"I'd Come for You" is the second European single (fourth in

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) from

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's 2008 album ''

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''. The song was written by the band and

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. It was released March 23, 2009. "

If Today Was Your Last Day "If Today Was Your Last Day" is the third single from Nickelback's sixth studio album ''Dark Horse''. It was originally planned as the first single, to hit all U.S. radio formats September 30, 2008, but was scrapped as the first single in favour ...

" served as the third single instead in North America (after "

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" and the rock radio-only single "

Something in Your Mouth "Something in Your Mouth" is the second single and first promotional single released from Canadian rock band Nickelback's sixth studio album '' Dark Horse''. The song was released as a digital download to the US iTunes Store on October 28, 2008. ...

"). Lyrically the song is emotional and not sexual, as some originally inferred from the title.

Music video

In an interview

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said they wanted to get

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to star as the father in the video. Costner asked

to be in one of their videos when they met previously. But when shooting for the video came along he was unable to make it. Jessa Danielson, Don Broach and Craig Anderson play the three roles in the video. The video was shot in late January 2009 with long-time collaborator

Nigel Dick Nigel Dick (born 21 March 1953) is a British music video and film director, writer and musician from Catterick, England, now based in Los Angeles, California. He directed the Britney Spears videos " ...Baby One More Time" and " Oops!... I Did I ...

directing the video. The video was released on March 23, 2009, in Canada. The video shows a father arriving home to find his daughter on her way out to go on a date with her boyfriend. Later on the boyfriend tries to sexually assault the daughter who makes two frantic calls to her father, one a text message with the same numbers, 77, in a photograph of the daughter and the father by a baseball field. He realizes she is in a situation at the baseball ground, therefore he goes looking for her. He arrives in time to pull the young man out of the car and punch him twice, then drives off with her crying in his arms. Shots throughout the video shows the band performing inside a concert garden.

Track listing

#"I'd Come For You" (Album Version) #"I'd Come For You" (Edit)

German Track Listing

#"I'd Come For You" (Edit) #"I'd Come For You" (Album Version) #" Far Away" (Live At Sturgis 2006)

Japan Track Listing

#"I'd Come For You" (Edit) #"I'd Come For You" (Album Version) #"

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" (Live At Sturgis 2006)

Chart performance

"I'd Come for You" experienced chart success prior to its release as a single. Following ''Dark Horses release, the song climbed as high as #14 on the U.S.

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, fueling a #44 debut on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It also debuted the same week at #53 on the

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and re-entered the chart months later rising to #29. The song also peaked to #1 on the

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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