Generator (Foo Fighters song)

This article is about the Foo Fighters song. For the Holloways song, see Generator (The Holloways song). For the Bad Religion song, see Generator (Bad Religion album).
"Generator"
Single by Foo Fighters
from the album There Is Nothing Left to Lose
Released March 6, 2000 (Europe)
April 24, 2000 (Australia)
Format CD
Vinyl (7")
Recorded 1999
Genre Alternative rock
Length 3:49
Label Roswell, RCA
Foo Fighters singles chronology
"Stacked Actors"
(2000)		 "Generator"
(2000)		 "Breakout"
(2000)
Alternate covers
Limited edition European CD
7" Vinyl

"Generator" is a Foo Fighters song, released as a single in 2000 from their third album There Is Nothing Left to Lose. The single was only released in Australia and also released as a limited edition single in Europe.[1]

The song is particularly unique among the band's work because of Dave Grohl's implementation of the talk box in parts of the song. The usage of the device was partly inspired by Grohl's admiration of Peter Frampton and Joe Walsh, both of whom helped popularize it in the 1970s. Dave Grohl has said that the song reminds him of his arrest on the Gold Coast, Australia.

Track listing

Australian CD

(The EP also contains an enhanced segment containing exclusive documentary footage and photos)

  1. "Generator"
  2. "Learn to Fly" (Live 24 January 2000 Sydney, Australia)
  3. "Stacked Actors" (Live 24 January 2000 Sydney, Australia)
  4. "Breakout" (Live 23 November 1999 Glasgow Barrowlands, Scotland)

European CD

(This version was available for only 1 week between March 6 and March 12, 2000, each CD was a limited, numbered edition and at the end of the week of release all remaining stock was deleted. As well as the music tracks it also included a multimedia 'enhanced' segment containing exclusive documentary footage and photos)

  1. "Generator"
  2. "Ain't It the Life" (Live Acoustic at 2 Meter Session 22 Nov 1999)
  3. "Floaty" (Live Acoustic at 2 Meter Session 22 Nov 1999)
  4. "Fraternity"
  5. "Breakout" (Live 23 November 1999 Glasgow Barrowlands, Scotland)

7 inch

  1. "Generator"
  2. "Fraternity"

Music video

No video was filmed for the single. Instead a live performance of the song recorded on February 1, 2000 at The Chapel in Melbourne, Australia was overdubbed with the studio version to promote the single and album. The performance was edited by Scott C. Wilson. The music video for "Breakout" features the song "Generator" at the beginning on the video.

Chart positions

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 31

References

  1. ↑ "Foo Fighters - Generator at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
  2. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Foo Fighters – Generator". ARIA Top 50 Singles.