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Foo Fighters – Times Like These (5:24)

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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 chorus of the song is also grouped in bars of 3 rather than the regular bars of 4. The song is sometimes listed by its full original title, “Times Like These (One-Way Motorway).” 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, a solo acoustic version of the song performed by Grohl was released and had some success on pop and adult contemporary radio. The entire band performed a version of the song with jazz pianist Chick Corea during the Grammy Awards in 2004.

Both of the band’s official live DVD releases, 2003’s Everywhere but Home and 2006’s Skin and Bones, feature acoustic performances of the song.

Glen Campbell recorded the song for his Meet Glen Campbell album in 2008.

The song was used by George W. Bush for his 2004 re-election campaign without the band’s knowledge. When 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.

‘Times Like These’ has also been released as a Rock Band and Rock Band 2 DLC track on Xbox Live and PSN on December 23, 2008.
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  • Greatest Hits
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  • Live Lounge 2
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  • ne_neca

    Classic

    10 hours ago

  • outsidergreaser

    never ever will this song be played out....

    last week

  • outsidergreaser

    daam my childhood :)

    last week

  • pogopatterson

    Saw them live once outdoors. I'd had a lot to drink and needed a piss. However there were 60,000 people in the crowd and there was a wall of people in front and behind me, about a 100 m thick and I couldn't move back or front. To make matters worse everybody was jumping up and down frantically, and taking me with them. I had to hold it in for the entire set. Oh and they rocked it.

    last week

  • EricValeev

    \m/

    16 days ago

  • marsfreak_

    Brilliant.

    17 days ago

  • YuriSenpai

    excelent song

    last month

  • Nodaaan

    It's times like these you learn to live again ...love it

    last month

  • dmh1976

    a mutherfuckin modern classic ;-)

    March 2012

  • laiewfelipe

    best of FF

    February 2012

  • Greenante

    This version is awesome

    February 2012

  • WelshPinky

    Great Stuff !!!! ....... just shows the talent of the guy :)

    February 2012

  • cloudgoron

    Acoustic > electric... for this song atleast. just wow.

    February 2012

  • gleisdreieck

    All the songs are good, esspecially the FF, have a stonecold sunny weekend too !!! Hannes

    February 2012

  • Ela666

    Awesome!!!

    February 2012

  • rborlax

    ITS TIMES LIKE THESE TIME AND TIME AGAIN

    December 2011

  • diii2

    isso é música...

    December 2011

  • snowo

    I don't know why, but this is one of the few songs that can make me cry.

    December 2011

  • bhangraprincess

    Beautiful!

    December 2011

  • justboy2

    ♥

    December 2011
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