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Song past American band Foo Fighters

"Times Like These"
Artwork for CD1 single
Unmarried past Foo Fighters
from the album One by I
B-side	"A Life of Illusion" "Planet Claire" "Normal"
Released	January 14, 2003 (2003-01-xiv)
Recorded	May 2002
Studio	606 (Alexandria, Virginia)
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	4:26
Characterization	Roswell RCA
Songwriter(s)	Dave Grohl Taylor Hawkins Nate Mendel Chris Shiflett
Producer(s)	Foo Fighters Nick Raskulinecz
Foo Fighters singles chronology
"All My Life" (2002) "Times Like These" (2003) "Low" (2003)
Music video
"Times Like These" on YouTube

"Times Like These" is a vocal by American rock band Foo Fighters. It is the fourth track from their 4th album One by 1, and was released as its second single on January 14, 2003.

Composition [edit]

The lyrics discuss how Dave Grohl felt "like I wasn't entirely myself" during the 3-month hiatus the Foo Fighters entered post-obit the tense and unsatisfying first recording sessions for I by One, as well every bit his doubt near the future of the band.^{[i] [ii]} The lyric "I'm a new 24-hour interval rising" is a reference to the album New Day Rising by Hüsker Dü, one of Grohl's favorite groups.

"Times Similar These" is in D Mixolydian mode and the section that begins at 0:13 is in seven/4 time. The chorus of the vocal is also grouped in bars of 3 rather than the regular bars of 4. Somewhat unusually, the song intro starts in 8/4 fourth dimension for 4 bars, then switches to seven/four for viii bars and and then 6 confined of 8/4 again before leading into the starting time poesy, which is likewise in 8/four. It is fix at 145 BPM.

After the album version concluded its run on the charts, a solo acoustic version of the song performed by Grohl was released and had some success on pop and adult contemporary radio but generally information technology enjoyed great success on rock and alternative radio just like the original electric version.

Music videos [edit]

Two music videos were fabricated for the studio version of the song and a third music video was made for an audio-visual version of the song. All 3 versions were fabricated available via the DVD release "Low/Times Like These"(2003):

Version 1 [edit]

Directed past Liam Lynch. The band is shown performing the song confronting changing backgrounds, consisting mainly of brightly colored kaleidoscopic forms like to those found in music visualization, giving the video a psychedelic, hopeful, blithesome mood. In the terminate, the backgrounds blink out to reveal that the band are performing against a greenscreen in a studio. This version is oft referred to equally the "United kingdom version" and received piddling airplay in the US as the ring ultimately opted to moving picture another video shortly afterwards.

Version 2 [edit]

Directed by Marc Klasfeld. The video was shot on the Mojave River Span in Victorville, CA and shows the ring performing the song on location, below and in front of a bridge. A girl wanders onto the bridge and eventually tosses her Game Boy Advance at them. Gradually, more and more people go far at the bridge and starting time throwing other inanimate objects (including appliances, instruments, and furniture) behind and around the oblivious ring members. The items never hit whatsoever of them, though they come up close. The actions of the participants would suggest that their motivations and intentions are to bandage off the fabric trappings of guild which prohibit them from living freely.

Two cars are then simultaneously dropped off the bridge and backside the band, resulting in clouds of smoke and burn. This is followed by an unabridged firm (only with walls and roof) being dropped onto the ring past a crane, and the walls falling onto the ground without anyone getting hurt. A continuity error occurs at the end: when the house falls apart, the roof is missing.

Some of the extras featured in the video were fans selected through the band's official spider web site.^[3]

Acoustic version [edit]

A music video was produced for the acoustic version. It consists solely of clips of Grohl recording the song's vocal, guitar, and piano tracks in the studio. Information technology was co-directed by Grohl and Neb Yukich.

Alive performances [edit]

• An acoustic version recorded on Nov 29, 2002 at the BBC Radio 1 Studio during The Jo Whiley Prove'south Live Lounge segment was released on the Radio 1'southward Live Lounge – Volume 2 compilation.
• A live version recorded on Dec 4, 2002 at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, Norway was released on the special Norwegian edition of 1 by One.
• The band performed the song with jazz pianist Chick Corea at the 2004 Grammy Awards.
• A live version filmed at Hyde Park on June 17, 2006 was released on the Live at Hyde Park DVD.
• An acoustic version recorded in August 2006 at Pantages Theatre was released on Skin and Bones.
• A alive version recorded on July 7, 2007 at Wembley Stadium in London during Live Earth was released on the "Live Earth: The Concerts for a Climate in Crisis" CD.
• A live version filmed at Wembley Stadium on June 7, 2008 was released on the Alive at Wembley Stadium DVD.
• The band performed the song live at the iPhone 5 launch event on September 21, 2012.
• Later Dave Grohl had broken his leg in 2015, and was unable to perform at Glastonbury Festival, Florence and the Automobile stepped in for the Foo Fighters and sang a rendition of the vocal in Grohl'southward laurels. The Foo Fighters later managed to perform the song at Glastonbury in 2017, opening their set and dedicating it to Florence Welch.
• Foo Fighters performed the song for their 2d number during their 2020 advent on Saturday Night Alive.
• Performed as part of the "Celebrating America" broadcast for President Joe Biden'southward inauguration celebration on January 20, 2021.

In media [edit]

The acoustic version of this song was used in episode 20 of flavour four ("The Birth and Death of the Day") of One Tree Colina during the graduation scene, which is also when Haley'due south water breaks.

This is also used every bit the theme song for a video montage showing memorable past goals at Turf Moor for all of Burnley FC's abode games from 2009 to the present.

It was used past George W. Bush for his 2004 re-election entrada without the band's knowledge. "That was weird," Grohl remarked. "And to me information technology just seemed similar a pretty practiced example of how completely out of touch he was. You read those lyrics: they're about hope and love and pity. And look at his assistants: state of war and fear and death. It was laughable. You lot couldn't have picked a worse song. That's why I jumped on the John Kerry campaign. I idea, 'I estimate the right affair to do is to become play the song where it's needed – where it makes sense.'"^[4]

The acoustic version was used at the end of episode 21 ("Coalition of the Willing") of the American television serial Jericho.

The acoustic version was used past the Calgary Flames during their 2003–04 NHL season cup run, for their opening.

It was released as a Stone Ring and Rock Band two DLC track on Xbox Live and PSN on December 23, 2008.

It was featured in the 2003 film American Wedding.

The song has also been featured in the trailer for the 2006 sports-one-act The Benchwarmers.

The song and the acoustic version were both featured in the 2012 ESPY Awards in a montage to commemorate the past 20 years in sports.

"Times Similar These" was featured in the 2007 annual WWE Tribute to the Troops.

The Washington Nationals Radio Network plays part of the rail every bit the span to the post-game testify after any game the Nationals win.

An acoustic encompass version of the song appears in a Sprint/T-Mobile commercial equally of March 2020.

The Seattle Kraken of the NHL employ the song when they win games at Climate Pledge Loonshit.

Track listings [edit]

UK CD1

1. "Times Like These"
2. "A Life of Illusion" (Joe Walsh cover)
3. "Planet Claire" (The B-52'southward cover) (Live at New York City, New York, 31 Oct 2002 with Fred Schneider)

Enhanced Section ("Nice Lid")
Enhanced Department ("Back Slapper")

UK CD2

1. "Times Like These"
2. "Normal"
3. "Learn to Fly" (Live in Los Angeles, California, 22 Oct 2002)

Enhanced section ("Japanese Grunge")

Japan EP

1. "Times Like These"
2. "A Life of Illusion" (Joe Walsh comprehend)
3. "The One"
4. "Normal"
5. "Planet Claire" (The B-52'due south cover) (Live in New York City, New York, 31 Oct 2002 with Fred Schneider)
6. "Learn to Wing" (Live at Los Angeles 22 Oct 2002)

seven" Vinyl

1. "Times Like These"
2. "A Life of Illusion" (Joe Walsh cover)

Personnel [edit]

• Dave Grohl – vocals, rhythm guitar
• Chris Shiflett – lead guitar
• Nate Mendel – bass
• Taylor Hawkins – drums

Charts and certifications [edit]

Live Lounge Allstars charity single [edit]

"Times Like These"
Unmarried by Live Lounge Allstars
Released	23 April 2020
Venue	Households of various artists
Length	4:xvi
Label	BBC Columbia
Songwriter(south)	Dave Grohl Taylor Hawkins Nate Mendel Chris Shiflett
Producer(s)	Fraser T. Smith (principal) Chris Toll (executive)
Music video
"Times Similar These" (BBC Radio 1 Stay Home Live Lounge) on YouTube

As a response to the COVID-xix pandemic, BBC Radio i organised the "biggest ever" Live Lounge comprehend version as part of their Stay at Home project.^[17] The track was produced by Fraser T. Smith and was performed by the charity supergroup Live Lounge Allstars. Each member recorded and filmed their contribution to the vocal from their respective households in club to encourage social distancing.^[18] The song was released on 23 April 2020 and the video premiered every bit function of The Big Night In telethon.^[19] Amidst various charities worldwide, profits from the single volition primarily get to Children in Need and Comic Relief, as well as WHO'due south COVID-xix Solidarity Response Fund.^[20] Within 12 hours of the song's initial release, it gained 43,000 digital downloads and entered the pinnacle 5 on the UK Singles Chart.^[21] The song reached number 1 on its 2nd week, earning 66,000 nautical chart sales (78% of which were downloads).^[22] This song as well became the starting time vocal produced by BBC Radio one to top the nautical chart, and the first BBC release to reach number one since "Perfect 24-hour interval" in 1997.^[22] A lyric video of the cover version was released on 29 Apr 2020.^[23]

Artists [edit]

The song was performed by the following artists (in alphabetical lodge):^{[24] [25] [26] [27]}

Vocals [edit]

• AJ Tracey
• Anne-Marie
• Ben Johnston (of Biffy Clyro)
• Celeste
• Chris Martin (of Coldplay)
• Dan Smith (of Bastille)
• Dave Grohl (of Foo Fighters)
• Dermot Kennedy
• Dua Lipa
• Ellie Goulding
• Grace Carter (chorus)
• Hailee Steinfeld (chorus)
• Jess Glynne
• Luke Hemmings (of 5 Seconds of Summer)
• Mabel
• Mike Kerr (of Majestic Blood)
• Paloma Organized religion
• Rag'n'Bone Man
• Rita Ora
• Simon Neil (of Biffy Clyro)
• Sam Fender
• Sean Paul
• Sigrid
• Yungblud
• Zara Larsson

Instruments [edit]

• Ben Johnston (of Biffy Clyro) – percussion
• Ben Thatcher (of Royal Blood) – percussion
• Chris Martin (of Coldplay) – piano
• Chris Woods (of Bastille) – glockenspiel
• Dave Grohl (of Foo Fighters) – drums
• Ellie Goulding – acoustic guitar
• Fraser T. Smith – guitar, percussion, piano
• James Johnston (of Biffy Clyro) – bass
• Luke Hemmings (of 5 Seconds of Summertime) – acoustic guitar
• Sigrid – piano
• Simon Neil (of Biffy Clyro) – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, violin
• Taylor Hawkins (of Foo Fighters) – drums, percussion
• Yungblud – acoustic guitar

Charts [edit]

Certifications [edit]

Other notable covers [edit]

• Glen Campbell recorded the song for his 2008 anthology Meet Glen Campbell.
• Ryan Adams performed acoustic covers of the vocal during a 2008 tour of Europe, and has continued to occasionally encompass it live both with a backing band and solo since.
• R&B singer JoJo performed an audio-visual cover on BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, playing the verses and chorus without the sections in seven/4 time.
• American band Shinedown covered the song on their 2011 alive anthology Somewhere in the Stratosphere.
• Florence and the Car performed a cover during Glastonbury 2015 as a tribute to the Foo Fighters, whom they'd replaced equally headliners after Dave Grohl broke his leg.
• Trance DJ and producer Ciaran McAuley recorded the song in collaboration with vocalist Roxanne Emery under their HØLY WATERS alias.

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