It peaked at #4 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and #37 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. Pop charts, while "Rockstar" instead found moderate success on the rock charts. Commercial performanceĭuring the song's original release "Far Away" was more successful on the Billboard Hot 100 and U.S. Four months later, the advert was recognized as one of the worst of all time by a Scottish newspaper. In August of that year, the song appeared in a "banned" commercial for British sofa retailer DFS in the United Kingdom featuring actors miming it while playing air guitar in front of sofas. Yes you do" to Kroger's apparent dejection. The first panel of a 2008 Cyanide and Happiness webcomic shows Kroger performing the chorus, only for one of the strip's characters to come in in the second panel and say "yes you do, Chad Kroeger. It is also one of most confusing." He concluded his review by stating, "In summary, this song makes literally no sense and is the worst thing of all time." The Guardian 's Peter Robinson claimed that the song was ".a Smack the Pony skit without the laughter track ironic, given that Rockstar is one of the most unintentionally hilarious songs of the last few years. "Rockstar" was listed at number 2 in BuzzFeed's list of the 30 worst songs ever written stating that "If aliens came to earth and asked why everyone hates Nickelback so much, this song would be a perfect explanation." A 2008 Popjustice poll voted "Rockstar" as the worst single of the year. Aside from its praise from Rolling Stone and popularity, some have even labeled it one of the worst songs of all time.
Rolling Stone ranked "Rockstar" at number 100 in their list of the 100 best songs of 2007.
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