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Song by American band Foo Fighters

"Times Like These"
Artwork for CD1 single
Unmarried by Foo Fighters
from the album Ane by One
B-side	"A Life of Illusion" "Planet Claire" "Normal"
Released	Jan 14, 2003 (2003-01-14)
Recorded	May 2002
Studio	606 (Alexandria, Virginia)
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	4:26
Label	Roswell RCA
Songwriter(s)	Dave Grohl Taylor Hawkins Nate Mendel Chris Shiflett
Producer(south)	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 past One, and was released equally its second single on Jan 14, 2003.

Composition [edit]

The lyrics discuss how Dave Grohl felt "like I wasn't entirely myself" during the three-month hiatus the Foo Fighters entered post-obit the tense and unsatisfying showtime recording sessions for One by One, as well as his uncertainty near the hereafter of the band.^{[ane] [2]} The lyric "I'g a new 24-hour interval rising" is a reference to the album New Mean solar day Rising past Hüsker Dü, one of Grohl's favorite groups.

"Times Like These" is in D Mixolydian way and the section that begins at 0:13 is in vii/4 time. The chorus of the song is as well grouped in bars of three rather than the regular confined of four. Somewhat unusually, the song intro starts in 8/4 fourth dimension for iv bars, then switches to 7/4 for 8 bars and and so 6 bars of 8/4 again before leading into the first verse, which is as well in 8/4. It is set at 145 BPM.

After the album version concluded its run on the charts, a solo audio-visual version of the song performed by Grohl was released and had some success on pop and adult contemporary radio merely mostly information technology enjoyed corking success on rock and alternative radio simply like the original electric version.

Music videos [edit]

2 music videos were made for the studio version of the vocal and a third music video was made for an acoustic version of the song. All 3 versions were made bachelor via the DVD release "Low/Times Like These"(2003):

Version 1 [edit]

Directed by Liam Lynch. The band is shown performing the song against irresolute backgrounds, consisting mainly of brightly colored kaleidoscopic forms like to those found in music visualization, giving the video a psychedelic, hopeful, joyful mood. In the end, the backgrounds blink out to reveal that the band are performing confronting a greenscreen in a studio. This version is often referred to equally the "Uk version" and received little airplay in the Us as the band ultimately opted to picture another video shortly afterward.

Version 2 [edit]

Directed past Marc Klasfeld. The video was shot on the Mojave River Bridge in Victorville, CA and shows the ring performing the vocal on location, below and in front of a span. A girl wanders onto the bridge and eventually tosses her Game Male child Advance at them. Gradually, more and more than people arrive at the bridge and beginning throwing other inanimate objects (including appliances, instruments, and piece of furniture) behind and around the oblivious band members. The items never hit whatsoever of them, though they come shut. The actions of the participants would propose that their motivations and intentions are to cast off the textile trappings of society which prohibit them from living freely.

Two cars are and then simultaneously dropped off the bridge and behind the band, resulting in clouds of smoke and fire. This is followed by an entire house (but with walls and roof) being dropped onto the band by a crane, and the walls falling onto the ground without anyone getting injure. 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 ring'southward official web site.^[3]

Acoustic version [edit]

A music video was produced for the acoustic version. It consists solely of clips of Grohl recording the vocal'due south vocal, guitar, and pianoforte tracks in the studio. It was co-directed by Grohl and Bill Yukich.

Alive performances [edit]

• An acoustic version recorded on November 29, 2002 at the BBC Radio 1 Studio during The Jo Whiley Show's Live Lounge segment was released on the Radio i's Live Lounge – Volume 2 compilation.
• A alive version recorded on December 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 audio-visual version recorded in August 2006 at Pantages Theatre was released on Skin and Bones.
• A alive version recorded on July vii, 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 Live at Wembley Stadium DVD.
• The band performed the song live at the iPhone 5 launch result on September 21, 2012.
• After Dave Grohl had broken his leg in 2015, and was unable to perform at Glastonbury Festival, Florence and the Machine stepped in for the Foo Fighters and sang a rendition of the song in Grohl's honor. 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 second number during their 2020 appearance on Sat Nighttime Alive.
• Performed every bit role of the "Celebrating America" circulate for President Joe Biden's inauguration commemoration on January twenty, 2021.

In media [edit]

The acoustic version of this vocal was used in episode 20 of flavor 4 ("The Nascence and Death of the Day") of One Tree Hill during the graduation scene, which is as well when Haley's 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 home games from 2009 to the present.

It was used by George W. Bush for his 2004 re-election campaign without the band's knowledge. "That was weird," Grohl remarked. "And to me information technology just seemed like a pretty good instance of how completely out of touch he was. Yous read those lyrics: they're about hope and love and compassion. And wait at his administration: state of war and fear and expiry. Information technology was laughable. Y'all couldn't have picked a worse song. That's why I jumped on the John Kerry entrada. I thought, 'I guess the correct matter to do is to become play the song where it's needed – where information technology makes sense.'"^[four]

The acoustic version was used at the end of episode 21 ("Coalition of the Willing") of the American tv set series Jericho.

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

Information technology was released equally a Rock Band and Rock Band ii DLC track on Xbox Live and PSN on December 23, 2008.

It was featured in the 2003 film American Wedding.

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 runway as the bridge to the post-game show afterwards whatever game the Nationals win.

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

The Seattle Kraken of the NHL use the song when they win games at Climate Pledge Arena.

Track listings [edit]

Great britain CD1

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

Enhanced Section ("Dainty Hat")
Enhanced Section ("Back Slapper")

Britain CD2

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

Enhanced section ("Japanese Grunge")

Nihon EP

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

seven" Vinyl

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

Personnel [edit]

• Dave Grohl – atomic number 82 vocals, rhythm guitar
• Chris Shiflett – pb guitar
• Nate Mendel – bass
• Taylor Hawkins – drums

Charts and certifications [edit]

Live Lounge Allstars clemency single [edit]

"Times Like These"
Single by Live Lounge Allstars
Released	23 April 2020
Venue	Households of diverse artists
Length	four:16
Label	BBC Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Dave Grohl Taylor Hawkins Nate Mendel Chris Shiflett
Producer(southward)	Fraser T. Smith (primary) Chris Price (executive)
Music video
"Times Like These" (BBC Radio 1 Stay Home Live Lounge) on YouTube

As a response to the COVID-xix pandemic, BBC Radio i organised the "biggest always" Live Lounge encompass 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 Alive Lounge Allstars. Each fellow member recorded and filmed their contribution to the song from their respective households in order to encourage social distancing.^[xviii] The song was released on 23 April 2020 and the video premiered as role of The Large Night In telethon.^[19] Among various charities worldwide, profits from the unmarried will primarily go to Children in Demand and Comic Relief, as well as WHO'south COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.^[twenty] Within 12 hours of the vocal'southward initial release, information technology gained 43,000 digital downloads and entered the top 5 on the UK Singles Chart.^[21] The song reached number i on its second week, earning 66,000 nautical chart sales (78% of which were downloads).^[22] This vocal likewise became the first song produced by BBC Radio 1 to peak the chart, and the kickoff BBC release to reach number one since "Perfect Day" in 1997.^[22] A lyric video of the cover version was released on 29 April 2020.^[23]

Artists [edit]

The song was performed by the following artists (in alphabetical order):^{[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 Summertime)
• Mabel
• Mike Kerr (of Royal 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 Wood (of Bastille) – glockenspiel
• Dave Grohl (of Foo Fighters) – drums
• Ellie Goulding – audio-visual guitar
• Fraser T. Smith – guitar, percussion, piano
• James Johnston (of Biffy Clyro) – bass
• Luke Hemmings (of 5 Seconds of Summertime) – audio-visual guitar
• Sigrid – pianoforte
• Simon Neil (of Biffy Clyro) – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, violin
• Taylor Hawkins (of Foo Fighters) – drums, percussion
• Yungblud – acoustic guitar
• Wayne Sermon - guitar

Charts [edit]

Certifications [edit]

Other notable covers [edit]

• Glen Campbell recorded the vocal for his 2008 album Run across Glen Campbell.
• Ryan Adams performed acoustic covers of the song during a 2008 tour of Europe, and has continued to occasionally cover information technology alive both with a bankroll band and solo since.
• R&B vocalist JoJo performed an acoustic cover on BBC Radio one Live Lounge, playing the verses and chorus without the sections in 7/iv time.
• American ring Shinedown covered the song on their 2011 live album Somewhere in the Stratosphere.
• Florence and the Machine performed a comprehend during Glastonbury 2015 every bit a tribute to the Foo Fighters, whom they'd replaced as headliners subsequently Dave Grohl broke his leg.
• Trance DJ and producer Ciaran McAuley recorded the vocal in collaboration with vocalist Roxanne Emery under their HØLY WATERS allonym.

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