Foof Fighters Learning to Walk Again
"Walk" | ||||
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Single by Foo Fighters | ||||
from the album Wasting Light | ||||
Released | June 17, 2011 | |||
Recorded | September 6–December 21, 2010 in Dave Grohl'south garage | |||
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Length | 4:16 | |||
Label | RCA | |||
Songwriter(s) | Foo Fighters | |||
Producer(s) | Butch Vig | |||
Foo Fighters singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
Walk on YouTube | ||||
"Walk" is a song by American rock band Foo Fighters, released as the third single from their 7th studio album Wasting Light. Information technology was written by Dave Grohl and co-produced by Butch Vig.
Release and reception [edit]
The song was released on June 6, 2011, to rock radio. No physical CD single was released; it is only a digital downloadable single. The song reached number one on the Billboard Rock Songs chart on July 20, 2011, dethroning the anthology's previous single "Rope", giving the band their tertiary number ane single on the chart - the well-nigh on the chart so far. On Feb 12, 2012, the song won two awards at the 54th Grammy Awards for Best Rock Functioning and Best Rock Vocal. They besides performed the vocal alive at the Grammys.
Song data [edit]
Co-ordinate to Dave Grohl, he came up with the verse about "having a trial" after the time he was helping his outset daughter Violet Maye on "learning to walk", and eventually she was able to walk on her own. The song was supposed to be on the previous studio album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, only Dave decided to put the terminal version equally the concluding rail of Wasting Light because it "sort of makes sense to the album'south theme of fourth dimension and 2d chances" and to "cease the tape on a positive note".[1] Grohl added that the optimistic tone was a reminiscence on how bad he felt after Kurt Cobain killed himself and wanting others to realize "in life, you become trapped in crisis, where you lot imagine there's no manner out. When really, if you dare to consider that crisis a blip on the radar, it's easier to push through. And, yeah, I was only like, 'I don't want anyone to have that feeling that I had that morn.' " Pat Smear, who played with Grohl and Cobain in Nirvana, considers "Walk" and its lyrics almost enjoying life an antithesis to the Nirvana vocal "I Hate Myself and Want to Die".[2]
Music video [edit]
The music video appeared on YouTube on June 2, 2011.[three] The video, directed past Sam Jones, was the second video released from Wasting Low-cal, and is an homage to Joel Schumacher's 1993 movie Falling Downward.[4] [5]
In 2011, the video won Best Rock Video at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards.[6]
Track listing [edit]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Walk" | 4:fifteen |
Personnel [edit]
- Dave Grohl – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Chris Shiflett – atomic number 82 guitar
- Pat Smear – guitar
- Nate Mendel – bass
- Taylor Hawkins – drums
In pop civilization [edit]
- Despite not being included on the soundtrack, "Walk" can be heard in the groundwork of the bar scene and in the end credits to the 2011 Marvel superhero film Thor.
- HBO aired a promo featuring the song to promote their 2011 summer/fall programming line up.
- The vocal was made equally downloadable content for the videogames Rock Band iii and Rocksmith.
- WWE used "Walk" to highlight Edge twice where it was first heard in a video package for his induction into the 2012 WWE Hall of Fame, and over again at the determination of the WWE 24 documentary episode "Edge: The Second Mount".
- A.J. Ellis of the Los Angeles Dodgers uses the song when he walks up to bat.
- The vocal was featured in the documentary Warren Miller's ...Like There's No Tomorrow.
- In the opening chapter of The Dresden Files novel Common cold Days, the title graphic symbol talks about remembering his physical rehabilitation in Arctis Tor every bit a montage set to "Walk".
- On WIBC 93.1 FM Indianapolis, the testify Chicks On The Right used "Walk" every bit their theme song.
- The song was featured in the trailer to the Robert Zemeckis motion-picture show, Welcome to Marwen.
- An instrumental version of the song appeared in the 2020 T-Mobile commercials.
Charts [edit]
Certifications [edit]
Awards [edit]
Year | Award | Results |
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2011 | MTV Award for Best Rock Video | Won |
2012 | Grammy Honor for Best Rock Performance | Won |
2012 | Grammy Honor for Best Stone Song | Won |
References [edit]
- ^ "【動画】フー・ファイターズが新作アルバムや自伝映画を語る! - ミュージックニュースチャンネル - RealPlayer". Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ 'I Don't Want to Fucking Dice': Foo Fighters and the Art of Survival
- ^ "Foo Fighters. Walk. - YouTube". YouTube. two June 2011. Retrieved 20 Apr 2016.
- ^ "Music Video News: WATCH IT: Foo Fighters "Walk" (Sam Jones, dir.)". Video Static. Retrieved 2011-06-08 .
- ^ "Foo Fighters Parody 'Falling Downwardly' in 'Walk'". Rolling Stone. 3 June 2011. Retrieved 20 Apr 2016.
- ^ Ditzian, Eric (2011-08-28). "Foo Fighters Win, Defend Rock Music At VMAs - Music, Celebrity, Artist News". MTV. Retrieved 2012-03-13 .
- ^ "The ARIA Study: Upshot 1117" (PDF). webarchive.nla.gov.au. July 25, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-29. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
- ^ "Foo Fighters – Walk" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
- ^ "Foo Fighters – Walk" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
- ^ "Foo Fighters – Walk" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved November sixteen, 2016.
- ^ "Foo Fighters Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved Nov 16, 2016.
- ^ "Foo Fighters Chart History (Canada Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved Jan 17, 2018.
- ^ "Foo Fighters Chart History (Japan Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved Nov xvi, 2016.
- ^ "Foo Fighters - Mexico Ingles Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Foo Fighters" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved Nov 16, 2016.
- ^ "Foo Fighters – Walk" (in Dutch). Single Peak 100. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
- ^ "Foo Fighters – Walk". Top xl Singles. Retrieved November sixteen, 2016.
- ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
- ^ "Foo Fighters – Walk". Swiss Singles Nautical chart. Retrieved Nov 16, 2016.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Pinnacle 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November sixteen, 2016.
- ^ "Official Stone & Metallic Singles Nautical chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
- ^ "Foo Fighters Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
- ^ "Foo Fighters Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
- ^ "Hot Stone Songs: Twelvemonth End 2011". Billboard . Retrieved October 23, 2018.
- ^ "Hot Rock Songs: Year End 2012". Billboard . Retrieved October 23, 2018.
- ^ "Decade-Cease Charts: Hot Rock Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on Dec 16, 2019. Retrieved Dec 18, 2019.
- ^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Retrieved 22 July 2020. Blazon Foo Fighters in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Walk in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
- ^ "British unmarried certifications – Foo Fighters – Walk". British Phonographic Manufacture. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk_%28Foo_Fighters_song%29
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