Singer Chad Kroeger said, "It's just nostalgia, growing up in a small town, and you can't go back to your childhood.

Saying goodbye to friends that you've drifted away from, where you grew up, where you went to school, who you hung out with and the dumb stuff you used to do as a kid, the first love — all of those things.

He also admitted he had broken into his high school to steal money from the office safe eleven times, but "half a dozen" flowed better for the lyrics.

[1] The single became the band's third top ten hit in the United States, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

"Photograph" has sold over 1.4 million digital downloads in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan, though it is certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

[3][4] The music video was directed by Nigel Dick and was filmed in Hanna, Alberta, Canada, the band's hometown.

The photo shows them on a golf course with Hunter's business partner, Devon Archer and raises questions about the precise nature of Archer and Hunter's past relations with Burisma in Ukraine, while also taking a shot at the elder Biden's appearance with the lyrics "What the hell is on Joey's head?".

[10] The band created a parody of the song for a Google Photos advertisement released in December 2020, with the lyrics making fun of Kroeger's own photographic history, including his noodle-like hair.