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"Everlong" is a song by American rock band Foo Fighters, released in August 1997 as the second single from their second studio album, The Colour and the Shape (1997). The song reached number three on the US Billboard Alternative Songs chart and the Canadian RPM Rock/Alternative chart.
Rather than raise the proverbial roof with his bandmates on 'Everlong,' Grohl opted to perform the song solo on electric guitar.
"My Hero" is a song by American rock band Foo Fighters. It was released in January 1998 as the third single from their second album, The Colour and the Shape (1997). [3] [4] Lead vocalist and song co-writer Dave Grohl described the song as a tribute to "ordinary heroes."
The music video for the song was directed by Jesse Peretz and won the Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video in 2001. [7]It takes place on a commercial airliner, parodying the movie Airplane!, and by extension, the films Airport 1975 and its sequel Airport '77, interspersed with a mock concert footage of the band shown as an in-flight movie.
The song's unusual rhythms and angular chords have a distinct influence from Rush [3] as well as Led Zeppelin's album Presence, which Grohl declared "may be my favorite album of theirs". [ 1 ] [ 4 ] The main progression of chords is a flat seventh, a fourth and a minor third, warranting guitarist Chris Shiflett to comment that "What my guitar ...
"Monkey Wrench" is widely regarded as one of the Foo Fighters' best songs. In 2020, Kerrang ranked the song number three on their list of the 20 greatest Foo Fighters songs, [8] and in 2021, American Songwriter ranked the song number seven on their list of the 10 greatest Foo Fighters songs.
Individual songs are usually priced at either US$1.99/€1.49/£0.99, or US$1.00/€0.75/£0.59, with a few exceptions priced at £1.19 or £1.49/€1.99; [16] all are available for download through PlayStation Network, Xbox Live and the Wii's online service unless otherwise noted on the list below.
"Cold Day in the Sun" was featured on the Skin and Bones DVD (US version, recorded late August 2006 at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles) and the Foo Fighters Live at Wembley Stadium DVD (filmed on June 7, 2008) as well as the special concert for Live on Letterman (filmed April 12, 2011).