DOA (Foo Fighters song)

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"DOA"
Foo Fighters DOA CD2.jpg
Standard international artwork
Single by Foo Fighters
from the album In Your Honor
ReleasedSeptember 5, 2005
RecordedJanuary–March 2005
Genre Alternative rock, hard rock
Length4:13
Label Roswell, RCA
Songwriter(s) Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett
Producer(s) Nick Raskulinecz, Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters singles chronology
"Best of You"
(2005)		"DOA"
(2005)		"Resolve"
(2005)

"DOA" is the second song released as a single from Foo Fighters' fifth album, In Your Honor .

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Song information

DOA refers to the medical term "dead on arrival". The song reached number one on Billboard's Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart for six non-consecutive weeks. The cover artwork features an Ampeg Dan Armstrong guitar.

Live Performances

The band claimed it was the hardest song from In Your Honor to play live. "DOA" was played often on the In Your Honor tour and the Echoes Silence Patience and Grace tour. It was played just once on the Wasting Light tour. It was not played again until the Sonic Highways tour in 2015, where it was requested by a group of fans. It hasn't been played live since then. [1]

In other media

"DOA" has also been released as a Rock Band and Rock Band 2 DLC track on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network on December 23, 2008.

Track listings

CD1
No.TitleLength
1."DOA"4:12
2."I Feel Free" (Cream cover)2:56
CD2
No.TitleLength
1."DOA"4:12
2."Skin and Bones"3:35
3."I Feel Free" (Cream cover)2:56
4."Best of You" (video)4:17
Yellow vinyl
No.TitleLength
1."DOA"4:12
2."Razor" (live acoustic version)4:48

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [15] Gold35,000‡
United States (RIAA) [16] Gold500,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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