Monkey Wrench (song)

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"Monkey Wrench"
Single by Foo Fighters
from the album The Colour And The Shape
Released	June 17, 1997
Format	CD
Recorded	Grand Master Studios in Hollywood, CA
Genre	Alternative rock
Label	Capitol/Roswell Records
Producer(s)	Gil Norton
Foo Fighters singles chronology
"Big Me" (1996)	"Monkey Wrench" (1997)	"Everlong" (1997)
Alternative cover
(CD2)

"Monkey Wrench" is the first single off the second Foo Fighters album The Colour and the Shape. It was released mainly on two different versions in 1997.

• Ranked #48 in Kerrang! magazine's "100 Greatest Rock Tracks Ever" (1999)
• Ranked #26 in Kerrang! magazine's "100 Greatest Singles of All Time" (2002)
• Ranked #65 in Q magazine's "100 Greatest Songs Ever!!" (2006)

The music video was directed by Dave Grohl himself. In the beginning of the video, in which Grohl is entering his apartment building and greeting the superintendent, a muzak version of the song Big Me can be heard. It is a playable song in the videogame Guitar Hero II

[edit] Track listing

CD1:

1. "Monkey Wrench"
2. "Up In Arms (Slow Version)"
3. "The Colour And The Shape"

CD2:

1. "Monkey Wrench"
2. "Down In The Park"
3. "See You (Acoustic Version)"

[edit] Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1997	Official UK Singles Chart	No. 12
1997	Official Australian Singles Chart	No. 17
1997	Mainstream Rock Tracks (US)	No. 9
1997	Modern rock tracks (US)	No. 9
1997	Official Euro Hot 100 Singles Chart	No. 51

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