"Everlong" | ||||
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Single by Foo Fighters | ||||
from the album The Colour and the Shape | ||||
Released | August 18, 1997[1] | |||
Recorded | January–February 1997 | |||
Studio | Grandmaster Recorders, Hollywood, California | |||
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Length | 4:10 4:49 (video version) | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Dave Grohl | |||
Producer(s) | Gil Norton | |||
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"Everlong" on YouTube |
"Everlong" is a song by American rock band Foo Fighters, released in August 1997 as the second single from their second studio album, The Colour and the Shape (1997). The song reached number three on the US Billboard Alternative Songs chart and the Canadian RPM Rock/Alternative chart. It is often regarded as the band's signature song.[5] "Everlong" was the last song performed live by former drummer Taylor Hawkins before his death in March 2022.[6] As a result of his death, streams of the song increased and charted on the Billboard Global 200 at #123, the band's first appearance on the chart.
Songs like "Everlong," "All My Life" and "I'll Stick Around" are landmark post-grunge tracks
Most, like I once did, would try to define Grohl and his Foo companions (Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel and Chris Shiflett) as strictly being hard rock. And with hits like "Pretender", "All My Life" and "Everlong", it's tough to argue that point.