“I think I have 11 counts of breaking and entering on my criminal record": How Nickelback's nostalgic Photograph spawned a flood of memes and the unwanted attention from a soon-to-be-impeached American President

Nickelback. frontman Chad Kroeger holds a framed picture in a still from the band's Photograph video.

If you want to write a hit song, write one about a photograph. Ever since the French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce started messing around with bitumen-coated plates two centuries ago, the idea of thumbing through snaps is like premium catnip for people of a certain age.

It worked for Def Leppard in 1983 (Photograph) and Weezer in 2001 (also titled Photograph). There are others.