Run (Foo Fighters song)
"Run" | ||||
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Single by Foo Fighters | ||||
from the album Concrete and Gold | ||||
Released | June 1, 2017 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 5:23 | |||
Label | RCA | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Greg Kurstin | |||
Foo Fighters singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Run" on YouTube |
"Run" is a song by American
.Background
The song had first been played live in February 2017.[5] The studio version of the song was released as a single on June 1, 2017,[7][5][8] making it the band's first single since "Saint Cecilia" in 2015.[9][10] Many music journalists noted the song was expected, but not confirmed, to be off of the band's then-upcoming ninth studio album, Concrete and Gold.[11][12] The single was a surprise release, without any prior indication being made of its existence, other than the band's vague allusions to working on music over the course of 2017.[13][14] Seven weeks after its initial release, the song topped the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart,[15] the seventh song from the band to do so.[16]
Music video
A music video for the song was released on the same day.
Composition and themes
The song is approximately five-and-a-half minutes long, and features a 40-second intro with just soft guitar notes and mellow vocals by Grohl.
Reception
The song was generally well-received upon release, with many journalists praising the band for maintaining their high-energy rock sound with the song, while being over twenty years into their career.[23][12] People praised the song for being "a return to full-speed-ahead rock. Like the best of Foo Fighters, it's hard and occasionally hilarious."[11] Similarly, NPR praised the song for being "an enjoyably ludicrous bit of viral silliness" and concluded "'Run' itself is no joke: Eight (and perhaps soon to be nine) albums into his Foo Fighters career, Grohl still wails with the infectiously unhinged force of a kid a third his age."[12] Loudwire named the song the eighth best hard rock song of 2017.[3] The single had the highest first day sales of any prior singles for the band.[24]
SPIN Magazine proclaimed "Run" a "thunderous lead single" and a "a galloping game of heavy-metal Red Light, Green Light".[4]
The song received two
Personnel
Credits adapted from Concrete and Gold liner notes.[26]
- Foo Fighters
- Dave Grohl – vocals, guitar, percussion
- Chris Shiflett – guitar, percussion
- Pat Smear – guitar, percussion
- Nate Mendel – bass, percussion
- Taylor Hawkins – drums, percussion
- Rami Jaffee – Mellotron, Casio SK1, organ, percussion
- Other musicians
- Greg Kurstin – piano
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[52] | Gold | 35,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada)[53] | Gold | 40,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[54] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Awards
Year | Award | Results |
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2018 | Grammy Award for Best Rock Song | Won |
2018 | Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance | Nominated |
References
- ^ a b Foo Fighters Release Heavy New Song 'Run' with Funny Video radio.com. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ^ a b c Watch now: Foo Fighters stage a literal "Oldchella" in new "Run" video abcnewsradioonline.com. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ^ a b Loudwire Staff. "25 Best Hard Rock Songs of 2017". Loudwire.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ a b Camp, Zoe (19 September 2019). "Foo Fighters - Concrete and Gold Review". SPIN Magazine. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f Foo Fighters Crank Up the Heavy on New Song 'Run' billboard.com. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- Consequence of Sound. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ^ Foo Fighters Prove You're Never Too Old to Rock With 'Run' Video Loudwire.com. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ^ a b Watch Foo Fighters Perform as Retirees in Crazy New "Run" Video pitchfork.com. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ^ Foo Fighters surprise fans with rowdy new song, 'Run' ew.com. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ^ a b Foo Fighters – "Run" spin.com. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ^ a b c d Foo Fighters Are Back! Elderly Dave Grohl Leads a Nursing Home Revolt in Video for New Song, 'Run' people.com. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Foo Fighters' New Song, 'Run,' Sparks A Nursing-Home Uprising npr.org. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ^ Foo Fighters Return with "Run" Video exclaim.ca. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ^ Foo Fighters' New 'Run' Single and Video Stages a Nursing Home Riot diffuser.fm. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ^ "Foo Fighters - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2015-03-26.
- ^ Rutherford, Kevin (20 July 2017). "Foo Fighters 'Run' All the Way to No. 1 on Mainstream Rock Songs Chart". Billboard.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ Watch the Foo Fighters mind-warping new video, Run teamrock.com. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ^ Watch Foo Fighters Rage With Retirees in Surprise 'Run' Video rollingstone.com. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ^ a b Foo Fighters Return With the Bruising 'Run' Single and Video (Watch) variety.com. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ^ "Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl: 'The guy who did our make-up in 'Run' was in the 'Thriller' video'". Nme.com. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
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