DOA (song)

For the Jay-Z song, see D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune).

"DOA"
Single by Foo Fighters
from the album In Your Honor
Released	September 5, 2005
Format	7", CD
Recorded	January-March 2005
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	4:13
Label	Roswell, RCA
Producer	Nick Raskulinecz Foo Fighters
Certification	Gold (RIAA)[1]
Foo Fighters singles chronology
"Best of You" (2005) "DOA" (2005) "Resolve" (2005)

"DOA" is the second song released as a single from Foo Fighters' fifth album, In Your Honor. It has been released on two different discs. The demo version of this song was released on the 2005 EP, Five Songs and a Cover.

DOA refers to the medical term "dead on arrival". The song reached number one on Billboard's Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart for six non-consecutive weeks. The cover artwork features an Ampeg Dan Armstrong guitar.

One of the B-sides, "Skin and Bones", was performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on 1 September. It became a staple of the Foo Fighters' acoustic tour, and became the namesake for the bands first ever live album, Skin and Bones. In 2007, a marching band arrangement by Michael Brown became available from Hal Leonard Corporation.

"DOA" has also been released as a Rock Band and Rock Band 2 DLC track on Xbox Live and PSN on December 23, 2008.

Track listing

CD1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"DOA"	4:12
2.	"I Feel Free"	2:56

CD2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"DOA"	4:12
2.	"Skin & Bones"	3:35
3.	"I Feel Free"	2:56
4.	"Best of You (Video)"	4:17

• "I Feel Free" was originally recorded by Cream. The Foo Fighters cover features Taylor Hawkins on vocals and Dave Grohl on drums.
• "Skin and Bones" was recorded backstage at 2005 T in the Park festival.

Yellow Vinyl
No.	Title	Length
1.	"DOA"	4:12
2.	"Razor (Live Acoustic)"	4:48

Video

The video for the single shows the band in a 360° revolving room and on a train where objects act as if the train is rotating. The band said that the video made them feel ill and they felt like wetting themselves. It was directed by Michael Palmieri.

• When Dave Grohl comes by as a waiter, and takes the rest of the band's orders, he mouths out the words, I love you. There is a subtitle showing how the character really feels that says, I don't deserve this.
• This is the second music video where Dave Grohl has dressed up as a bus boy. He was the flight attendant/bus boy in the video for "Learn to Fly".
• While making the video Dave knocked his head against the mic and had a black eye for a few days. Towards the end of the video, you can see the incident. Dave laughs it off.

Another music video was also aired on MTV2 on the program Video Mods that featured Darth Maul, Boba Fett, Darth Vader, and General Grievous in the place of the real band members. The video also featured clips from the video game Star Wars: Battlefront II.

Chart positions

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[2]	39
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[3]	86
New Zealand (RIANZ)[4]	34
European Hot 100 Singles[5]	83
US Billboard Hot 100[6]	68
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[7]	1
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[8]	25

References

1. ^ RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - Foo Fighters singles. RIAA.com.
2. ^ "Australian-charts.com – Foo Fighters – DOA". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien.
3. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Foo Fighters – DOA" (in Dutch). Mega Single Top 100. Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
4. ^ "Charts.org.nz – Foo Fighters – DOA". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien.
5. ^ "Foo Fighters Album & Song Chart History" European Hot 100 for Foo Fighters. Prometheus Global Media.
6. ^ "Foo Fighters Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Foo Fighters. Prometheus Global Media.
7. ^ "Foo Fighters Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Alternative Songs for Foo Fighters. Prometheus Global Media.
8. ^ "Archive Chart" UK Singles Chart. The Official Charts Company.

Preceded by "Only" by Nine Inch Nails

Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks number-one single November 26 – December 3, 2005 December 24, 2005 – January 14, 2006

Succeeded by "Hypnotize" by System of a Down