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“Next Year” by Foo Fighters
From the album There Is Nothing Left to Lose (1999)
“Next Year” by Foo Fighters appears on 8 radio countdowns from 8 stations in 2000. It was first released in 1999 on the album There Is Nothing Left to Lose. Its best result is #48 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 2000. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #111 alternative song of 2000.
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"Next Year" closed out the singles from There Is Nothing Left to Lose, the third Foo Fighters album, arriving as its fifth and last on December 4, 2000. It's the band at its gentlest, and it broke new ground for them: Dave Grohl added a Mellotron, the first keyboard on any Foo Fighters song, because he wanted it to sound more like a Sgt. Pepper's rip-off. Spin heard a power ballad in the "Wonderwall" mold, the band at its loveliest when borrowing from Britpop.
Grohl sings lead and handles guitar, percussion and some of the drums, with Taylor Hawkins also drumming and Nate Mendel on bass; all three share the writing, and Adam Kasper produced with the band. The single edit got extra backing vocals and lost the album's outro, and its opening bars became the theme for NBC's Ed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 48 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2000 | 91 |
| 2000 | 99 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2000 | 105 |
| 2000 | 74 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2000 | 101 |
| 2000 | 99 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2000 | 100 |
| 2000 | 58 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2000 | 89 |
| 2000 | 70 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2000 | 102 |
| 2000 | 93 | 103.3 The Edge Buffalo, NY | 103.3 The Edge Top 103 of 2000 | 103 |
| 2000 | 89 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2000 | 100 |
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