This Is a Call

Infobox Single
Name = This Is a Call


Artist = Foo Fighters
from Album = Foo Fighters
Released = June 19, 1995
Format = CD
Recorded = January 1995
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 3:52
Label = Roswell, Capitol
Producer = Foo Fighters, Barrett Jones
Reviews =
Last single = "Exhausted"
(1995)
This single = "This Is a Call"
(1995)
Next single = "I'll Stick Around"
(1995) |

"This Is a Call" is the first major single released by Foo Fighters from their self-titled debut album. It was released in 1995. No video was made for the song.

Dave Grohl said about the song: "The chorus says 'This is a call to all my past resignation'. It's just sort of like a little wave to all the people I ever played music with, people I've been friends with, all my relationships, my family. It's a hello, and in a way a thank you."citequote|date=June 2008

The song debuted at #12 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. It quickly rose to a peak of number 2, held off the top by Alanis Morissette's huge hit "You Oughta Know." This was the band's highest peak until the band's "Learn to Fly" topped the chart in late 1999.

The band played the song live on "The Late Show With David Letterman" toward the end of the summer in 1995. It was the band's first national television performance. Since this performance David Letterman had become an avid fan of the band and Foo Fighters have played on the show 11 times. Letterman claimed that "Everlong" is his favorite song; the song has been performed twice on the show.

ingles

12" UK Vinyl Promo Single
# "This Is A Call" (Grohl) - 3:52
# "Podunk" (Grohl) - 3:03

7" Vinyl Single Stamped Label/French CD Single/Japan CD Single/7" Single
# "This Is A Call"
# "Winnebago" (Grohl, Turner) - 4:11

7" One-Sided Vinyl Single/UK Promo CD
# "This Is A Call"

12" Vinyl Single/UK CD Single/Radio Promo CD
# "This Is A Call"
# "Winnebago"
# "Podunk"

Cassette Tape Single/Australian CD Single/Dutch CD Single
# "This Is A Call"
# "Winnebago"
# "Podunk (Cement Mix)"

Chart positions

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