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“Arlandria” by Foo Fighters
From the album Wasting Light (2011)
“Arlandria” by Foo Fighters appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations in 2011. It was first released in 2011 on the album Wasting Light. Its best result is #36 on the WERG Top 90 of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #358 alternative song of 2011.
Dave Grohl named "Arlandria" after the Alexandria, Virginia, neighborhood where he used to live, a spot the Foo Fighters had already name-checked in "Headwires" back in 1999. It landed on Wasting Light, their seventh album, in 2011, and went out as the fourth UK single that September. Grohl sings and plays guitar with Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear, Nate Mendel is on bass, Taylor Hawkins on drums and Drew Hester on percussion, and all but Hester share the writing credit.
The lyric nods to "Rain Rain Go Away", and Grohl defended it by arguing that the singsong lilt of children's songs belongs in rock. The first video was a live take from the iTunes Festival at London's Roundhouse; a 2019 follow-up has costumed vigilantes and a neighborhood watch hunting a man through San Francisco at 3 a.m., all over a burglary he didn't commit.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 36 | 90.5 WERG Erie, PA | WERG Top 90 of 2011 | 90 |
| 2011 | 70 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2011 | 104 |
| 2011 | 97 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2011 | 100 |
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