Everlong

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"Everlong"
Everlong by Foo Fighters standard artwork.png
European variant of standard artwork
Single by Foo Fighters
from the album The Colour and the Shape
ReleasedAugust 18, 1997 [1]
RecordedJanuary–February 1997
Studio Grandmaster Recorders, Hollywood, California
Genre
Length4:10
4:49 (video version)
Label
Songwriter(s) Dave Grohl
Producer(s) Gil Norton
Foo Fighters singles chronology
"Monkey Wrench"
(1997)		"Everlong"
(1997)		"My Hero"
(1998)
Audio sample
1999 Kerrang! 100 Greatest Rock Tracks Ever45 [24]
2009 VH1 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs28 [25]
2009 Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time9 [26]
2010Robert Dimery1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die* [27]
2011 NME 150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years48 [28]
2013Triple JHottest 100 of the Past 20 Years6 [29]
2013 Rolling Stone Best Foo Fighters Songs readers' poll1 [30]
2014 Triple M Modern Rock 5001 [31]
2019 The Guardian Dave Grohl's Landmark Songs
*
 [32]
2021 Rolling Stone 500 Best Songs of All Time409 [33]

* denotes an unordered list.

Usage in media

"Everlong" was used in "Lane Miserables", the eighth episode of the third season of Daria , an animated series on MTV. In the original broadcast, the song played as Daria Morgendorffer watched Trent and Monique leave to go on a date. The episode originally aired on MTV on July 14, 1999. [34]

"Everlong" has been featured in the music video games Rock Band 2 , Rock Band Unplugged , Guitar Hero World Tour (which is exportable to other games) and Rocksmith 2014 . It is also included in Rock Band for iOS.

An arrangement of the song for string quartet was used in the Friends episode "The One with Monica and Chandler's Wedding", during the titular event. It was also used in a 1998 episode of the US daytime soap opera All My Children . The original version of the song was used in Martin Scorsese's 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street . The song was also used briefly in the movie Little Nicky while Nicky is ascending his girlfriend's apartment building.

The song was used in early workprint versions of David Fincher's 1999 film Fight Club , playing over an unfinished version of the film's title sequence in place of The Dust Brothers' track "Stealing Fat" from the film's original soundtrack, which was used in the final theatrical film. Footage of the unfinished workprint intro sequence featuring "Everlong" has surfaced online.

Comedian and late night talk show host David Letterman has called "Everlong" his favorite song, citing it as having helped him through his recovery from heart surgery in 2000. Foo Fighters were invited to serve as the musical act on the February 21, 2000, episode of Late Show with David Letterman , the first since his surgery, to perform "Everlong." Grohl stated that he was "blown away" after learning that Letterman was a fan of their music. The band went as far as cancelling a stop on a tour in South America so they could perform, explaining that "We just felt like we had to be there. Not only was it an honor to be asked, but it felt like something we had to do – because he had always meant so much to us. And that started this connection that we've had for years. It's fucking cool, you know?" [35] [36] [37] [38] On May 20, 2015, the band returned to perform "Everlong" again, the night of Letterman's final episode. The six-minute-long performance was set to a montage of footage spanning Letterman's career. [39]

Track listings

UK CD1 (blue cover)
  1. "Everlong"
  2. "Drive Me Wild" (Vanity 6 cover)
  3. "See You" (Live Manchester Apollo May 25, 1997)
UK CD2 (grey cover)
  1. "Everlong"
  2. "Requiem" (Killing Joke cover)
  3. "I'll Stick Around" (Live Manchester Apollo May 25, 1997)
Australian CD single, Australian limited edition maxi-single digipack with bonus poster and Netherlands slimbox CD single
  1. "Everlong"
  2. "Down in the Park" (Gary Numan cover)
  3. "See You" (acoustic)
Netherlands card sleeve CD single
  1. "Everlong"
  2. "Down in the Park" (Gary Numan cover)
Promo (black cover)
  1. "Everlong"
UK Limited Blue Vinyl Edition (blue cover)
  1. "Everlong"
  2. "Drive Me Wild" (Vanity 6 cover)

Personnel

Foo Fighters
Additional Personnel

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "Everlong"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [64] 8× Platinum560,000‡
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [65] 2× Platinum120,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [66] Gold45,000‡
Germany (BVMI) [67] Platinum500,000‡
Italy (FIMI) [68] Platinum50,000‡
Mexico (AMPROFON) [69] 2× Platinum+Gold150,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [70] 5× Platinum150,000‡
Portugal (AFP) [71] Platinum40,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [72] Platinum60,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [73] 3× Platinum1,800,000‡
United States (RIAA) [74] 2× Platinum2,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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