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Leader of Men "Leader of Men" is a song by Canadian rock band Nickelback. Written by band members Chad Kroeger and Ryan Peake, it was featured on the band's second studio album ''The State'' in 1998. Upon the album's reissue after the band signed with Roadrunner ...

" was the lead single, followed by "Old Enough", " Breathe", and " Worthy to Say". The album held a peak position of No. 130 on the ''Billboard'' 200. It also reached a peak position of No. 3 on the ''Billboard'' Top Heatseekers Albums chart in 2000. ''The State'' was the band's first album to be certified Gold in both Canada and the United States. It later went Platinum in Canada in April 2002 and in 2008 in the US.

Background

''The State'' was recorded in early 1998, with the band investing $30,000 into the record. On September 1, 1998, ''The State'' was released independently with a blue album cover. The original release was limited to 5,000 copies. In September of the next year, it was reissued on EMI Canada, with a re-formatted version of the original cover (the words "Nickelback" and "The State" were originally in yellow, in the same size near the right edge of the cover; on the EMI reissue, the word "Nickelback" was made into a bigger font and "The State" rendered in white at the top of the cover). In 2000, it was reissued again on EMI Canada, this time with different artwork featuring a young boy in a jail cell. This was also the artwork used on the American, European, and Australian releases on Roadrunner Records. In 2000, ''The State'' reached the ''Billboard'' 200 peaking 130. To support ''The State'',

toured with

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. In March 2001,

won its first

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for Best New Group. The album had four singles: "

", " Breathe", "

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", and " Worthy to Say". "Leader of Men" and "Breathe" both charted on the top 10

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Track listing

Singles

Personnel

Credits adapted from album's liner notes. Nickelback *

Chad Kroeger Chad Robert Kroeger (, Turton; born November 15, 1974) is a Canadian musician who is best known for being the lead singer, lead guitarist, primary songwriter, and founding member of the rock band Nickelback. In addition to his work with Nic ...

– lead vocals, guitar *

Ryan Peake Ryan Anthony Peake (born March 1, 1973) is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter who is best known as the rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, and backing vocalist of the Canadian rock band Nickelback. He has been with the band since their incepti ...

– guitar, backing vocals *

Mike Kroeger Michael Douglas Henry Kroeger (born June 25, 1972), known professionally as Mike Kroeger is a Canadian musician, best known as the bassist and a founding member of the rock band Nickelback. Formed in his hometown of Hanna, Alberta in 1995 with ...

– bass *Ryan Vikedal – drums (credited) *Mitch Guindon – drums (not credited, but performed on the album) Production *Dale Penner – producer,

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— producer *Dave Ashton — second engineer * GGGarth Richardson — mixing *G.E. Slavin Creative Design — graphic design in

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, British Columbia *Brett Zilahi — mastering at Metalworks in

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, Ontario *Ken Grant — executive producer

Release history

Charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Appearances

*The song "Old Enough" was featured on the soundtrack to the film '' Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2'' in 2000. *The songs "Diggin' This" and "Hold Out Your Hand" were featured in the film ''The Forsaken'' in 2001. *The song "Leader of Men" was featured on the soundtrack to the movie ''

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'' in 2001. *The song "Breathe" was featured on the soundtrack to the movie ''

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'' in 2002.

Notes

^1. Incorrectly titled "Leader of Men (Accoustic)" on the back insert of the original 1998 release. ^2. Song from ''

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References

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