Before they became everyone's favorite musical punching bag, Nickelback ruled for a time as the biggest band in the country. A decade on, their breakthrough hit "How You Remind Me" (which would eventually become the most-played radio song of the decade) serves as its own reminder: Primarily, of that sad period when post-grunge, nü-metal and their ilk were massively successful and legitimately embraced genres of music. (How did we let Creed get so popular, America?!) But also that, when Chad Kroeger isn't being a total douchebag, maybe this Canadian quartet isn't so bad after all. Tinged with a more modest rock star swagger—and none of the band's signature chauvinism—"Remind Me" thrives on Kroeger's thick, throaty voice and an enormous chorus. Just let the song's sledgehammer guitars wash over you and think back to a simpler time when All the Right Reasons didn't yet exist... B
10 years ago this week, "How You Remind Me" was the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100.
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