The Essential Foo Fighters

Tracklist

• 1
  Everlong
  4:10
  4.4 ★
• 2
  Making a Fire
  4:15
  3.5 ★
• 3
  Times Like These
  4:27
  3.9 ★
• 4
  Rope
  4:19
  3.8 ★
• 5
  Monkey Wrench
  3:52
  4.2 ★
• 6
  My Hero
  4:20
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Cold Day in the Sun
  3:28
  3.5 ★
• 8
  Big Me
  2:12
  3.7 ★
• 9
  Long Road to Ruin
  3:46
  3.6 ★
• 10
  Shame Shame
  4:17
  3.6 ★
• 11
  Best of You
  4:16
  4.3 ★
• 12
  All My Life
  4:24
  4.3 ★
• 13
  The Pretender
  4:27
  4.1 ★
• 14
  This Is a Call
  3:54
  3.8 ★
• 15
  Waiting on a War
  4:13
  3.1 ★
• 16
  Walk
  4:17
  3.7 ★
• 17
  Learn to Fly
  3:56
  4.3 ★
• 18
  The Sky Is a Neighborhood
  4:05
  3.8 ★
• 19
  Breakout
  3:22
  4.1 ★
• 20
  These Days
  4:58
  3.9 ★
• 21
  Everlong (acoustic version)
  4:12
  3.5 ★

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One by One

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There Is Nothing Left to Lose

There Is Nothing Left to Lose 1999

But Here We Are

But Here We Are 2023

Everlong

Everlong 1997

Your Favorite Toy

Your Favorite Toy 2026

Release credits

• Adam Kasper
  mix [19], producer [17, 19], recording [17, 19]
• Adrian Bushby
  engineer [9, 13]
• Alan Moulder
  mix [4, 16, 20]
• Alex Pasco
  assistant [2, 10, 15]
• Alison Mosshart
  background vocals [18]
• Alma Fernandez
  viola [10, 15]
• Barbara Gruska
  background vocals [2]
• Barrett Jones
  producer [8, 14]
• Bob Ludwig
  mix [3, 12]
• Bradley Cook
  engineer [1, 5-6], recording [1, 5-6]
• Butch Vig
  producer [4, 16, 20]
• Charlie Bisharat
  violin [10, 15]
• Chris Sheldon
  mix [1, 5-6]
• Chris Shiflett
  acoustic guitar [9, 13], background vocals [9], electric guitar [3, 9, 12-13], guitar [4, 15-16, 20], producer [3, 12]
• Claudius Mittendorfer
  assistant [9, 13]
• Darrell Thorp
  engineer [2, 10, 15]
• Dave Grohl
  acoustic guitar [9, 13, 15], background vocals [3, 12], bass guitar [8, 14], drums (drum set) [1, 5-8, 14, 17, 19], electric guitar [3, 9, 12-13], guitar [1, 4-6, 8, 14, 16-20], lead vocals [1, 3-6, 9, 12-13, 15-20], percussion [17, 19], producer [3, 12], vocal [8, 14]
• Don Farwell
  assistant [1, 5, 5-6]
• Drew Hester
  guest [9], percussion [9]
• Elliot Scheiner
  mix [7]
• Foo Fighters
  producer [2-3, 7-8, 11-12, 14, 17, 19]
• Geoff Turner
  engineer [1, 5-6], recording [1, 5-6, 21]
• Gil Norton
  producer [1, 5-6, 9, 13]
• Ginny Luke
  violin [18]
• Greg Kurstin
  instrument arranger [10, 15], keyboard [2], producer [2, 10, 15, 18], strings [10, 15]
• Inara George
  background vocals [2]
• Jacob Braun
  cello [10, 15]
• James Brown
  engineer [4, 16, 20]
• Jason Mauza
  assistant [1, 5, 5-6]
• Jim Scott
  mix [3, 12]
• John Lousteau
  assistant [4, 9, 13, 16, 20]
• John Nelson
  assistant [19]
• Kinga Bacik
  cello [18]
• Laura Mace
  background vocals [2]
• Mark “Spike” Stent
  mix [2, 10, 15]
• Matt Wolach
  assistant [2, 10, 15]
• Mike Terry
  engineer [7, 11]
• Nate Mendel
  bass guitar [1, 3-6, 9, 12-13, 15-17, 19-20], electric bass guitar [18], producer [3, 12]
• Nick Raskulinecz
  bass [7], engineer [3, 12], guest [7], mix [11], producer [3, 7, 11-12]
• Pat Smear
  guitar [1, 4-6, 15-16, 18, 20]
• Rachel Grace
  violin [18]
• Rami Jaffee
  guest [7, 9], keyboard [4, 7, 9, 15], organ [16]
• Rich Costey
  mix [9, 13]
• Rob Schnapf
  mix [8, 14]
• Ryan Boesch
  assistant [1, 5, 5-6]
• Ryan Hadlock
  assistant [1, 5, 5-6]
• Samantha Sidley
  background vocals [2]
• Songa Lee‐Kitto
  violin [10, 15]
• Steve Culp
  engineer [8, 14]
• Taylor Hawkins
  background vocals [18], drums (drum set) [3-4, 9, 12-13, 15-20], percussion [3, 12], producer [3, 12], vocal [7]
• Ted Reiger
  assistant [17]
• Todd Burke
  assistant [1, 5, 5-6]
• Tom Lea
  viola [18]
• Tom Rothrock
  mix [8, 14]
• Violet Grohl
  background vocals [2]
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  28 October 2022