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“Long Road to Ruin” by Foo Fighters
From the album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007)
“Long Road to Ruin” by Foo Fighters appears on 29 radio countdowns from 21 stations between 2007 and 2011. It was first released in 2007 on the album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace. Its best result is #5 on the 102.1 The Edge's Top 102 Songs of 2008. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #15 alternative song of 2008, #7,660 alternative song of all time and #185 of the '00s.
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Foo Fighters followed "The Pretender" with "Long Road to Ruin", the second single from Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, released in December 2007. It's the band in bright, big-hearted mode, all four members sharing the writing credit: Dave Grohl and Chris Shiflett layer acoustic and electric guitars, Nate Mendel and Taylor Hawkins drive it along, and guests Rami Jaffee on keyboards and Drew Hester on percussion fill out the shine. Gil Norton produced and Rich Costey mixed it.
Jesse Peretz, a regular Foo Fighters video director, shot the clip, with Rashida Jones making an appearance. The single sat at number one on Billboard's Modern Rock chart for seven weeks, which made the band the first act to top that chart in four consecutive years, and no rock song got more spins on Canadian radio in 2008.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 495 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) | 500 |
| 2010 | 93 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 200 New Rock Songs of the Millennium | 200 |
| 2010 | 208 | 94.1 The Zone | 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade | 210 |
| 2011 | 100 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of the 2000s | 102 |
Also listed as: Long Road To Ruin.
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