Walk (Foo Fighters song)

"Walk"
Single by Foo Fighters
from the album Wasting Light
Released	June 17, 2011
Format	Digital download
Recorded	September 6–December 21, 2010 in Dave Grohl's garage
Genre	Alternative rock post-grunge hard rock
Length	4:16
Label	RCA
Songwriter(s)	Foo Fighters (Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear)
Producer(s)	Butch Vig
Foo Fighters singles chronology
"White Limo" (2011) "Walk" (2011) "Arlandria" (2011)
"White Limo" (2011) "Walk" (2011) "Arlandria" (2011)
Music video
Walk on YouTube

"Walk" is a song by American rock band Foo Fighters, released as the second single from their seventh studio album Wasting Light. It was written by Dave Grohl and co-produced by Butch Vig.

Release and reception

The song was released on June 6, 2011 to rock radio. No physical CD single was released; it is only a digital downloadable single. The song reached number one on the Billboard Rock Songs chart on July 20, 2011, dethroning the album's previous single "Rope", giving the band their third number one single on the chart - the most on the chart so far. On February 12, 2012, the song won two awards at the 54th Grammy Awards for Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song. They also performed the song live at the Grammys.

Song information

According to Dave Grohl, he came up with the verse about "having a trial" after the time he was helping his first daughter Violet Maye on "learning to walk", and eventually she was able to walk on her own. The song was supposed to be on the previous studio album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, but Dave decided to put the final version as the last track of Wasting Light because it "sort of makes sense to the album's theme of time and second chances" and to "end the record on a positive note".^[1]

Music video

The music video appeared on YouTube on June 2, 2011.^[2] The video, directed by Sam Jones, was the second video released from Wasted Light, and is a parody of Joel Schumacher's 1993 movie Falling Down.^[3][4]

In 2011, the video won Best Rock Video at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards.^[5]

Track listing

Personnel

• Dave Grohl – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Chris Shiflett – lead guitar
• Pat Smear – guitar
• Nate Mendel – bass
• Taylor Hawkins – drums

In pop culture

• Despite not being included on the soundtrack, "Walk" can be heard in the background of the bar scene and in the end credits to the 2011 Marvel superhero film Thor.
• HBO aired a promo featuring the song to promote their 2011 Summer/Fall programming line up
• The song was made as downloadable content for the videogames Rock Band 3 and Rocksmith.
• WWE used "Walk" in a video package for Edge's induction into the 2012 WWE Hall of Fame. Edge, who is a huge fan of the band, thanked Foo Fighters in his acceptance speech for providing their music and later decided to play the song again after he said he wanted real rock n' roll to close out the ceremony because he got sick and tired of listening to the Hall of Fame music WWE plays.
• A.J. Ellis of the Los Angeles Dodgers uses the song when he walks up to bat.
• The song was featured in the documentary Warren Miller's ...Like There's No Tomorrow.
• In the opening chapter of The Dresden Files novel Cold Days, the title character talks about remembering his physical rehabilitation in Arctis Tor as a montage set to "Walk".
• On WIBC 93.1 FM Indianapolis, the show Chicks On The Right uses Walk as their theme song.

Charts

Awards

References

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics