Friend of a Friend (song)

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Name = Friend of a Friend


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Artist = Foo Fighters
from Album = In Your Honor
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Released = 1992, 2005
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Recorded = 1990/1997/2005
Genre = Acoustic rock
Length = 3:13
Label = Simple Machines (1990) RCA (1997 and 2005)
Writer = Dave Grohl
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"Friend of a Friend" is an acoustic song by the Foo Fighters, featured on their 2005 album "In Your Honor". The song is performed by the Foo Fighters' guitarist/lead vocalist Dave Grohl alone.

An earlier version of this song was recorded in 1990, when Grohl had joined the grunge band Nirvana.

ong History

The song was written by Grohl in 1990 (and recorded in secret the same year), and it was about his first impressions of new bandmates Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic. [ [http://www.fooarchive.com/gpb/qinterview05.htm] "Everyone Has Their Dark Side" - Dave Grohl interview with Q Magazine, 2005] He first wrote it in Kurt's Seattle apartment when Grohl stumbled upon an acoustic guitar owned by Cobain (referring to the lyrics "It was his friend's guitar"). The recorded song was released in 1992 in a collection of songs (entitled "Pocketwatch") under the pseudonym 'Late!'

On April 30, 1997, the song was recorded for a BBC Evening Session. In 2005, Grohl revisited the song, recording it again for the acoustic disc of the Foo Fighters' "In Your Honor". The song was also included on the band's live album "Skin and Bones".

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