Foo Fighters “Everlong” charted

Everlong Foo Fighters

Writer(s): Dave Grohl (see lyrics here) Released: August 18, 1997 First Charted: August 2, 1997 Peak: 42 BA, 4 AR, 3 MR, 18 UK, 45 AU, 1 DF (Click for codes to charts.) Sales (in millions): 2.0 US, 1.2 UK, 5.03 world (includes US + UK) Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 375.70 video, 1101.32 streaming

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About the Song: Dave Grohl had already cemented himself a role in rock history as the drummer for Nirvana from 1990 to 1994. However, after Kurt Cobain, the band’s lead singer and guitarist, committed suicide, it appeared Grohl had likely reached his peak. After all, Nirvana had been celebrated as one of the most influential bands in history. There was nowhere to go but down. Grohl, however, demonstrated that he was more than just a guitarist when he took up a new project. Initially he formed Foo Fighters as a one-man project but when the 1995 self-titled album went platinum and spawned three top-10 alternative rock hits, he assembled a band that would eventually make him one of the rare two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees. The second album, 1997’s The Colour and the Shape, was a full-fledged band effort which reached #10 on the U.S. album charts and went double platinum. It generated three more top-10 alternative rock hits, including “Everlong.” It would come to be known as the Foo Fighters’ signature song, WK having been performed in all but four of the band’s four full-length concerts for a total of more than 1000 performances. WK It is “a song of undying love, apparently written in the darkest hour of all.” DT He’d been frozen out of his bank account, DT was going through a divorce from photographer Jennifer Youngblood, and was homeless, SF sleeping in a sleeping bag at a friend’s house. Two members of the band were on the verge of quitting. SF Grohl wrote the song in 45 minutes, inspired by his romance with Louise Post of the band Veruca Salt. He said, “That song’s about a girl that I’d fallen in love with and it was basically about being connected to someone so much, that not only do you love them physically and spiritually, but when you sing along with them you harmonize perfectly.” WK Resources: DMDB encyclopedia entry for Foo Fighters SF Songfacts DT Dave Thompson (2011). 1000 Songs That Rock Your World. Krause Publications: Iola, WI. Page 63. WK Wikipedia Related Links: First posted 4/11/2024.