Times Like These (song)
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| Single by Foo Fighters from the album One by One |
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| Released | January 6, 2003 | ||||
| Format | CD | ||||
| Recorded | May 2002 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||||
| Length | 4:26 | ||||
| Label | Roswell, RCA | ||||
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"Times Like These" is the second single released from the Foo Fighters' fourth album One by One. It was released on two main discs in 2003. It is in 4/4 time but includes 7/4 irregular time signature timing in the main riff. The lyric "I'm a new day rising" is a reference to the album New Day Rising by Hüsker Dü, one of Dave Grohl's favorite groups. After the album version ended its run on the charts, an acoustic version of the song was released, and had some success on pop and Adult Contemporary radio.
The song was used by George W. Bush for his 2004 re-election campaign. When Dave Grohl found out about it, it prompted him and the rest of the band to get more politically active, and they helped John Kerry's campaign as a result.[1]
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[edit] Track listings
CD1:
- "Times Like These"
- "Life of Illusion" (Joe Walsh cover)
- "Planet Claire" (Live, featuring Fred Schneider of The B-52's)
- Enhanced Section ("Nice Hat")
- Enhanced Section ("Black Slapper")
CD2:
- "Times Like These"
- "Normal"
- "Learn to Fly" (Live)
- Enhanced Section ("Japanese Grunge")
Japanese EP:
- "Times Like These"
- "Life of Illusion"
- "The One"
- "Normal"
- "Planet Claire" (Live, featuring Fred Schneider of The B-52's)
- "Learn to Fly" (Live)
[edit] Chart positions
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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| Australian Singles Chart | 19 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 90 |
| Eurochart Hot 100 Singles | 43 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 27 |
| UK Singles Chart | 12 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 65 |
| U.S. Hot Modern Rock Tracks | 5 |
| U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks | 5 |
[edit] Music videos
[edit] Version 1
Directed by Liam Lynch. It shows the band performing the song against changing backgrounds, consisting mainly of brightly colored kaleidoscopic forms, giving the video a psychedelic, hopeful, joyful mood. In the end, the backgrounds blink out to reveal that the band are performing against a greenscreen.
[edit] Version 2
Directed by Liam Lynch. It shows the band performing the song against changing backgrounds, consisting mainly of brightly colored kaleidoscopic forms, giving the video a psychedelic, hopeful, joyful mood. In the end, the backgrounds blink out to reveal that the band are performing against a greenscreen.
[edit] Version 3
A music video was produced for the acoustic version. It consists solely of Dave Grohl performing the song in the studio. It was co-directed by Grohl and Bill Yukich.
[edit] Trivia
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- The song was played in space as a wake-up call for Space Shuttle Mission STS-118 on 16 August, 2007 (day 9 of the mission). It was the first Foo Fighters wake-up call played on that mission
- The song was the Opening Song for the NHL's Calgary Flames during the 2003-2004 NHL season, of where the Flames made it to the Stanley Cup Finals.
- The song was the Opening Song for the AFL 2007 Finals Series. The song was played while all 8 teams in the finals featured 3 current players talking to the player of same position and same team (Hamish McIntosh/Corey McKernan).
- The song is used as the opening theme of nightly Irish sports show Sports Tonight (Ireland)
- On the Grammy Awards, the Foo Fighters performed the song with legendary jazz pianist Chick Corea.
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