Aint It the Life Foo Fighters Song Review

2002 single by Foo Fighters

"All My Life"
Standard artwork
Single by Foo Fighters
from the anthology Ane by 1
B-side	"Sister Europe" "Win or Lose" "Danny Says" "The One"
Released	September 24, 2002[ane] [2]
Recorded	May 2002
Genre	Alternative rock[three] mail service-grunge[4] hard stone[5]
Length	iv:24
Label	Roswell, RCA
Songwriter(due south)	Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett
Producer(southward)	Foo Fighters, Nick Raskulinecz
Foo Fighters singles chronology
"The Ane" (2002) "All My Life" (2002) "Times Like These" (2003)
Music video
"All My Life" on YouTube

"All My Life" is a song past the American band Foo Fighters, released equally the commencement single from their fourth album, I by One. The song won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Functioning, and spent ten direct weeks at number 1 on the Alternative Songs chart and information technology peaked at number 3 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. It was also a pinnacle 5 hit on the Britain Singles Chart.

Background [edit]

According to Dave Grohl, the song "was originally an instrumental and it went through a few unlike versions. At first information technology was really dissonant and noisy. The centre section sounded like "Wipe Out" [past the Surfaris]. It was just basics! Nosotros recorded the instrumental and I had no idea how I was gonna sing it. Again, that was some other one that our manager said, "That's the song!" And nosotros said, "Really? You think that's the one people will like?"^[6] Grohl has said that the song is about how he enjoys performing oral sexual activity on women. "['All My Life'] is a little dirty. I'm very fond of giving oral sex to women. It's a pleasance-giving experience - giving someone something that they'll recollect for the rest of their lives, and if you practise it right, they volition."^{[7] [8]}

Release and reception [edit]

The song won a Grammy Honour for Best Hard Stone Performance, and spent x straight weeks at number i on the Hot Modern Stone Tracks chart and it peaked at number 3 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. It was also a top five hitting on the Uk Singles Nautical chart.

Information technology likewise became the sixth best performing alternative song on the Culling Songs chart of the decade and the 10th all-time performing rock song on the Stone Songs chart of the decade. Dave Grohl notes that the band wanted a heavier-sounding song for a single, saying the band was "coming out with "Learn to Fly" and "Next Year" and other songs that had middle-of-the-route melodies."^[six]

In March 2005, Q mag placed "All My Life" at number 94 in its listing of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. Information technology was nominated for the Kerrang! Award for Best Single.

"All My Life" is widely regarded as one of the Foo Fighters' all-time songs. In 2020, Kerrang ranked the vocal number two on their list of the xx greatest Foo Fighters songs,^[nine] and in 2021, American Songwriter ranked the vocal number v on their list of the 10 greatest Foo Fighters songs.^[10]

Other versions [edit]

A version recorded during Episode viii of Series 20 of After... with Jools Holland on November 26, 2002, at the BBC Goggle box Centre was released on the DVD "Later on... Louder with Jools Holland". An unaired interview with Dave and Taylor recorded on the same twenty-four hours was included every bit an sectional bonus feature on the DVD.

A live version filmed at Hyde Park on June 17, 2006, was released on the Live at Hyde Park DVD.

A live version filmed at Wembley Stadium on June 7, 2008, was released on the Live at Wembley Stadium DVD.

In other media [edit]

The song appeared in the 2003 film Identity. It was besides released every bit downloadable content for the Rock Band video game serial on August 18, 2009. The song is likewise playable on both Rock Revolution and Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits.

Welsh rock ring Feeder, apply the opening lines from this song as an interlude during alive performances of "Lost and Found". It was also used in the promotional video for the Australian Tennis Open by Eurosport(Din).

Part of the song was used to highlight nominee Spider-Man in the All-time Picture montage at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards.

Personnel [edit]

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

Runway list [edit]

CD1:

1. "All My Life"
2. "Sister Europe" (The Psychedelic Furs cover)
3. "Win or Lose"

"All My Life" (Director's Cutting video) [enhanced section]
"Win or Lose" is a reworked version of an older song, "Make a Bet" (from Larn to Fly Disc 2).

CD2:

1. "All My Life"
2. "Danny Says" (Ramones embrace)
3. "The One"

7" vinyl/Japanese CD single:

1. "All My Life"
2. "Sister Europe" (The Psychedelic Furs cover)

Promo

1. "All My Life" (Radio Edit) iv:13
2. "All My Life" 4:22

Music video [edit]

The video, directed past Grohl, is a performance video because he wanted to "sort of show everybody this is what it's like when we play live" as opposed to the comedic videos the band had done earlier such as "Large Me" and "Learn to Fly". In the video, the ring performs the song on stage in front of a video screen at The Forum in Inglewood, California, near Los Angeles (the video was actually shot within Bakersfield'due south Mechanics Banking company Arena, which was called Centennial Garden at the fourth dimension).^[11] At the determination, it is revealed that they had been performing in an empty arena.^[12] In January 2021, Grohl revealed that he has dreams about still beingness in Nirvana and that there is an empty arena waiting for them to play.^{[thirteen] [14]}

The video was included on a DVD extra that was packaged with the CD version of the anthology. Equally of January 2021, the song has 82 million views on YouTube.

Charts and certifications [edit]

References [edit]

1. ^ "Welcome to Foofighters.com". WaybackMachine. Archived from the original on October 12, 2002. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
2. ^ "Note Worthy". Milwaukee Periodical Sentinel. 2002-09-13. p. 12. Sessions Records will release the Foo Fighters' new single, "All My Life," on vii-inch vinyl on Sept. 24
3. ^ Gallucci, Michael (March 2, 2013). "Top 10 Alt-Rock Videos From 2002". Diffuser.fm . Retrieved Oct five, 2019.
4. ^ Thomas, Jeremy (November xv, 2014). "The 8 Ball: Top 8 Mail-Grunge Bands". 411MANIA. Archived from the original on May 30, 2016. Retrieved December 18, 2014. Songs like "Everlong," "All My Life" and "I'll Stick Around" are landmark post-grunge tracks
5. ^ George, Richard (November 11, 2009). "Foo Fighters Greatest Hits Review". IGN . Retrieved December xviii, 2014. Near, like I once did, would try to define Grohl and his Foo companions (Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel and Chris Shiflett) as strictly existence hard rock. And with hits like "Pretender", "All My Life" and "Everlong", it's tough to argue that point.
6. ^ ^{a b} Kerrang! Legends: Foo Fighters pg.114
7. ^ Carroll, Grace (July 31, 2015). "10 INNOCENT SONGS You DIDN'T KNOW WERE Virtually Sexual activity". Gigwise. Giant Digital. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
8. ^ "Cash For Questions - Q 2003". www.fooarchive.com . Retrieved xiv February 2021.
9. ^ Law, Sam (July 3, 2020). "The 20 greatest Foo Fighters songs – ranked". Kerrang . Retrieved March 28, 2022.
10. ^ Uitti, Jacob (November 24, 2021). "The Height x Foo Fighters Songs". American Songwriter . Retrieved March 28, 2022.
11. ^ Moss, Corey (Baronial 13, 2002). "Foo Fighters Out To Show They Tin 'Really Do It Up'". MTV News . Retrieved December 24, 2021.
12. ^ "The stories backside every Foo Fighters video". Loudersound.com. October 5, 2016. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
13. ^ Mikelbank, Peter; Boucher, Michael. "Dave Grohl 'Still Dreams' He'southward in Nirvana, Reveals Why He Won't Sing Kurt Cobain's Songs on His Ain". People . Retrieved December 24, 2021.
14. ^ Carter, Emily (January xi, 2021). "Dave Grohl: I however dream nigh Nirvana, but I won't sing Kurt'due south songs". Kerrang! . Retrieved December 24, 2021.
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30. ^ "The Official UK Singles Chart 2002" (PDF). UKChartsPlus . Retrieved May 8, 2020.
31. ^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Retrieved July 22, 2020. Type Foo Fighters in the box nether the ARTISTA column heading and All My Life in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
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