Chad's version got scratched due to issues with RoadRunner Records (Chad's label). The label did not allow Santana's label to release the song with Chad on it as a radio single. No reason was given, but speculation lies with the fact that if the single makes it big on the radio then it will get overplayed, in effect making people furtherly sick of Nickelback... and since Nickelback is coming out with a new album in September, they'd rather save the hype for that. Again that is just speculation though (it's a fact though that the label wouldn't let the song be released).
Personally, I've never heard the Alex Band version of the song. The pop radio station here plays the one with Chad on the radio! Funny how that works, eh?
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-Steve
The things that I've loved the things that I've lost
The things I've held sacred that I've dropped
I won't lie no more you can bet
I don't want to learn what I'll need to forget- Audioslave, "Doesn't Remind Me"
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