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“Baker Street” by Foo Fighters
Released 1997
“Baker Street” by Foo Fighters appears on 17 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 1997 and 2024. It was first released in 1997. Its best result is #25 on the KISW 25 Greatest Rock Covers. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #348 alternative song of 1998 and #1,789 alternative song of all time.
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Foo Fighters cut their version of Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street" in 1997, with Simon Askew producing and engineering and Taylor Hawkins behind the drums. It's a tip of the hat to a song with a restless back story: Rafferty wrote it while fighting his way out of his Stealers Wheel contracts, forever travelling up and down between Paisley, where his family lived, and London, where a friend's flat on Baker Street in Marylebone was often his bed for the night.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 105.7 | 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO | 105.7 The Point Top 105.7 of 1997 | 106 |
| 1998 | 76 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 | 101 |
| 1998 | 98 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1998 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 460 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 2003 | 1907 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1877 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1857 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2005 | 645 | 99X | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) | 1000 |
| 2007 | 1003 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 956 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 876 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 765 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 754 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 759 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 750 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2021 | 25 | KISW | KISW 25 Greatest Rock Covers | 25 |
| 2024 | 586 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs | 850 |
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