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"How You Remind Me" single released by Nickelback (Billboard Song of the Year 2002)

"How You Remind Me" is a song by the Canadian rock band Nickelback, released on July 17, 2001, as the lead single from their third studio album, Silver Side Up (2001).

"How You Remind Me" is a song by the Canadian rock band Nickelback, released on July 17, 2001, as the lead single from their third studio album, Silver Side Up (2001). Considered Nickelback's signature song, "How You Remind Me" reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. By 2010, it had been played more than 1.2 million times on US radio, making it the most-played song of the decade. The song was ranked fourth on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade and 75th on the UK decade-end chart. It was nominated for the Kerrang! Award for Best Single. "How You Remind Me" was also rated the number-one rock song and number-four alternative song of the decade of the 2000s by Billboard. In 2024, Consequence included the song in their list of "50 Kick-Butt Post-Grunge Songs We Can Get Behind".

Historical Significance

"How You Remind Me" is a song by the Canadian rock band Nickelback, released on July 17, 2001, as the lead single from their third studio album, Silver Side Up (2001).

Events Before

  1. Gisborne, New Zealand, with a population of approximately 32,754, is the first city in the world to welcome the new Mill

    Gisborne, New Zealand, with a population of approximately 32,754, is the first city in the world to welcome the new Millennium

  2. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates steps aside as chief executive and appoints company president Steve Ballmer as his success

    Microsoft chairman Bill Gates steps aside as chief executive and appoints company president Steve Ballmer as his successor

  3. NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom

    NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom

  4. South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje is charged by Delhi police with fixing One Day International matches against

    South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje is charged by Delhi police with fixing One Day International matches against India

  5. Metallica files a lawsuit against the peer-to-peer sharing platform Napster, accelerating a movement against file-sharin

    Metallica files a lawsuit against the peer-to-peer sharing platform Napster, accelerating a movement against file-sharing programs

Events After

  1. Euro banknotes and coins become legal tender in twelve of the European Union's member states

    There are eight denominations of euro coins, ranging from one cent to two euro (the euro is divided into a hundred cents). The coins first came into use in 2002.

  2. 29th American Music Awards: Janet Jackson and Lenny Kravitz win. Michael Jackson receives Artist of the Century award.

    29th American Music Awards: Janet Jackson and Lenny Kravitz win. Michael Jackson receives Artist of the Century award.

  3. US President George W. Bush in his State of the Union address describes "regimes that sponsor terror" as an "Axis of Evi

    US President George W. Bush in his State of the Union address describes "regimes that sponsor terror" as an "Axis of Evil," which includes Iraq, Iran, and North Korea

  4. "Blue" country and pop singer LeAnn Rimes (19) weds backup dancer Dean Sheremet (21) at Perkins Chapel in Dallas, Texas

    "Blue" country and pop singer LeAnn Rimes (19) weds backup dancer Dean Sheremet (21) at Perkins Chapel in Dallas, Texas

  5. US invasion of Afghanistan: US conventional forces first deployed as part of Operation Anaconda

    Shortly after the September 11 attacks in 2001, the United States declared the war on terror and subsequently led a multinational military operation against Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.

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"How You Remind Me" is a song by the Canadian rock band Nickelback, released on July 17, 2001, as the lead single from their third studio album, Silver Side Up (2001). Considered Nickelback's signature song, "How You Remind Me" reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. By 2010, it had been played more than 1.2 million times on US radio, making it the most-played song of the decade.
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"How You Remind Me" is a song by the Canadian rock band Nickelback, released on July 17, 2001, as the lead single from their third studio album, Silver Side Up (2001).

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