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“Alone + Easy Target” by Foo Fighters
From the album Foo Fighters (1995)
“Alone + Easy Target” by Foo Fighters appears on 10 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1996 and 2004. It was first released in 1995 on the album Foo Fighters. Its best result is #92 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #329 alternative song of 1996 and #3,468 alternative song of all time.
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"Alone + Easy Target" is older than Foo Fighters. Dave Grohl wrote and recorded the first version back in 1991, while he was still in Nirvana, and played the demo for Kurt Cobain during a break from touring behind Nevermind. By Grohl's account Cobain heard it in the bathtub on a Walkman, gave him a kiss and said he was glad he would no longer be the band's only songwriter. Nirvana even jammed it at soundchecks on that year's European tour.
It finally landed on the 1995 debut Foo Fighters album, with Grohl playing guitar, bass and drums and singing, Barrett Jones co-producing and Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf mixing. In the US it went out only as a radio promo. It stayed in the set until 2000, then turned up just twice on the 2007 tour and twice more in 2012.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 92 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 924 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) | 1000 |
| 1998 | 452 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) | 1000 |
| 1999 | 967 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 521 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 1999 | 396 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
| 1999 | 362 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) | 998 |
| 2002 | 768 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
| 2002 | 1297 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2004 | 477 | 107.7 The End | The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) | 500 |
Also listed as: Along + Easy Target; Alone & Easy Target; Alone and Easy Target.
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