Far Away

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"Far Away"

Single by Nickelback
from the album All The Right Reasons
Format	12", CD
Recorded	River's Edge Productions, Haverhill,MA
Genre	Alternative Rock
Length	3:58
Label	Roadrunner
Producer(s)	Nickelback
Certification	Not Certified
Chart positions
#1 (Canada) #2 (Australia, New Zealand) #8 (United States) #40 (UK)
Nickelback singles chronology
"Animals" (2006)	"Far Away" (2006)	"Savin' Me" (2006)

"Far Away" is a single by Canadian band Nickelback. Released in February 2006, it was the second single from the band's fifth studio album All the Right Reasons (released in 2005). The single was only released in Europe and Australia,and was released in Canada in June 2006. It was released as the fourth U.S. single off of All the Right Reasons in July 2006. The band's lead singer and guitarist Chad Kroeger described this song on the Tour when in Australia as the "only real lovesong" that Nickelback has. He described many others as "being about love" but not solely about "being in love".

"Far Away" was a huge success in the U.S. and became the band's fourth Top Ten single on the Billboard Hot 100, so far peaking at #8. The song was the second Top Ten single from their latest album "All the Right Reasons" after the lead single of the album "Photograph" which peaked at No.2 on the chart, making All the Right Reasons Nickelback's only CD to date to have two top ten singles on the Hot 100. In addition "Far Away" has found big success on the U.S. pop, digital, and adult charts. However, it is the only Nickelback single after How You Remind Me to not chart on either of the rock charts.

"Far Away" was the second song of Nickelback to reach #1 on the ARC Weekly Top 40 chart making it the second Nickelback song to do so. The first was How You Remind Me, which stayed at #1 the last 2 weeks of 2001.

[edit] Music Video

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The music video for 'Far Away' was first shown on VH1's V-Spot. The video starts with a couple in bed, when a cellphone rings and the boyfriend is forced to leave. It is revealed that he is a fireman, and has been called to help fight a forest fire.

As the song moves on, we see the firemen dropped right into the middle of the fire, which quickly overwhelms them and forces them to retreat. The boyfriend goes back to help a fallen firefighter, and watches the helicopter leave without him. After the boyfriend sees the helicopter leave, a large, fiery tree is seen falling, presumably onto the boyfriend. This footage is intercut with his girlfriend 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 boyfriend has died. She rushes outside to see several firefighters emerge from a truck...including her boyfriend, covered in soot. She rushes to him and hugs him, and the video ends.

The entire song also features intercuts to the band playing in a large, strobe light-filled red and orange room.

The video is altogether unpredictable until its climax and gives a true visual representation to the lyrics of 'Far Away'.^{[citation needed]}

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Charts

Chart	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	8
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	4
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs	6
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Tracks	6
U.S. Billboard Hot Ringtones	5
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	-
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	-
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40	1 (5 Weeks)
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	19
ARC Weekly Top 40	1 (1 Week)
Mainstream Top 40	1 (2 Weeks)
Canadian Singles Chart	2
Canadian MuchMusic Countdown	1(1 Week)
AT 40	2
MBG Top 40	1 (2 Weeks)
VH1 Top Videos	1 (1 Week)
UK Singles Chart	40
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	2
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	2
Irish Singles Chart	17
Dutch Top 40	18
Austrian Singles Chart	22
Swedish Singles Chart	51
Swiss Singles Chart	41
Lithuanian Singles Chart	11
World Tracks Top 40	16