Peak
1
Weeks
49
Score
10,824
Chart Year
2001
The music video for "How You Remind Me" was directed by Greg and Colin Strause and features Nickelback playing a small venue with focus on a female audience member. Kroeger admitted to disliking the idea of a small venue performance at first, opting for a bigger scale arena concert; however, he found the outcome of the video satisfying. In the video, in scenes that alternate with the concert setting, Kroeger plays a man who is haunted by the memory of his ex-girlfriend (played by model Annie Henley). He constantly imagines or perceives her presence, making the world around him seem vibrant; when he realizes she is not there, the lighting changes to a blue-gray filter. At the end, she attends the concert, where Kroeger's character is also in the crowd. She approaches him but he rejects her; he is depicted physically pushing her away in the memory setting, as well as aggressively singing the song's lyrics at her in the concert setting. She is left alone in the dully lit setting.[16] Another version of the video exists, and has been played on some UK and Australian music channels. The video simply features the footage of the band playing from the main video, added to footage of the band's live performances and tour movies.
In an interview with MTV, Nickelback's lead singer Chad Kroeger said that he wrote the song about his old girlfriend Jodi, with whom he had a rather dysfunctional relationship. He kept the lyrics very ambiguous, however, which accounts for much of the song's success, as many people could relate to an ex who started pointing out all of your faults at the same time and caused considerable heartbreak: "This time I'm mistaken, for handing you a heart worth breaking." Silver Side Up was Nickelback's third album, and many of the songs were about relationships and personal issues. Kroeger brought the song to the band a week before recording the album, thinking of it as a possible last-minute addition. The band finished the song in about 10 minutes and knew they had something special. This was a contrast to most of the album's material, which was written even before their previous album, The State (2000). This was a huge surprise hit for Nickelback's record company, Roadrunner Records, which was expecting Slipknot to provide their commercial success for 2001. Instead, it was Nickelback. The album was released on September 11, 2001. This was the first single and most popular song, resulting in many listeners associating the song with remembrances of the tragedies of that day. >> A wildly popular song that covered a range of formats, "How You Remind Me" was the most-played song of 2002 on US radio stations. It was also the most-played radio song in the US during the first decade of the 21st century, with over 1.2 million spins. It was followed on this list by Train's "Drops of Jupiter," which was played over 1.1 million times during the '00s. "How You Remind Me" was only the fifth song by a Canadian group hit #1 on the US Hot 100. The previous four:
Never made it as a wise man I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealin' Tired of livin' like a blind man I'm sick of sight without a sense of feelin' And this is how you remind me This is how you remind me of what I really am This is how you remind me of what I really am It's not like you to say sorry I was waitin' on a different story This time I'm mistaken For handin' you a heart worth breakin' And I've been wrong I've been down Been to the bottom of every bottle These five words in my head scream Are we havin' fun yet? Yet, yet, yet, no no Yet, yet, yet, no no It's not like you didn't know that I said I love you and I swear I still do And it must have been so bad 'Cause livin' with me must have damn near killed you And this is how you remind me of what I really am This is how you remind me of what I really am It's not like you to say sorry I was waitin' on a different story This time I'm mistaken For handin' you a heart worth breakin' And I've been wrong I've been down Been to the bottom of every bottle These five words in my head, scream Are we havin' fun yet? Yet, yet, yet, no no Yet, yet, yet, no no Yet, yet, yet, no no Yet, yet, yet, no no Never made it as a wise man I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealin' And this is how you remind me This is how you remind me This is how you remind me of what I really am This is how you remind me of what I really am It's not like you to say sorry I was waitin' on a different story This time I'm mistaken For handin' you a heart worth breakin' And I've been wrong I've been down Been to the bottom of every bottle These five words in my head, scream Are we havin' fun yet? Yet, yet Are we havin' fun yet? Yet, yet Are we havin' fun yet? Yet, yet Are we havin' fun yet? Yet, yet, no, no
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 8, 2001 | 75 | 51 |
| 2 | Sep 15, 2001 | 64 | 62 |
| 3 | Sep 22, 2001 | 60 | 66 |
| 4 | Sep 29, 2001 | 58 | 68 |
| 5 | Oct 6, 2001 | 53 | 73 |
| 6 | Oct 13, 2001 | 43 | 83 |
| 7 | Oct 20, 2001 | 36 | 90 |
| 8 | Oct 27, 2001 | 26 | 100 |
| 9 | Nov 3, 2001 | 17 | 109 |
| 10 | Nov 10, 2001 | 11 | 115 |
| 11 | Nov 17, 2001 | 9 | 117 |
| 12 | Nov 24, 2001 | 5 | 121 |
| 13 | Dec 1, 2001 | 4 | 122 |
| 14 | Dec 8, 2001 | 3 | 123 |
| 15 | Dec 15, 2001 | 3 | 123 |
| 16 | Dec 22, 2001 | 1 | 125 |
| 17 | Dec 29, 2001 | 1 | 125 |
| 18 | Jan 5, 2002 | 1 | 125 |
| 19 | Jan 12, 2002 | 1 | 125 |
| 20 | Jan 19, 2002 | 2 | 124 |