"Side of a Bullet"
Single by Nickelback
from the album All the Right Reasons
ReleasedMarch 2007
RecordedJanuary–May 2005 (guitar solo recorded 1991–1993)
StudioMountainview Studios, Abbotsford, British Columbia
Genre
Length3:00
LabelRoadrunner
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Joey Moi
Nickelback singles chronology
"If Everyone Cared"
(2006)		 "Side of a Bullet"
(2007)		 "Gotta Be Somebody"
(2008)

"Side of a Bullet" is Nickelback's seventh and final single from the album All the Right Reasons. The song was released only to U.S. rock stations. "Side of a Bullet" charted on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Chart, peaking at number 7, giving Nickelback their fourth top-ten hit on the chart from All the Right Reasons.

Background

The song is a tribute to Dimebag Darrell who was shot and killed on stage while performing in Columbus, Ohio, with Damageplan. It features aggressive guitars and double bass drumming. The lyrics for "Side of a Bullet" focus on the murder of Darrell, the anger at the perpetrator Nathan Gale and the aftermath thereof. The guitar solo combines outtakes by Darrell originally meant to be used on the Pantera albums Vulgar Display of Power and Far Beyond Driven. Darrell's girlfriend Rita Haney and his brother Vinnie Paul gave Nickelback permission to use the outtakes. At first Nickelback wanted to have Vinnie Paul playing on the track but he declined by stating that Nickelback's drummer Daniel Adair performed just as well as he could.[1]

Track listing

CD single
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Side of a Bullet"Chad Kroeger
3:00

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Canada Rock (Billboard)[2] 28
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[3] 7
US Active Rock (Billboard)[4] 6
US Heritage Rock (Billboard)[5] 8

References

  1. ↑ "Unreleased Dimebag Solo Included on Nickelback's Tribute Song". MTV.
  2. ↑ "Nickelback Chart History (Canada Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Nickelback Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Nickelback". Billboard.
  5. ↑ "Nickelback". Billboard.
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