If Today was Your Last Day - wikipedia If Today was Your Last Day `` If Today Was Your Last Day '' Single by Nickelback from the album Dark Horse Released November 11, 2008 ( iTunes ) November 2008 ( CAN radio ) March 31, 2009 ( US radio ) June 15, 2009 ( UK ) Format Digital download Recorded March -- July 2008 Studio Mountain View Studios, Abbotsford, British Columbia Length 4 : 08 Label Roadrunner Songwriter ( s ) Chad Kroeger, Ryan Peake, Mike Kroeger, Daniel Adair Producer ( s ) Robert John `` Mutt '' Lange Nickelback singles chronology `` Something in Your Mouth '' ( 2008 ) `` If Today Was Your Last Day '' ( 2008 ) `` I 'd Come for You '' ( 2009 ) `` Something in Your Mouth '' ( 2008 ) `` If Today Was Your Last Day '' ( 2008 ) `` I 'd Come for You '' ( 2009 ) Music video `` If Today Was Your Last Day '' on YouTube `` 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 of `` Gotta Be Somebody ''. Instead it was released on March 31, 2009. It was produced by Robert John `` Mutt '' Lange, who produced the entire album. The song was released as a digital download in the U.S. on November 11. `` If Today Was Your Last Day '' was released in the UK on June 15. The song was performed live for the very first time on May 22 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. In the US, the song has sold over 1,500,000 downloads, as of February 2010. According to Roadrunner Records UK, the song is `` dynamically swelling our bank accounts ''. The song has also apparently been around with Nickelback for a while, but had never been finished. The song received Gold certification in Australia. Lead vocalist / guitarist Chad Kroeger has mentioned the song as his personal favorite from Dark Horse. He had described the middle part of the song as `` very motivational, and very positive ''. The song was used for promotional videos in the Winter Olympics in 2010, and was used as the closing song during NHL Tonight 's 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs coverage. Contents 1 Music video 2 Track listing 3 Charts 3.1 Weekly charts 3.2 Year - end charts 4 References 5 External links Music video The music video was shot with director Nigel Dick in March 2009. Performance portions of the video were shot at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Nebraska and in New York City. The other portion was shot in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The music video premiered on 23 April. In the beginning, two trashy teenage boys dressed in black seem to be up to some sort of shady business in Philadelphia. They record their journey on a camcorder. They carry mysterious black bags with them which seem to be filled with illegal stuff. In the end, they stand on top of a bridge ready to carry out their plan. They open the bags, but only harmless colorful pieces of paper with quotes from the song such as `` forgive your enemy '' and `` live each moment '' fall over the people beneath them. This inspires two women to hand out coats with messages similar to those on the colored paper, a wealthy - looking man to hand money to everyone he meets, an arguing couple make up and a man arguing with presumably his boss to quit. All of the quotes refer to lines in the song `` If Today Was Your Last Day. '' Track listing `` If Today Was Your Last Day '' ( album version ) -- 4 : 08 Charts On October 2008, `` If Today Was Your Last Day '' debuted at number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US based on downloads only. After its release as an official single, it re-entered the Hot 100 and reached a new peak at 19. It is their second top twenty hit on the Hot 100 from Dark Horse, and their ninth top twenty hit on the chart overall. In Canada, it debuted at 91 on the Canadian Hot 100 also based on just downloads, and after its physical release in Canada and receiving airplay it made a re-entry on the chart at number 67 and would go on to reach number 7. Weekly charts Chart ( 2008 -- 10 ) Peak position Australia ( ARIA ) 26 Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 31 Canada ( Canadian Hot 100 ) 7 Canada AC ( Billboard ) 12 Canada CHR / Top 40 ( Billboard ) 5 Canada Hot AC ( Billboard ) Germany ( Official German Charts ) 31 Luxembourg Digital Songs ( Billboard ) Slovakia ( Rádio Top 100 ) 58 Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan ) 32 Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) 30 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 64 UK Rock and Metal ( Official Charts Company ) US Billboard Hot 100 19 US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) 14 US Adult Top 40 ( Billboard ) US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) 32 US Mainstream Top 40 ( Billboard ) 12 Year - end charts Chart ( 2009 ) Position Australia ( ARIA ) 80 Canada ( Canadian Hot 100 ) 21 US Billboard Hot 100 70 US Adult Contemporary Songs ( Billboard ) 33 US Adult Pop Songs ( Billboard ) 13 References Jump up ^ Nickelback Currently Recording New Album Nickelback.com. Retrieved September 8, 2008. Jump up ^ Nickelback announce new album Roadrunnerrecords.com. Retrieved September 21, 2008. Jump up ^ Mainstream Top 40 Add Dates Archived 2013 - 09 - 21 at the Wayback Machine. FMQB.com. Retrieved September 25, 2008. Jump up ^ `` Pandora Archive '' ( PDF ). Pandora.nla.gov.au. 2006 - 08 - 23. Retrieved 2010 - 11 - 11. Jump up ^ NICKELBACK - Dark Horse Album : If Today Was Your Last Day on YouTube Jump up ^ `` Australian-charts.com -- Nickelback -- If Today Was Your Last Day ''. ARIA Top 50 Singles. Jump up ^ `` Austriancharts.at -- Nickelback -- If Today Was Your Last Day '' ( in German ). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Jump up ^ `` Nickelback Chart History ( Canadian Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Nickelback Chart History ( Canada AC ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Nickelback Chart History ( Canada CHR / Top 40 ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Nickelback Chart History ( Canada Hot AC ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Musicline.de -- Nickelback Single - Chartverfolgung '' ( in German ). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Jump up ^ `` Luxembourg Digital Songs - February 20, 2010 ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` SNS IFPI '' ( in Slovak ). Hitparáda -- Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note : insert ( ( ( year ) ) ) ( ( ( week ) ) ) into search. Jump up ^ `` Swedishcharts.com -- Nickelback -- If Today Was Your Last Day ''. Singles Top 100. Jump up ^ `` Swisscharts.com -- Nickelback -- If Today Was Your Last Day ''. Swiss Singles Chart. Jump up ^ `` Nickelback : Artist Chart History ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 15, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40 ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 15, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Nickelback Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Nickelback Chart History ( Adult Contemporary ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Nickelback Chart History ( Adult Pop Songs ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Nickelback Chart History ( Mainstream Rock ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Nickelback Chart History ( Pop Songs ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2018. Jump up ^ `` ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 2009 ''. ARIA. Retrieved November 11, 2010. Jump up ^ `` Canadian Hot 100 - Year - End 2009 ''. Billboard. Retrieved 2012 - 03 - 31. Jump up ^ `` Hot 100 Songs - Year - End 2009 ''. Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2010. Jump up ^ `` Adult Contemporary Songs - Year - End 2009 ''. Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Adult Pop Songs - Year - End 2009 ''. Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2018. 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=If_Today_Was_Your_Last_Day&oldid=830603259 '' Categories : 2008 songs Nickelback songs Songs written by Chad Kroeger Music videos directed by Nigel Dick Song recordings produced by Robert John `` Mutt '' Lange Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Australia Singlechart usages for Austria Singlechart usages for Canada Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardcanadaac Singlechart usages for Billboardcanadachrtop40 Singlechart usages for Billboardcanadahotac Singlechart usages for Germany Singlechart usages for Slovakia Singlechart usages for Sweden Singlechart usages for Swiss Singlechart usages for UKsinglesbyname Singlechart usages for UKrock Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart usages for Billboardadultcontemporary Singlechart usages for Billboardadultpopsongs Singlechart usages for Billboardmainstreamrock Singlechart usages for Billboardpopsongs Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Français Italiano Polski Русский Slovenčina ไทย Edit links This page was last edited on 15 March 2018, at 21 : 03. 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