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“Making A Fire” by Foo Fighters
From the album Medicine at Midnight (2021)
“Making A Fire” by Foo Fighters appears on 10 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2021 and 2025. It was first released in 2021 on the album Medicine at Midnight. Its best result is #7 on the WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2021. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #45 alternative song of 2021 and #267 of the '20s.
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"Making a Fire" kicks the door in on Medicine at Midnight, Foo Fighters' tenth studio album, out in February 2021 on Roswell and RCA, and it's the band in party mode, with a crowd of backing singers (Inara George, Violet Grohl, Barbara Gruska, Laura Mace and Samantha Sidley) lined up behind them. Greg Kurstin produced it with the band and added keyboards, Darrell Thorp engineered and Mark "Spike" Stent mixed.
A snippet surfaced alongside "Cloudspotter" on February 1, 2021, before the album was out, and its video was shot at the Japanese sake maker Tatenokawa, with Taro Okagawa directing. It turned up on the soundtrack to MLB The Show 21, hit rock radio as the fourth single that June, and became the band's 11th number one on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Airplay chart.
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
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 31 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2021 | 91 |
| 2021 | 84 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2021 | 88 |
| 2021 | 32 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | ALT 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2021 | 51 |
| 2021 | 7 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2021 | 104 |
| 2021 | 10 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2021 | 107 |
| 2021 | 9 | 93X Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN | 93X Top 21 Songs of 2021 | 21 |
| 2021 | 25 | 98KUPD Phoenix, AZ | 98KUPD Top 98 of 2021 | 98 |
| 2021 | 193 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2021 | 200 |
| 2021 | 47 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2021 | 83 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 183 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
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