Foo Files

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Foo Files
Foo Fighters 00950025 EP.jpg
The cover of the first release in the collection, 00950025
Compilation album seriesby
Released2019–2020
Recorded1994–2011
Genre Alternative rock
Length4:45:30
Foo Fighters chronology
Concrete and Gold
(2017)
Foo Files
(2019)
Medicine at Midnight
(2021)

Foo Files is a series of EPs released by Foo Fighters starting in 2019. [1] Available through streaming media services, the EPs consist of the B-sides released by the band through its trajectory, along with selected live performances. All the titles list the years of the song's releases plus "25" to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Foo Fighters in 2020.

Contents

Foo Files does not include any recordings that were included on the band's 2011 covers album, Medium Rare .

Track listings

00950025

No.TitleOriginal appearanceLength
1."Wattershed" (Live at Reading Festival, 1995)"For All the Cows" Australian and UK CD single, and "I'll Stick Around" Japanese CD single2:16
2."For All the Cows" (Live at Reading Festival, 1995)"For All the Cows" Australian and UK CD single, blue 7" single, and "I'll Stick Around" Japanese CD single3:34
3."Next Year" (Live at The Chapel, Melbourne, 2000)"Breakout" Australian CD single4:14

00111125 - Live in London

The tracks were taken from the band's performance at the Roundhouse for the 2011 iTunes Festival. [2]

No.TitleLength
1."The Pretender"5:35
2."White Limo"3:14
3."Arlandria"5:43
4."Walk"4:28
5."These Days"5:51
6."Everlong"5:23

00070725 Live at Studio 606

The tracks were taken from a 2007 performance at the band's own Studio 606, in Northridge, California, for the online show Walmart Soundcheck. [3]

No.TitleOriginal appearanceLength
1."Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)" 3:32
2."Big Me""Long Road to Ruin" UK CD2 single3:00
3."The Pretender" 4:29
4."My Hero" 4:39
5."Home" 4:55

00050525 Live In Roswell

Released in the same day the Storm Area 51 event would happen, it is a 2005 performance at the Walker Air Force Base in Roswell, New Mexico. [4]

No.TitleLength
1."In Your Honor"4:22
2."The Last Song"3:16
3."Free Me"4:33
4."Stacked Actors"10:01
5."Monkey Wrench"5:28
6."All My Life"5:16
7."This Is a Call"4:29

01070725

This EP contains B-sides for the singles from the 2007 album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace . [5]

No.TitleOriginal appearanceLength
1."If Ever""The Pretender" UK CD1 single4:13
2."Come Alive" (Demo Version)"The Pretender" UK CD2 single5:29
3."Seda""Long Road to Ruin" UK CD1 single3:44
4."Keep the Car Running" (Arcade Fire cover, live from Brighton 18 August 2007)"Long Road to Ruin" UK CD2 single3:25
5."Holiday in Cambodia" (Dead Kennedys cover, live from MTV Video Music Awards 2007, featuring Serj Tankian)"Long Road to Ruin" 7" single4:00

00020225

This EP contains B-sides for the singles from the 2002 album One by One . [6]

No.TitleOriginal appearanceLength
1."The One" Orange County: The Soundtrack 2:44
2."Sister Europe" (The Psychedelic Furs cover)"All My Life" UK CD1 single5:08
3."Win Or Lose" Out Cold soundtrack and "All My Life" UK CD1 single3:27
4."Planet Claire" (The B-52's cover, Live at New York City, Oct 2002 with Fred Schneider))"Times Like These" UK CD1 single4:18
5."Normal""Times Like These" UK CD2 single4:30
6."Learn To Fly" (Live at the Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA - October 2002)"Times Like These" UK CD2 single3:43
7."Times Like These" (Acoustic Version)"Low" US/Canadian DVD single3:58
8."Disenchanted Lullaby" (Live Acoustic)"Have It All" UK and Australian CD single4:08

01050525

This EP contains B-sides for the singles from the 2005 album In Your Honor and contains most songs from Five Songs and a Cover . [7] [8] Also released as 02050525 with only the first six tracks. [9]

No.TitleOriginal appearanceLength
1."I'm in Love with a German Film Star" (The Passion cover)"Best of You" UK CD1 single4:21
2."FFL (Fat Fucking Lie)""Best of You" UK CD2 single2:29
3."Kiss the Bottle" (Jawbreaker cover)"Best of You" UK CD2 single4:04
4."Spill""Best of You" 7" single3:30
5."Skin and Bones""DOA" UK CD2 single3:35
6."DOA (Demo)""Resolve" UK CD1 single4:10
7."World (Demo)""Resolve" UK CD2 single and 7" single5:39
8."Born on the Bayou" (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)"Resolve" UK CD2 single3:22
9."Razor (Live acoustic)""DOA" yellow 7" single4:48
10."The Sign"In Your Honor UK/Japan/vinyl/iTunes bonus track4:02
11."Best of You" (Live at the Quart Festival, Kristiansand, Norway, July 2005) Five Songs and a Cover EP4:39

00999925

This EP contains B-sides for the singles from the 1999 album There Is Nothing Left to Lose , and is also available as 01999925, with only the first five tracks. [10] [11]

No.TitleOriginal appearanceLength
1."Iron and Stone" (The Obsessed cover)"Learn to Fly" UK CD1 single2:52
2."Have a Cigar" (Pink Floyd cover)"Learn to Fly" UK CD1 single3:58
3."Make a Bet" (original version of "Win or Lose")"Learn to Fly" UK CD2 single3:27
4."Ain't It The Life" (Live at Wisseloord Studios - November 1999)"Stacked Actors" Australian CD single4:43
5."Floaty" (Live at Wisseloord Studios - November 1999)"Stacked Actors" Australian CD single4:42
6."Fraternity" (Live at BBC Radio 1, Glasgow, Scotland - November 1999) 3:10
7."Breakout" (Live 23 November 1999 Glasgow Barrowlands)"Generator" Australian and European CD single3:40
8."Learn to Fly" ("Live at Sydney Showground, Jan. 2000)"Breakout" UK CD1 single and "Generator" Australian CD single5:29
9."Stacked Actors" ("Live at Sydney Showground, Jan. 2000)"Breakout" UK CD2 single and "Generator" Australian CD single5:29
10."Monkey Wrench" (Live at The Chapel, Melbourne, Feb. 2000)"Breakout" UK CD2 single and Australian CD single4:03

00979725

This EP contains B-sides for the singles from the 1997 album The Colour and the Shape . [12]

No.TitleOriginal appearanceLength
1."Up In Arms" (Slow Version)"Monkey Wrench" Australian, European, Japanese and UK CD1 single3:11
2."See You" (Acoustic Version)"Monkey Wrench" UK CD2 single2:27
3."Requiem" (Killing Joke cover)"Everlong" UK CD2 single3:33
4."I'll Stick Around" (Live at the Apollo, Manchester, UK, May, 1997)"Everlong" UK CD2 single4:08
5."Dear Lover""My Hero" Australian, Japanese and UK CD single4:33
6."Walking After You" (Single Mix) The X-Files: The Album 4:08

00959525

This EP contains B-sides for the singles from the 1995 album Foo Fighters . [13]

No.TitleOriginal appearanceLength
1."Winnebago""This Is a Call" French, Japanese, UK CD single, and 7" and 12" single4:13
2."Podunk""This Is a Call" Australian, Dutch and UK CD single, and cassette tape single3:03
3."How I Miss You""I'll Stick Around" Japanese and UK CD single, and red 7" single4:55
4."Ozone" (Ace Frehley cover)"I'll Stick Around" Japanese and UK CD single4:17
5."Floaty" (Live at BBC Evening Session, London, UK - November 1995)"Big Me" CD single and white 7" single5:22
6."Alone + Easy Target" (Live at BBC Evening Session, London, UK - November 1995)"Big Me" CD single4:22

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