Feed the Machine ( Nickelback song ) - wikipedia Feed the Machine ( Nickelback song ) `` Feed the Machine '' Single by Nickelback from the album Feed the Machine Released February 1, 2017 ( 2017 - 02 - 01 ) Genre Alternative metal Length 5 : 02 Label BMG Songwriter ( s ) Chad Kroeger Ryan Peake Mike Kroeger Daniel Adair Producer ( s ) Nickelback Chris Baseford Nickelback singles chronology `` Dirty Laundry '' ( 2016 ) `` Feed the Machine '' ( 2017 ) `` Song on Fire '' ( 2017 ) `` Dirty Laundry '' ( 2016 ) `` Feed the Machine '' ( 2017 ) `` Song on Fire '' ( 2017 ) Music video `` Feed the Machine '' on YouTube `` Feed the Machine '' is a song by Canadian rock band Nickelback for their ninth studio album of the same name ( 2017 ). The band co-produced the track with Chris Baseford. `` Feed the Machine '' was released to digital retailers February 1, 2017 through BMG Rights Management as the album 's lead single and impacted American rock radio on February 7. Contents 1 Content 2 Critical reception 3 Chart performance 4 Music video 4.1 Synopsis 5 Charts 6 Release history 7 References 8 External links Content `` Feed the Machine '' is a `` defiant rock anthem '' with prominent metal - influenced guitar riffs and `` timely '' lyrics about resisting an all - powerful government. Critics have noted the song 's style as being both a return to the `` heavier '' rock sound of their early works and a change of pace from the formulaic music for which they have drawn criticism. Critical reception Mike Wass of Idolator gave the single a mixed review, writing that `` Feed the Machine '' is `` honestly not that bad '' and `` something of a change of pace '' for the group. Sam Law of lifestyle blog The Edge rated the song three stars out of five. He praised the song 's `` surprisingly catchy '' guitar work but wrote that ultimately, `` the most compelling thing about Nickelback 's latest single is that it 's not as awful as the rest of their work. '' Chart performance In Canada, `` Feed the Machine '' failed to enter the Canadian Hot 100 chart, but did reach number 39 on the Digital Songs component chart dated February 25, 2017. The song entered the Canada Rock airplay chart at number 32 for the week of February 18, 2017 and has since reached a peak position of 14 on the chart dated March 25, 2017. In the United States, `` Feed the Machine '' debuted at number 42 on the Hot Rock Songs chart dated February 18, 2017. It reached a peak position of 17 on the chart dated February 25, 2017. The song has also peaked at 34 on the Rock Airplay chart and at 14 on the format - specific Mainstream Rock chart. Music video The music video was released on 19 April 2017. Synopsis Set in a dystopian, post-apocalyptic future where machines have imprisoned humans. The music video sees Kroeger and his bandmates depicted as freedom - fighting revolutionaries who free the enslaved humans from their machine captors. Charts Chart ( 2017 ) Peak position Canada Digital Songs ( Billboard ) 39 Canada Rock ( Billboard ) 14 US Hot Rock Songs ( Billboard ) 17 US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) 12 Release history Country Date Format Label Ref. Worldwide February 1, 2017 Digital download BMG United States February 7, 2017 Active rock mainstream rock References Jump up ^ `` Nickelback Shares New Single ' Feed The Machine ' ( LISTEN ) ''. iHeartRadio. iHeartMedia. February 1, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2017. Jump up ^ Rheubottom, Robert ( January 31, 2017 ). `` Watch : Nickelback teaser video for new single ' Feed the Machine ' ''. AXS TV. 2929 Entertainment. Retrieved March 14, 2017. Jump up ^ Williams, Tom ( February 3, 2017 ). `` People Are Having A Hard Time Dealing With Actually Liking The New Nickelback Song ''. Music Feeds. Retrieved March 14, 2017. ^ Jump up to : Wass, Mike ( February 2, 2017 ). `` Nickelback 's `` Feed The Machine '' Is Honestly Not That Bad ``. Idolator. Hive Media. Retrieved March 14, 2017. ^ Jump up to : Law, Sam ( February 7, 2017 ). `` Review : Nickelback - ' Feed the Machine ' ''. The Edge. Retrieved March 14, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Canadian Digital Song Sales : The Week of February 25, 2017 ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 14, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Chart history for `` Feed the Machine '' on Canada Rock ``. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 14, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Hot Rock Songs : The Week of February 18, 2017 ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 14, 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Nickelback Chart History ( Hot Rock Songs ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved March 14, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Nickelback -- Chart history ''. Billboard Rock Airplay for Nickelback. Retrieved March 14, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Nickelback -- Chart history ''. Billboard Mainstream Rock for Nickelback. Retrieved March 14, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Nickelback -- Chart history ''. Billboard Canadian Digital Songs for Nickelback. Retrieved March 14, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Nickelback Chart History ( Canada Rock ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved March 14, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Nickelback Chart History ( Mainstream Rock ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved 29 July 2017. Jump up ^ The Canadian Press ( February 1, 2017 ). `` Nickelback returns with new single ' Feed the Machine, ' summer tour ''. Toronto Sun. Toronto : Postmedia Network. Retrieved March 14, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Rock Future Releases ''. All Access Media Group. Archived from the original on February 6, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Nickelback Chad Kroeger Ryan Peake Mike Kroeger Daniel Adair Brandon Kroeger Mitch Guindon Ryan Vikedal Studio albums Curb The State Silver Side Up The Long Road All the Right Reasons Dark Horse Here and Now No Fixed Address Feed the Machine Compilations Three - Sided Coin The Best of Nickelback Volume 1 Extended plays Hesher Singles `` Fly '' `` Leader of Men '' `` Old Enough '' `` Breathe '' `` How You Remind Me '' `` Too Bad '' `` Never Again '' `` Someday '' `` Figured You Out '' `` Feelin ' Way Too Damn Good '' `` Because of You '' `` Photograph '' `` Animals '' `` Savin ' Me '' `` Far Away '' `` Rockstar '' `` If Everyone Cared '' `` Side of a Bullet '' `` Gotta Be Somebody '' `` Something in Your Mouth '' `` If Today Was Your Last Day '' `` I 'd Come for You '' `` Burn It to the Ground '' `` Never Gonna Be Alone '' `` Shakin ' Hands '' `` This Afternoon '' `` When We Stand Together '' `` Bottoms Up '' `` This Means War '' `` Lullaby '' `` Trying Not to Love You '' `` Edge of a Revolution '' `` What Are You Waiting For ? '' `` Million Miles an Hour '' `` She Keeps Me Up '' `` Satellite '' `` Get ' Em Up '' `` Dirty Laundry '' `` Feed the Machine '' `` Song on Fire '' Video albums Live at Home The Videos Live at Sturgis 2006 Concert tours The Long Road Tour All the Right Reasons Tour Dark Horse Tour Here and Now Tour No Fixed Address Tour Feed the Machine Tour Related articles Awards and nominations Discography Songs Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Feed_the_Machine_(Nickelback_song)&oldid=827724257 '' Categories : 2017 songs 2017 singles Nickelback songs Songs written by Chad Kroeger Songs written by Ryan Peake Songs written by Mike Kroeger Songs written by Daniel Adair Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Billboardcanadarock Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardrocksongs Singlechart making named ref Singlechart usages for Billboardmainstreamrock Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 26 February 2018, at 10 : 23. 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Question: what is the song feed the machine about
Answer: resisting an all-powerful government