Lullaby (Nickelback song)
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{{Infobox song
| name = Lullaby
| cover = Nickelback Lullaby Cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Nickelback
| album = Here and Now
| released = February 24, 2012
| recorded = 2011 Mountain View Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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| venue =
| genre = * Alternative rock
| length = 3:48 (Album version)
3:39 (Radio Edit)
| label = Roadrunner
| writer = Chad Kroeger, Craig Wiseman, Chris Tompkins, Rodney Clawson
| producer = Nickelback, Joey Moi, Brian Howes
| prev_title = This Means War
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = Trying Not to Love You
| next_year = 2012
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|4OjiOn5s8s8|"Lullaby"}}}}
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"Lullaby" is a song by Canadian rock band Nickelback. It was released in February 2012 as the fourth single from their seventh studio album, Here and Now.
Music video
The music video for "Lullaby", directed by Nigel Dick, was shot in a factory in California{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Nickelback/status/163037396282257408|title= @Nickelback Status 10:15 AM - 28 Jan 12|accessdate=2012-02-12}} on January 28, 2012.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Nickelback/status/163152715982176256|title= @Nickelback Status 5:53 PM - 28 Jan 12|accessdate=2012-02-12}} It premiered on March 22 on VH1.{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/Nickelback/#!/Nickelback/status/168147206237466624|title= @Nickelback Status 12:39 PM - 11 Feb 12|website= Facebook|accessdate=2012-02-12}}
The video features a constructed narrative interspersed with shots of the band performing in a cavernous building. It also returns to the emotionally wrenching stories the band had previously used in music videos for songs such as "Too Bad", "Someday", "Never Gonna Be Alone" and "Far Away". In the story a pregnant woman is rushed down a hospital corridor, ready to give birth. The baby is soon delivered, but the new mother dies moments later. Now left to raise his child alone, the father (played by Justin James Hughes) struggles to keep his life together. One day as he settles the child down, his phone slips from his pocket, and he finds a video of his wife that was shot while she was heavily pregnant. After showing it to the child, he feels confident enough to raise the child alone, and crumples up the adoption pamphlet he'd picked up before leaving the hospital.
A performance-only version of the video was also distributed amongst other channels, such as Kerrang! TV in the United Kingdom, that remove the narrative altogether.
Track listing
;CD Single (RR 3618-2)
- "Lullaby" 3:48
- "If Today Was Your Last Day" 4:08
;Promo CD Single (PRO16951)
- "Lullaby" (Pop Mix Edit) 3:28
- "Lullaby" (Pop Mix) 3:38
- "Lullaby" (Album Version) 3:48
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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| Chart (2011–12)
!Peak |
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| {{single chart|Australiapandora|58|artist=Nickelback|url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120315130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20120316-0000/Issue1146.pdf|urltitle=ARIA Report (Issue #1146)|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 15, 2018}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} |
| {{single chart|Austria|27|artist=Nickelback|song=Lullaby|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 15, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Flanders Tip|3|artist=Nickelback|song=Lullaby|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Canada|52|artist=Nickelback|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 15, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcanadaac|28|artist=Nickelback|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 15, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcanadachrtop40|42|artist=Nickelback|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 15, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcanadahotac|12|artist=Nickelback|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 15, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Germany|36|artist=Nickelback|title=Lullaby|songid=928993|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 15, 2018}} |
| scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade){{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/tipparade/2012/week-11|title=Tipparade-lijst van week 11, 2012|lang=dutch| publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=March 25, 2023}}
|5 |
| {{single chart|Poland|1|year=2012|chartid=648|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Slovakia|99|year=2012|week=10|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Switzerland|45|artist=Nickelback|song=Lullaby|rowheader=true}} |
| scope="row"| UK Singles (The Official Charts Company){{cite web|title=CHART LOG UK: NEW ENTRIES UPDATE (week 48)|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/111203cluk.txt|publisher=zobbel.de c/o Official Charts Company|accessdate=March 15, 2018|date=December 3, 2011}}
| 194 |
| {{single chart|UKrock|3|artist=Nickelback|date=2011-11-27|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 15, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|89|artist=Nickelback|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|15|artist=Nickelback|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 15, 2018}} |
=Year-end charts=
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| Chart (2012)
!Position |
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| scope="row"| US Adult Top 40 (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/adult-pop-songs|title=Adult Pop Songs – Year-End 2012|work=Billboard|accessdate=March 22, 2020}}
| 47 |
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2011|certyear=2012|access-date=March 25, 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=single|artist=Nickelback|title=Lullaby|award=Gold|relyear=2011|certyear=2012|digital=true|access-date=March 25, 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|type=single|artist=Nickelback|title=Lullaby|award=Gold|relyear=2011|certyear=2013|access-date=February 1, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Nickelback|title=Lullaby|award=Silver|relyear=2011|certyear=2024|access-date=October 5, 2024|id=13170-288-1}}
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Personnel
- Chad Kroeger – lead vocals
- Mike Kroeger – bass
- Daniel Adair – drums, backing vocals
- Ryan Peake – piano, backing vocals
- Rob Dawson - acoustic guitar
References
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Category:Number-one singles in Poland
Category:Roadrunner Records singles
Category:Songs written by Chad Kroeger
Category:Songs written by Craig Wiseman
Category:Songs written by Chris Tompkins
Category:Songs written by Rodney Clawson