Shame Shame

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"Shame Shame"
Foo Fighters - Shame Shame - single cover art.jpg
Single by Foo Fighters
from the album Medicine at Midnight
ReleasedNovember 7, 2020 (2020-11-07)
Recorded2019–2020
Studio Unnamed house in Encino, Los Angeles
Length4:17
Label RCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Foo Fighters singles chronology
"The Line"
(2018)		"Shame Shame"
(2020)		"No Son of Mine"
(2021)
Music video
"Shame Shame" on YouTube

"Shame Shame" is a song by American rock band Foo Fighters. The song is from the band's tenth studio album, Medicine at Midnight . It was released as the album's first single on November 7, 2020. [1]

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Background

Foo Fighters' singer and guitarist Dave Grohl has stated that "Shame Shame" is unlike anything Foo Fighters have ever done before and that the song allowed them to "move into another territory" with their sound on their new album, Medicine at Midnight. [2]

According to the band's bassist Nate Mendel, "Shame Shame" started off as a "just a bunch of clicks from Dave" and originally didn't involve any bass line until he ended up recording extra parts for the song that were ultimately included. [3]

Live performances

Foo Fighters performed "Shame Shame" live for the first time on Saturday Night Live on November 7, 2020. [4] [1] On September 12, 2021 the band performed the song in a medley at 2021 MTV Video Music Awards at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, when they won the award for Global Icon. [5] [6]

Music video

The music video was directed by Paola Kudacki and features Sofia Boutella. Grohl has stated that it was inspired by an unsettling dream he had as a teenager that he had remembered all his life and said that the video was darker than anything they had done before. [7]

Reception

With 9.3 million audience impressions for "Shame Shame", Foo Fighters took back the record of most number 1's on the Billboard Rock Airplay chart, which also marked the fastest rise to the top of the chart in four years. [8]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [9]

Foo Fighters

Additional musicians

Technical

Charts

Awards

YearAwardResults
2021 MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video Nominated
2021 MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography Nominated
2021 MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography Nominated

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