# Top 10 Foo Fighters Songs

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**Created:** [April 9, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-foo-fighters-songs/444656 "2008-04-09T20:17:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-foo-fighters-songs/444656/1 "2008-04-09T20:17:22Z")

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I was never a huge fan, but it recently struck me how many great songs they have. Here’s my alphabetical list:

All My Life  
Everlong  
Learn To Fly  
Long Road to Ruin  
Next Year  
No Way Back  
The Best of You  
Times Like These  
The Pretender  
Walking After You

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**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-foo-fighters-songs/444656/2 "2008-04-09T20:38:46Z")

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Foo Fighters is one of the few bands where I don’t dislike a single song of theirs I’ve listened to. It’s all fantastic or at the very least listenable.

I’m not going to go through and make a Top 10 list, but some you didn’t mention that I love are Big Me, DOA, and My Hero. Their cover of Kung Fu Fighting is also a lot of fun.

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**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-foo-fighters-songs/444656/3 "2008-04-09T22:42:49Z")

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I also love _February Stars_.

I don’t think there is any song of theirs that I dislike, though - they are just consistently _good_, even at their worst, and they are _AWESOME_ in concert! I’ve seen them twice now, and would go again in a heartbeat. They just put on a great show, and they are very entertaining and have a great rapport with the audience.

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**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-foo-fighters-songs/444656/4 "2008-04-09T23:33:37Z")

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Gosh. Both ranking them and limiting them to 10 is very difficult. I guess I’ll do them in chronological order?

This Is A Call  
I’ll Stick Around  
Hey, Johnny Park  
Everlong  
New Way Home  
Gimme Stitches  
Times Like These  
Low  
DOA  
Long Road to Ruin

Honorable Mentions:

Floaty  
Alone + Easy Target  
Monkey Wrench (This almost made the list, and I switched it with Hey, Johnny Park)  
Stacked Actors  
Learn to Fly  
Have It All  
Overdrive  
Friend Of A Friend  
The Pretender  
Baker Street (a cover, so it should hardly count, but an excellent one)

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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-foo-fighters-songs/444656/5 "2008-04-10T00:39:04Z")

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Everlong  
Long Road to Ruin  
Learn to Fly  
Best of You  
Big Me  
All My Life  
Times Like These  
My Hero  
This is a Call  
I’ll Stick Around  
On a related note, how did Dave Grohl and Kurt Cobain ever put up with each other when they were in Nirvana together? They seem like they have completely different personalities. Grohl is goofy and funny while Cobain was a melancholy douche.

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**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-foo-fighters-songs/444656/6 "2008-04-10T00:48:55Z")

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In order:

Everlong  
Big Me  
Monkey Wrench  
Stacked Actors  
This Is A Call  
X-Static  
Breakout  
Floaty  
Low  
My Hero

My Foo Fighters fandom has clearly taken a dive after the first two albums.
