Its Times Like These I Learn to Live Again

Song by American band Foo Fighters

"Times Like These"
Artwork for CD1 unmarried
Single by Foo Fighters
from the album One by One
B-side	"A Life of Illusion" "Planet Claire" "Normal"
Released	January 14, 2003 (2003-01-14)
Recorded	May 2002
Studio	606 (Alexandria, Virginia)
Genre	Culling stone
Length	iv:26
Label	Roswell RCA
Songwriter(s)	Dave Grohl Taylor Hawkins Nate Mendel Chris Shiflett
Producer(s)	Foo Fighters Nick Raskulinecz
Foo Fighters singles chronology
"All My Life" (2002) "Times Like These" (2003) "Depression" (2003)
Music video
"Times Like These" on YouTube

"Times Like These" is a song past American rock band Foo Fighters. It is the fourth track from their fourth album One by One, and was released as its second unmarried on Jan xiv, 2003.

Composition [edit]

The lyrics talk over how Dave Grohl felt "like I wasn't entirely myself" during the three-month hiatus the Foo Fighters entered following the tense and unsatisfying offset recording sessions for One by One, also as his doubtfulness about the future of the band.^{[1] [2]} The lyric "I'm a new day rising" is a reference to the album New Day Rising by Hüsker Dü, one of Grohl'south favorite groups.

"Times Like These" is in D Mixolydian manner and the department that begins at 0:13 is in 7/4 time. The chorus of the vocal is besides grouped in bars of 3 rather than the regular bars of 4. Somewhat unusually, the song intro starts in 8/iv fourth dimension for four bars, then switches to 7/4 for 8 bars and then vi bars of 8/four once again before leading into the outset verse, which is too in 8/four. It is set up at 145 BPM.

After the anthology version ended its run on the charts, a solo audio-visual version of the song performed past Grohl was released and had some success on pop and adult contemporary radio but generally information technology enjoyed great success on rock and alternative radio just similar the original electrical version.

Music videos [edit]

Ii music videos were made for the studio version of the song and a third music video was made for an acoustic version of the song. All iii versions were fabricated bachelor via the DVD release "Depression/Times Like These"(2003):

Version one [edit]

Directed past Liam Lynch. The ring is shown performing the song confronting changing backgrounds, consisting mainly of brightly colored kaleidoscopic forms like to those constitute in music visualization, giving the video a psychedelic, hopeful, joyful mood. In the end, the backgrounds blink out to reveal that the band are performing against a greenscreen in a studio. This version is often referred to as the "Uk version" and received fiddling airplay in the Us as the band ultimately opted to film another video shortly after.

Version 2 [edit]

Directed by Marc Klasfeld. The video was shot on the Mojave River Bridge in Victorville, CA and shows the band performing the vocal on location, below and in forepart of a bridge. A daughter wanders onto the span and eventually tosses her Game Boy Advance at them. Gradually, more and more people go far at the bridge and start throwing other inanimate objects (including appliances, instruments, and article of furniture) behind and around the oblivious ring members. The items never hit whatsoever of them, though they come shut. The actions of the participants would suggest that their motivations and intentions are to cast off the cloth trappings of society which prohibit them from living freely.

Two cars are and then simultaneously dropped off the bridge and backside the ring, resulting in clouds of smoke and fire. This is followed by an entire house (only with walls and roof) existence dropped onto the band by a crane, and the walls falling onto the basis without anyone getting hurt. A continuity error occurs at the end: when the house falls autonomously, the roof is missing.

Some of the extras featured in the video were fans selected through the band'southward official web site.^[iii]

Acoustic version [edit]

A music video was produced for the acoustic version. It consists solely of clips of Grohl recording the vocal'due south vocal, guitar, and pianoforte tracks in the studio. It was co-directed past Grohl and Bill Yukich.

Live performances [edit]

• An acoustic version recorded on November 29, 2002 at the BBC Radio i Studio during The Jo Whiley Show's Live Lounge segment was released on the Radio one's Live Lounge – Volume 2 compilation.
• A alive version recorded on December 4, 2002 at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, Kingdom of norway was released on the special Norwegian edition of I by One.
• The band performed the song with jazz pianist Chick Corea at the 2004 Grammy Awards.
• A live version filmed at Hyde Park on June 17, 2006 was released on the Alive at Hyde Park DVD.
• An acoustic version recorded in August 2006 at Pantages Theatre was released on Pare and Bones.
• A live version recorded on July seven, 2007 at Wembley Stadium in London during Live Earth was released on the "Live Earth: The Concerts for a Climate in Crisis" CD.
• A live version filmed at Wembley Stadium on June vii, 2008 was released on the Live at Wembley Stadium DVD.
• The band performed the song alive at the iPhone 5 launch issue on September 21, 2012.
• Afterwards Dave Grohl had broken his leg in 2015, and was unable to perform at Glastonbury Festival, Florence and the Machine stepped in for the Foo Fighters and sang a rendition of the song in Grohl's honor. The Foo Fighters subsequently managed to perform the song at Glastonbury in 2017, opening their fix and dedicating information technology to Florence Welch.
• Foo Fighters performed the song for their second number during their 2020 appearance on Saturday Dark Live.
• Performed equally part of the "Celebrating America" broadcast for President Joe Biden's inauguration celebration on January 20, 2021.

In media [edit]

The acoustic version of this song was used in episode 20 of season 4 ("The Birth and Death of the Day") of One Tree Loma during the graduation scene, which is also when Haley's water breaks.

This is likewise used as the theme song for a video montage showing memorable past goals at Turf Moor for all of Burnley FC'south home games from 2009 to the present.

It was used by George West. Bush for his 2004 re-ballot campaign without the band'due south knowledge. "That was weird," Grohl remarked. "And to me it just seemed like a pretty good example of how completely out of touch he was. Yous read those lyrics: they're well-nigh promise and love and compassion. And look at his administration: war and fear and death. Information technology was laughable. You couldn't have picked a worse song. That'due south why I jumped on the John Kerry campaign. I thought, 'I gauge the right thing to do is to go play the vocal where information technology's needed – where it makes sense.'"^[4]

The acoustic version was used at the end of episode 21 ("Coalition of the Willing") of the American television series Jericho.

The acoustic version was used past the Calgary Flames during their 2003–04 NHL season cup run, for their opening.

It was released equally a Rock Band and Rock Band 2 DLC track on Xbox Live and PSN on December 23, 2008.

It was featured in the 2003 film American Wedding.

The song and the acoustic version were both featured in the 2012 ESPY Awards in a montage to commemorate the past twenty years in sports.

"Times Like These" was featured in the 2007 annual WWE Tribute to the Troops.

The Washington Nationals Radio Network plays part of the runway as the bridge to the post-game bear witness after any game the Nationals win.

An audio-visual cover version of the song appears in a Dart/T-Mobile commercial as of March 2020.

The Seattle Kraken of the NHL use the song when they win games at Climate Pledge Arena.

Rails listings [edit]

UK CD1

1. "Times Like These"
2. "A Life of Illusion" (Joe Walsh encompass)
3. "Planet Claire" (The B-52'southward encompass) (Live at New York City, New York, 31 October 2002 with Fred Schneider)

Enhanced Department ("Prissy Hat")
Enhanced Section ("Dorsum Slapper")

UK CD2

1. "Times Like These"
2. "Normal"
3. "Larn to Fly" (Alive in Los Angeles, California, 22 October 2002)

Enhanced department ("Japanese Grunge")

Japan EP

1. "Times Like These"
2. "A Life of Illusion" (Joe Walsh cover)
3. "The Ane"
4. "Normal"
5. "Planet Claire" (The B-52's comprehend) (Live in New York City, New York, 31 Oct 2002 with Fred Schneider)
6. "Learn to Fly" (Live at Los Angeles 22 Oct 2002)

7" Vinyl

1. "Times Similar These"
2. "A Life of Illusion" (Joe Walsh cover)

Personnel [edit]

• Dave Grohl – atomic number 82 vocals, rhythm guitar
• Chris Shiflett – pb guitar
• Nate Mendel – bass
• Taylor Hawkins – drums

Charts and certifications [edit]

Live Lounge Allstars charity single [edit]

"Times Like These"
Single by Live Lounge Allstars
Released	23 Apr 2020
Venue	Households of various artists
Length	iv:16
Characterization	BBC Columbia
Songwriter(due south)	Dave Grohl Taylor Hawkins Nate Mendel Chris Shiflett
Producer(south)	Fraser T. Smith (primary) Chris Toll (executive)
Music video
"Times Like These" (BBC Radio 1 Stay Domicile Live Lounge) on YouTube

As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, BBC Radio 1 organised the "biggest e'er" Alive Lounge cover version as function of their Stay at Abode project.^[17] The track was produced by Fraser T. Smith and was performed by the charity supergroup Live Lounge Allstars. Each member recorded and filmed their contribution to the song from their respective households in order to encourage social distancing.^[eighteen] The song was released on 23 April 2020 and the video premiered as role of The Big Night In telethon.^[19] Among various charities worldwide, profits from the single will primarily get to Children in Need and Comic Relief, as well as WHO'south COVID-nineteen Solidarity Response Fund.^[20] Within 12 hours of the vocal's initial release, it gained 43,000 digital downloads and entered the top five on the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland Singles Nautical chart.^[21] The song reached number 1 on its second week, earning 66,000 chart sales (78% of which were downloads).^[22] This song likewise became the beginning song produced by BBC Radio 1 to top the chart, and the first BBC release to reach number ane since "Perfect Day" in 1997.^[22] A lyric video of the cover version was released on 29 April 2020.^[23]

Artists [edit]

The vocal was performed by the following artists (in alphabetical order):^{[24] [25] [26] [27]}

Vocals [edit]

• AJ Tracey
• Anne-Marie
• Ben Johnston (of Biffy Clyro)
• Celeste
• Chris Martin (of Coldplay)
• Dan Smith (of Guardhouse)
• Dave Grohl (of Foo Fighters)
• Dermot Kennedy
• Dua Lipa
• Ellie Goulding
• Grace Carter (chorus)
• Hailee Steinfeld (chorus)
• Jess Glynne
• Luke Hemmings (of v Seconds of Summer)
• Mabel
• Mike Kerr (of Royal Blood)
• Paloma Religion
• Rag'n'Bone Man
• Rita Ora
• Simon Neil (of Biffy Clyro)
• Sam Fender
• Sean Paul
• Sigrid
• Yungblud
• Zara Larsson

Instruments [edit]

• Ben Johnston (of Biffy Clyro) – percussion
• Ben Thatcher (of Regal Blood) – percussion
• Chris Martin (of Coldplay) – piano
• Chris Forest (of Bastille) – glockenspiel
• Dave Grohl (of Foo Fighters) – drums
• Ellie Goulding – audio-visual guitar
• Fraser T. Smith – guitar, percussion, piano
• James Johnston (of Biffy Clyro) – bass
• Luke Hemmings (of 5 Seconds of Summer) – acoustic guitar
• Sigrid – piano
• Simon Neil (of Biffy Clyro) – acoustic guitar, electrical guitar, violin
• Taylor Hawkins (of Foo Fighters) – drums, percussion
• Yungblud – audio-visual guitar
• Wayne Sermon - guitar

Charts [edit]

Certifications [edit]

Other notable covers [edit]

• Glen Campbell recorded the song for his 2008 album See Glen Campbell.
• Ryan Adams performed acoustic covers of the song during a 2008 tour of Europe, and has continued to occasionally cover it live both with a backing band and solo since.
• R&B singer JoJo performed an acoustic cover on BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, playing the verses and chorus without the sections in seven/4 time.
• American ring Shinedown covered the song on their 2011 live album Somewhere in the Stratosphere.
• Florence and the Auto performed a cover during Glastonbury 2015 as a tribute to the Foo Fighters, whom they'd replaced as headliners afterwards Dave Grohl broke his leg.
• Trance DJ and producer Ciaran McAuley recorded the song in collaboration with vocalist Roxanne Emery under their HØLY WATERS allonym.

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