- All My Life (Foo Fighters song)
Infobox Single
Name = All My Life
Artist = Foo Fighters
from Album =One by One
Released =October 7 ,2002
Format = CD
Recorded = May 2002
Genre =Alternative rock
Length = 4:24
Label = Roswell, RCA
Producer =
Reviews =
Last single = "The One"
(2002)
This single = "All My Life"
(2002) | Next single = "Times Like These"
(2003)"All My Life" is a song by the American hard rock band Foo Fighters, released as the first single from their fourth album, "
One By One ". The song won aGrammy for besthard rock performance, and spent ten straight weeks at #1 on theModern Rock Tracks chart, coincidentally succeeding Nirvana and their unreleased final recording, "You Know You're Right ".Dave Grohl notes that the band had wanted a heavier sounding song to appear as a single, stating that the band were "coming out with "Learn to Fly " and "Next Year " and other songs that had middle-of-the-road melodies." [Kerrang! Legends: Foo Fighters pg.114]Regarding the song's content, Grohl notes that "the middle section is about eating pussy and the verses are kind of vague." [Kerrang! Legends: Foo Fighters pg.114]
In March 2005, "Q" magazine placed "All My Life" at number 94 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.
Background
According to
Dave Grohl , the song: "was originally an instrumental and it went through a few different versions. At first it was really dissonant and noisy. The middle section sounded like "Wipe Out" [by The Sufaris] . It was just nuts! We recorded the instrumental and I had no idea how I was gonna' sing it. Again, that was another one that our manager said, "That's the song!" And we said, "Really? You think that's the one people will like?" [Kerrang! Legends: Foo Fighters pg.114]Track listing
CD1:
#"All My Life"
#"Sister Europe" (Psychadelic Furs cover)
#"Win or Lose"
#"All My Life (Director's Cut)"* "Win or Lose" is a reworked version of an older song, "Make A Bet".
CD2:
#"All My Life"
#"Danny Says" (Ramones cover)
#"The One"Music Video
The video, directed by Grohl, consists of the band performing the song on stage in front of a video screen at The Forum in Inglewood,
California , nearLos Angeles . At the conclusion, it is revealed that they had been performing in an empty arena. The video was included on a DVD extra that was packaged with the CD version of the album.Chart positions
External links
*YouTube|QXlF6waTUKE
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