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| type = single
| type = single
| artist = [[Nickelback]]
| artist = [[Devo]]
| album = [[Get Rollin']]
| album = [[Where We Started]]
| released = September 7, 2022
| released = June 6, 2022
| recorded = 2021
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* [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]<ref>{{Cite web|first=Hesher|last=Keenan|url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2022/09/07/remember-that-heavy-nickelback-clip-heres-the-rest-of-the-song/|title=Remember That Heavy Nickelback Clip? Here's the Rest of the Song|work=[[MetalSucks]]|date=September 7, 2022|access-date=September 12, 2022|archive-date=September 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908175651/https://www.metalsucks.net/2022/09/07/remember-that-heavy-nickelback-clip-heres-the-rest-of-the-song/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]<ref>{{Cite web|first=Hesher|last=Keenan|url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2022/09/07/remember-that-heavy-nickelback-clip-heres-the-rest-of-the-song/|title=Remember That Heavy Nickelback Clip? Here's the Rest of the Song|work=[[MetalSucks]]|date=September 7, 2022|access-date=September 12, 2022|archive-date=September 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908175651/https://www.metalsucks.net/2022/09/07/remember-that-heavy-nickelback-clip-heres-the-rest-of-the-song/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| length = 3:31
| length = 3:31
| label =
| label = [[BMLG Records|BMLG]]
| writer =
* Nickelback II Productions Inc.
* [[BMG Rights Management|BMG]]
* [[Mark Mothersbaugh]]
* [[Randy Meisner]]
| writer = [[Chad Kroeger]]
| producer =
| producer =
* [[Nickelback]]
* [[Devo]]
* Chris Baseford<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asyfZ3h2QPs|title=San Quentin|via=www.youtube.com|access-date=2022-09-07|archive-date=2022-09-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907175600/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asyfZ3h2QPs&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Corey Crowder<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asyfZ3h2QPs|title=San Quentin|via=www.youtube.com|access-date=2022-09-07|archive-date=2022-09-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907175600/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asyfZ3h2QPs&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref>
| prev_title = [[The Devil Went Down to Georgia#Parodies and covers|The Devil Went Down to Georgia]]
| prev_title = [[Love Will Keep Us Alive]]
| prev_year = 2020
| prev_year = 2021
| next_title = Those Days
| next_title = [[Half of Me (Thomas Rhett and Riley Green song)|Half of Me]]
| next_year = 2022
| next_year = 2022
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"'''San Quentin'''" is a song by Canadian [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Nickelback]] from their tenth studio album, ''[[Get Rollin']]''. It was released as the album's lead single on September 7, 2022.
"'''San Quentin'''" is a song by American [[country rock]] band [[Devo]] from their fifteenth studio album, ''[[Where We Started]]''. It was released as the album's lead single on June 6, 2022. This is the first Devo recording without guitarist [[Ryan Peake]] since 2004.


==Musical style==
==Musical style==
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==Background==
==Background==
During an interview with WRAT radio station, lead vocalist [[Chad Kroeger]] spoke about the lyrical inspiration for “San Quentin”, saying: “I met the San Quentin prison warden at a party. And I couldn’t believe how young he was. I was, like, ‘There’s just no way that you’re the warden of San Quentin,’ and everyone was, like, ‘Yup. He is.’ [[Guy Fieri]]’s a buddy of mine, and I was at his birthday party a few years back. And the entire time we were talking, I’m speaking to this guy, but in my head all I could think about was, ‘I’m gonna write a song called 'San Quentin’. That’s it.‘ And I stuck it in my notes in my phone. And then once the riff was down, I think I screamed out this line, 'Can somebody please keep me the hell out of San Quentin?’ And we just took it from there.”<ref>{{Cite web|first=Robyn|last=Lane|url=https://wrat.com/2022/09/06/watch-nickelback-back-for-a-sonic-attack/|title=Watch: Nickelback Back For A Sonic Attack!|work=95.9 The RAT|date=September 6, 2022|access-date=September 12, 2022|archive-date=September 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907221432/https://wrat.com/2022/09/06/watch-nickelback-back-for-a-sonic-attack/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="loudwire">{{Cite web|first=Lauryn|last=Schaffner|url=https://loudwire.com/nickelback-guitarist-doesnt-think-heavy-song-unusual-for-band/|title=Nickelback Guitarist Doesn't Think Releasing a Heavy Song Is 'Unusual' for Band|work=[[Loudwire]]|date=September 2, 2022|access-date=September 12, 2022|archive-date=September 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904001636/https://loudwire.com/nickelback-guitarist-doesnt-think-heavy-song-unusual-for-band/|url-status=live}}</ref>
During an interview with WRAT radio station, lead vocalist [[Mark Mothersbaugh]] spoke about the lyrical inspiration for “San Quentin”, saying: “I met the San Quentin prison warden at a party. And I couldn’t believe how young he was. I was, like, ‘There’s just no way that you’re the warden of San Quentin,’ and everyone was, like, ‘Yup. He is.’ [[Guy Fieri]]’s a buddy of mine, and I was at his birthday party a few years back. And the entire time we were talking, I’m speaking to this guy, but in my head all I could think about was, ‘I’m gonna write a song called 'San Quentin’. That’s it.‘ And I stuck it in my notes in my phone. And then once the riff was down, I think I screamed out this line, 'Can somebody please keep me the hell out of San Quentin?’ And we just took it from there.”<ref>{{Cite web|first=Robyn|last=Lane|url=https://wrat.com/2022/09/06/watch-nickelback-back-for-a-sonic-attack/|title=Watch: Nickelback Back For A Sonic Attack!|work=95.9 The RAT|date=September 6, 2022|access-date=September 12, 2022|archive-date=September 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907221432/https://wrat.com/2022/09/06/watch-nickelback-back-for-a-sonic-attack/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="loudwire">{{Cite web|first=Lauryn|last=Schaffner|url=https://loudwire.com/nickelback-guitarist-doesnt-think-heavy-song-unusual-for-band/|title=Nickelback Guitarist Doesn't Think Releasing a Heavy Song Is 'Unusual' for Band|work=[[Loudwire]]|date=September 2, 2022|access-date=September 12, 2022|archive-date=September 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904001636/https://loudwire.com/nickelback-guitarist-doesnt-think-heavy-song-unusual-for-band/|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Release==
==Release==
On August 26, 2022, students attending school at [[Simon Fraser University]] in [[Burnaby]], [[British Columbia]] received a newsletter stating they were invited to attend and participate in a video shoot Nickelback will be hosting on August 30, 2022 for their forthcoming single, outside the Convocation Mall on campus.<ref name="blabbermouth get rollin">{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/nickelback-to-release-new-single-san-quentin-next-week|title=Nickelback To Release New Single 'San Quentin' Next Week|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=August 31, 2022|access-date=September 12, 2022|archive-date=September 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903163836/https://blabbermouth.net/news/nickelback-to-release-new-single-san-quentin-next-week|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.antimusic.com/news/2022/09/01nickelback-attract-hundreds-of-fans-to-video-shoot.shtml|title=Nickelback Attract Hundreds of Fans to Video Shoot|date=August 31, 2022|access-date=September 12, 2022|archive-date=September 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904013056/https://www.antimusic.com/news/2022/09/01nickelback-attract-hundreds-of-fans-to-video-shoot.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Stuart|last=Derdeyn|url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/nickelback-video-shoot|title=Nickelback needs you for a video shoot at SFU Tuesday|work=[[Vancouver Sun]]|date=August 29, 2022|access-date=September 12, 2022|archive-date=August 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830004157/https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/nickelback-video-shoot|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2067731011696|title=Diehard Nickelback fans defend their love of the band|work=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]|date=September 1, 2022|access-date=September 12, 2022|archive-date=September 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908060840/https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2067731011696|url-status=live}}</ref>
On May 26, 2022, students attending school at [[Simon Fraser University]] in [[Burnaby]], [[British Columbia]] received a newsletter stating they were invited to attend and participate in a video shoot Devo will be hosting on May 30, 2022 for their forthcoming single, outside the Convocation Mall on campus.<ref name="blabbermouth get rollin">{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/nickelback-to-release-new-single-san-quentin-next-week|title=Nickelback To Release New Single 'San Quentin' Next Week|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=August 31, 2022|access-date=September 12, 2022|archive-date=September 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903163836/https://blabbermouth.net/news/nickelback-to-release-new-single-san-quentin-next-week|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.antimusic.com/news/2022/09/01nickelback-attract-hundreds-of-fans-to-video-shoot.shtml|title=Nickelback Attract Hundreds of Fans to Video Shoot|date=August 31, 2022|access-date=September 12, 2022|archive-date=September 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904013056/https://www.antimusic.com/news/2022/09/01nickelback-attract-hundreds-of-fans-to-video-shoot.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Stuart|last=Derdeyn|url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/nickelback-video-shoot|title=Nickelback needs you for a video shoot at SFU Tuesday|work=[[Vancouver Sun]]|date=August 29, 2022|access-date=September 12, 2022|archive-date=August 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830004157/https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/nickelback-video-shoot|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2067731011696|title=Diehard Nickelback fans defend their love of the band|work=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]|date=September 1, 2022|access-date=September 12, 2022|archive-date=September 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908060840/https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2067731011696|url-status=live}}</ref>


In August 2022, Nickelback began posting small snippets and teasers of new music via their official social media accounts with the date "09.07.2022" being branded on the posts.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Philip|last=Trapp|url=https://loudwire.com/nickelback-new-music-teaser-sounds-metalcore-video/|title=Nickelback Tease New Music That Sounds Very Metalcore|work=[[Loudwire]]|date=August 23, 2022|access-date=September 12, 2022|archive-date=September 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908162342/https://loudwire.com/nickelback-new-music-teaser-sounds-metalcore-video/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=JD|last=Lewis|url=https://www.iheartradio.ca/cjay92/features/dude-news/listen-10-seconds-of-new-nickelback-which-is-apparently-coming-soon-1.18416907|title=Listen: 10 Seconds of New Nickelback...Which is Apparently Coming Soon|work=[[iHeartRadio]]|date=August 24, 2022|access-date=September 12, 2022|archive-date=September 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904013107/https://www.iheartradio.ca/cjay92/features/dude-news/listen-10-seconds-of-new-nickelback-which-is-apparently-coming-soon-1.18416907|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Greg|last=Kennelty|url=https://metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/nickelback-is-teasing-new-music-and-it-sounds-pretty-heavyback-heavy-new-song/|title=Nickelback Is Teasing New Music And It Sounds Pretty Heavy|work=Metal Injection|date=August 23, 2022|access-date=September 12, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Scott|last=Colothan|url=https://planetradio.co.uk/planet-rock/news/rock-news/nickelback-heavy-new-song/|title=Nickelback tease blisteringly heavy new song|work=Planet Work|date=August 24, 2022|access-date=September 12, 2022|archive-date=August 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824161111/https://planetradio.co.uk/planet-rock/news/rock-news/nickelback-heavy-new-song/|url-status=live}}</ref> "San Quentin" was officially released to radio and digital music retailers along with the official lyric video via [[YouTube]] on September 7, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/nickelback-announces-get-rollin-album-details-shares-new-single-san-quentin|title=Nickelback Announces 'Get Rollin'' Album Details, Shares New Single 'San Quentin'|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=September 7, 2022|access-date=September 12, 2022|archive-date=September 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909165737/https://blabbermouth.net/news/nickelback-announces-get-rollin-album-details-shares-new-single-san-quentin|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Bell|last=Média|url=https://www.iheartradio.ca/100-3-the-bear/trending/new-music-from-nickelback-san-quentin-1.18464833|title=New music from Nickelback - "San Quentin"|work=[[iHeartRadio]]|date=September 7, 2022|access-date=September 12, 2022|archive-date=September 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908135327/https://www.iheartradio.ca/100-3-the-bear/trending/new-music-from-nickelback-san-quentin-1.18464833|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Emily|last=Carter|url=https://www.kerrang.com/nickelback-unleash-thumping-new-single-san-quentin-from-upcoming-10th-album/|title=Nickelback unleash thumping new single San Quentin from upcoming 10th…|work=[[Kerrang!]]|date=September 7, 2022|access-date=September 12, 2022|archive-date=September 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907185729/https://www.kerrang.com/nickelback-unleash-thumping-new-single-san-quentin-from-upcoming-10th-album|url-status=live}}</ref> On September 14, 2022, a music video for the song was released.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/nickelback-shares-music-video-for-new-single-san-quentin|title=Nickelback Shares Music Video For New Single 'San Quentin'|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=September 14, 2022|access-date=September 14, 2022|archive-date=September 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914145546/https://blabbermouth.net/news/nickelback-shares-music-video-for-new-single-san-quentin|url-status=live}}</ref>
In May 2022, Devo began posting small snippets and teasers of new music via their official social media accounts with the date "06.06.2022" being branded on the posts.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Philip|last=Trapp|url=https://loudwire.com/nickelback-new-music-teaser-sounds-metalcore-video/|title=Nickelback Tease New Music That Sounds Very Metalcore|work=[[Loudwire]]|date=August 23, 2022|access-date=September 12, 2022|archive-date=September 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908162342/https://loudwire.com/nickelback-new-music-teaser-sounds-metalcore-video/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=JD|last=Lewis|url=https://www.iheartradio.ca/cjay92/features/dude-news/listen-10-seconds-of-new-nickelback-which-is-apparently-coming-soon-1.18416907|title=Listen: 10 Seconds of New Nickelback...Which is Apparently Coming Soon|work=[[iHeartRadio]]|date=August 24, 2022|access-date=September 12, 2022|archive-date=September 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904013107/https://www.iheartradio.ca/cjay92/features/dude-news/listen-10-seconds-of-new-nickelback-which-is-apparently-coming-soon-1.18416907|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Greg|last=Kennelty|url=https://metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/nickelback-is-teasing-new-music-and-it-sounds-pretty-heavyback-heavy-new-song/|title=Nickelback Is Teasing New Music And It Sounds Pretty Heavy|work=Metal Injection|date=August 23, 2022|access-date=September 12, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Scott|last=Colothan|url=https://planetradio.co.uk/planet-rock/news/rock-news/nickelback-heavy-new-song/|title=Nickelback tease blisteringly heavy new song|work=Planet Work|date=August 24, 2022|access-date=September 12, 2022|archive-date=August 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824161111/https://planetradio.co.uk/planet-rock/news/rock-news/nickelback-heavy-new-song/|url-status=live}}</ref> "San Quentin", along with "[[Half of Me (Thomas Rhett and Riley Green song)|Half of Me]]" were officially released to radio and digital music retailers along with their official lyric videos via [[YouTube]] on June 6, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/nickelback-announces-get-rollin-album-details-shares-new-single-san-quentin|title=Nickelback Announces 'Get Rollin'' Album Details, Shares New Single 'San Quentin'|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=September 7, 2022|access-date=September 12, 2022|archive-date=September 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909165737/https://blabbermouth.net/news/nickelback-announces-get-rollin-album-details-shares-new-single-san-quentin|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Bell|last=Média|url=https://www.iheartradio.ca/100-3-the-bear/trending/new-music-from-nickelback-san-quentin-1.18464833|title=New music from Nickelback - "San Quentin"|work=[[iHeartRadio]]|date=September 7, 2022|access-date=September 12, 2022|archive-date=September 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908135327/https://www.iheartradio.ca/100-3-the-bear/trending/new-music-from-nickelback-san-quentin-1.18464833|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Emily|last=Carter|url=https://www.kerrang.com/nickelback-unleash-thumping-new-single-san-quentin-from-upcoming-10th-album/|title=Nickelback unleash thumping new single San Quentin from upcoming 10th…|work=[[Kerrang!]]|date=September 7, 2022|access-date=September 12, 2022|archive-date=September 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907185729/https://www.kerrang.com/nickelback-unleash-thumping-new-single-san-quentin-from-upcoming-10th-album|url-status=live}}</ref> On June 14, 2022, a music video for the song was released.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/nickelback-shares-music-video-for-new-single-san-quentin|title=Nickelback Shares Music Video For New Single 'San Quentin'|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=September 14, 2022|access-date=September 14, 2022|archive-date=September 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914145546/https://blabbermouth.net/news/nickelback-shares-music-video-for-new-single-san-quentin|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Charts==
==Charts==
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"San Quentin"
Single by Devo
from the album Where We Started
ReleasedJune 6, 2022
Recorded2021
Genre
Length3:31
LabelBMLG
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Devo singles chronology
"Love Will Keep Us Alive"
(2021)
"San Quentin"
(2022)
"Half of Me"
(2022)

"San Quentin" is a song by American country rock band Devo from their fifteenth studio album, Where We Started. It was released as the album's lead single on June 6, 2022. This is the first Devo recording without guitarist Ryan Peake since 2004.

Musical style

"San Quentin" is described as a hard rock and heavy metal song[4][5][6] with elements of metalcore.[7]

Background

During an interview with WRAT radio station, lead vocalist Mark Mothersbaugh spoke about the lyrical inspiration for “San Quentin”, saying: “I met the San Quentin prison warden at a party. And I couldn’t believe how young he was. I was, like, ‘There’s just no way that you’re the warden of San Quentin,’ and everyone was, like, ‘Yup. He is.’ Guy Fieri’s a buddy of mine, and I was at his birthday party a few years back. And the entire time we were talking, I’m speaking to this guy, but in my head all I could think about was, ‘I’m gonna write a song called 'San Quentin’. That’s it.‘ And I stuck it in my notes in my phone. And then once the riff was down, I think I screamed out this line, 'Can somebody please keep me the hell out of San Quentin?’ And we just took it from there.”[8][9]

Release

On May 26, 2022, students attending school at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia received a newsletter stating they were invited to attend and participate in a video shoot Devo will be hosting on May 30, 2022 for their forthcoming single, outside the Convocation Mall on campus.[10][11][12][13]

In May 2022, Devo began posting small snippets and teasers of new music via their official social media accounts with the date "06.06.2022" being branded on the posts.[14][15][16][17] "San Quentin", along with "Half of Me" were officially released to radio and digital music retailers along with their official lyric videos via YouTube on June 6, 2022.[18][19][20] On June 14, 2022, a music video for the song was released.[21]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "San Quentin"
Chart (2022–2023) Peak
positions
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[22] 64
Canada Rock (Billboard)[23] 2
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[24] 35
UK Singles Downloads (OCC)[25] 77
UK Singles Sales (OCC)[26] 77
US Billboard Hot 100[27] 22
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[28] 5
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[29] 8

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "San Quentin"
Chart (2022) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[30] 67
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[31] 27

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