7}}

References