Everlong
Sign in to save"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 3 on the US Billboard Alternative Songs chart and the Canadian RPM Rock/Alternative chart. It is often regarded as the band's signature song.
Key facts
- Song.name
- Everlong
- Song.cover
- Everlong by Foo Fighters standard artwork.png
- Song.caption
- European variant of standard artwork
- Song.type
- single
- Song.artist
- Foo Fighters
- Song.album
- The Colour and the Shape
- Song.released
- August 18, 1997
- Song.recorded
- January–February 1997
- Song.studio
- Grandmaster Recorders (Hollywood, California)
- Song.length
- 4:10 (album version)4:49 (video version)
- Song.label
- Roswell Capitol
- Song.writer
- Dave Grohl
- Song.producer
- Gil Norton
- Song.prev_title
- Monkey Wrench
- Song.prev_year
- 1997
- Song.next_title
- My Hero
- Song.next_year
- 1998
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- Duration
- 250
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- publication date
- 1997-08-18
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13 sectionsContents
- Production
- Critical reception
- Music video
- Other versions
- Accolades
- Usage in media
- Track listings
- Personnel
- Charts
- Weekly charts
- Year-end charts
- Certifications
- References
"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 3 on the US Billboard Alternative Songs chart and the Canadian RPM Rock/Alternative chart. It is often regarded as the band's signature song.
"Everlong" was the last song performed live by drummer Taylor Hawkins before his death in March 2022. As a result of his death, the song experienced a minor resurgence and entered the Billboard Global 200 at number 123, the band's first appearance on the chart. In 2021, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song number 409 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.