These Days

Album: Wasting Light (2011)
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Songfacts®:

  • Dave Grohl said to Q magazine that he thinks this meditation on heartbreak and loss, "might be the best song I've ever written." Rolling Stone liked it too, naming it their fourth best single of 2011.
  • The Wayne Isham directed video was shot during the Foo Fighters' Australian and New Zealand tour.
  • In 2015, Grohl told Entertainment Weekly that this is one of the most memorable songs he's ever written. "Every night I sing it, I still get choked up," he said.

Comments: 3

  • Anonymous from SomewhereMy favourite song from them is the pretender
  • Valvefreak from WoodleyThis song is exactly what you feel when people say that it's alright. Brings tears to my eyes.
  • Terry from Fort Myers, FloridaGreat song. I love all of their music and their videos.
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