--- title: The Chainsmokers Actually Make a Great Nickelback Cover Band description: Watch The Chainsmokers clap back against their detractors with a tongue-in-cheek rendition of "How You Remind Me." canonical: https://time.com/4657019/chainsmokers-nickelback-cover/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-01T21:52:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:41.510Z og:title: The Chainsmokers Actually Make a Great Nickelback Cover Band og:description: The DJ duo took on their haters with a tongue-in-cheek Twitter clapback. og:url: https://time.com/4657019/chainsmokers-nickelback-cover/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Chainsmokers Actually Make a Great Nickelback Cover Band twitter:description: The DJ duo took on their haters with a tongue-in-cheek Twitter clapback. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Chainsmokers Actually Make a Great Nickelback Cover Band  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 1, 2017 9:52 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 1, 2017 9:52 PM UTC Canadian rock band Nickelback has turned into the universal [butt of most music jokes](http://time.com/4586837/nickelback-drunk-driving/?iid=sr-link1). So when [_Esquire_](http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/news/a52638/who-are-chainsmokers-nickelback/) compared The Chainsmokers to the rockers, the chart-topping DJ duo behind earworms [like “Closer”](http://time.com/4497288/chainsmokers-closer-meme/?iid=sr-link1) decided to clap back in appropriately self-deprecating style: with a tongue-in-cheek rendition of Nickelback’s wildly successful (and critically derided) hit song, “How You Remind Me.” In a short video clip posted to Twitter, Chainsmoker Alex Pall plays piano while singer Drew Taggart launches into the lyrics of their [latest track, “Paris,”](http://time.com/4633340/chainsmokers-paris-new-song/?iid=sr-link1) before segueing into a spot-on acoustic Nickelback cover. From the husky voice to the intense emotional commitment, Taggart gives it his all; the video cuts off before even reaching the chorus, since Pall can’t contain his laughter. Frankly, if this whole Chainsmoker thing ever goes south, we see a future for Taggart as a Chad Kroeger impersonator. In the meantime, looks like the duo are shaking off the criticisms with humor to spare. > [](https://twitter.com/TheChainsmokers/status/826546132582965248) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4657019/chainsmokers-nickelback-cover/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4657019/chainsmokers-nickelback-cover/"},"headline":"The Chainsmokers Actually Make a Great Nickelback Cover Band","datePublished":"2017-02-01T21:52:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:41.510Z","description":"The DJ duo took on their haters with a tongue-in-cheek Twitter clapback.","url":"https://time.com/4657019/chainsmokers-nickelback-cover/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Music","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4657019/chainsmokers-nickelback-cover/","name":"The Chainsmokers Actually Make a Great Nickelback Cover Band"}}]}] ```