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This week in November of 2005, Nickelback’s song “Photograph” was in an epic battle with Kayne West’s “Gold Digger” for the #1 spot in the US. “Gold Digger” would go on to win a grammy; “Photograph,” after charting at #2, would eventually become a meme numerous times over. So many times, in fact, Nickelback itself parodied the song for Google Photos in 2020.

If you are part of the music elite, go ahead and take “Gold Digger” and put it on the list of all-time greats. But I’ll take “Photograph,” every time, thank you. In my view, “Gold Digger” may have won the battle. But “Photograph” won the war. How can I possibly say that? It’s simple—elementary, really. “Photograph,” if I may be so bold, is so bad, it’s good.

Allow me to explain.

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