This Is How You Remind Me of Someday

Can a Band Plagiarize Itself? This is the question posed to Nickelback, a Canadian quartet perhaps second only to Creed in the level of derision received by a sizable segment of rock fans.

The reasons cited range from the band’s image to their reliance on predictable, poppish creations that seem too well crafted for the mass market.

Nickelback’s biggest hit, This is How You Remind Me, reached the top of the charts in 2001. In 2003, the band struck gold again with Someday, a radio-friendly song which fueled the howls of the band’s detractors on account of its suspiciously familiar progression and structure.

A clever sound wiz mixed the two songs to prove this point, resulting in a hilarious exposure of NB’s underlying sonic formula.

The left speaker plays one song while the right plays the other simultaneously.

Here is the appropriately titled: This is How You Remind Me of Someday:

For comparison, below is the video for Nickelback’s This Is How You Remind Me:

And Someday:

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