Peak
8
Weeks
30
Score
5,397
Chart Year
2006
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position8
Peak DateSep 23, 2006
Weeks at Peak1
Weeks Charted30
Weeks in Top 4027
Weeks in Top 106
Weeks at #20
Weeks at #10
Scoring
Summary Calc2,253
Weekly Calc3,144
Total Score5,397
Rankings
Year Ranking#24
Decade Ranking#230
Billboard Year#23
Top 5000#916
Details
- Label
- Roadrunner Records
- Genre
- Pop rock
- Media Type
- CD
- Duration
- 3:39
- Composer(s)
- Chad Kroeger;Ryan Peake;Mike Kroeger;Daniel Adair
- Entered Chart
- Aug 5, 2006
- Peak Date
- Sep 23, 2006
- Released
- January 23, 2006[
- Recorded
- Unknown
- Catalog #
- Roadrunner Records - RDRR 10165-2
Music Video
The music video for "Far Away" was first shown on VH1's V-Spot. Filmed at Green Timbers Urban Forest Park in Surrey, British Columbia just outside Vancouver, the video starts with a couple in bed, when a cellphone rings and the husband is forced to leave. It is revealed that he is a firefighter, and has been called to help fight a forest fire. As the song moves on, we see the firefighters dropped right into the middle of the fire by a helicopter, which quickly overwhelms them and forces them to retreat. The husband goes back to help a fallen firefighter, and watches the helicopter leave without him. After the husband sees the helicopter leave, a large, fiery tree is seen falling, presumably onto him. This footage is inter-cut with his wife watching the news about the fire. Later, she receives a phone call, and breaks down, as it appears that she has been informed that her husband has died. She rushes outside to see several firefighters emerge from a truck...including her husband, covered in soot. She rushes to him and hugs him, and the video ends. The entire song also features inter-cuts to the band playing in a large, strobe light-filled red and orange room. VH1 later named this video as the third-best song on the Top 40 Videos of 2006, behind "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira and ahead of "SexyBack" by Justin Timberlake.
Notes
"Far Away" is a song by Canadian band Nickelback. First released on January 23, 2006, in Australia, it was the second international single, fourth US single, and third single overall from the band's fifth album, All the Right Reasons (2005). "Far Away" peaked at number eight in the United States, making All the Right Reasons the only Nickelback album to date to have more than one top-10 hit. The band's lead singer and guitarist Chad Kroeger described this song on the Tour when in Australia as the "only real love song" that Nickelback has. He described many others as "being about love" but not solely about "being in love". The song was re-released in the United Kingdom on September 22, 2008, following the success of "Rockstar" and the re-release of "Photograph". This release also reached number 40 in the UK singles chart, equalling its original chart peak, although this re-release was download-only
This time, this place, misused, mistakes Too long, too late, who was I to make you wait? Just one chance, just one breath Just in case there's just one left 'Cause you know, you know, you know I love you, I have loved you all along and I miss you Been far away for far too long I keep dreaming you'll be with me and you'll never go Stop breathing if I don't see you anymore On my knees, I'll ask, "Last chance for one last dance?" 'Cause with you, I'd withstand All of hell to hold your hand I'd give it all I'd give for us Give anything, but I won't give up 'Cause you know you know, you know I love you, I have loved you all along and I miss you Been far away for far too long I keep dreaming you'll be with me and you'll never go Stop breathing if I don't see you anymore So far away, so far away Been far away for far too long So far away, so far away Been far away for far too long But you know, you know, you know I wanted, I wanted you to stay 'Cause I needed, I need to hear you say I love you (I love you), I have loved you all along And I forgive you (I forgive you) for being away for far too long So keep breathing, 'cause I'm not leaving you anymore Believe it, hold on to me and never let me go Keep breathing, 'cause I'm not leaving you anymore Believe it, hold on to me and never let me go Keep breathing Hold on to me and never let me go Keep breathing Hold on to me and never let me go
Chart History (30 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 5, 2006 | 72 | 54 |
| 2 | Aug 12, 2006 | 43 | 83 |
| 3 | Aug 19, 2006 | 29 | 97 |
| 4 | Aug 26, 2006 | 23 | 103 |
| 5 | Sep 2, 2006 | 11 | 115 |
| 6 | Sep 9, 2006 | 11 | 115 |
| 7 | Sep 16, 2006 | 9 | 117 |
| 8 | Sep 23, 2006 | 8 | 118 |
| 9 | Sep 30, 2006 | 13 | 113 |
| 10 | Oct 7, 2006 | 11 | 115 |
| 11 | Oct 14, 2006 | 9 | 117 |
| 12 | Oct 21, 2006 | 10 | 116 |
| 13 | Oct 28, 2006 | 10 | 116 |
| 14 | Nov 4, 2006 | 10 | 116 |
| 15 | Nov 11, 2006 | 11 | 115 |
| 16 | Nov 18, 2006 | 12 | 114 |
| 17 | Nov 25, 2006 | 13 | 113 |
| 18 | Dec 2, 2006 | 15 | 111 |
| 19 | Dec 9, 2006 | 17 | 109 |
| 20 | Dec 16, 2006 | 16 | 110 |
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