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“Outside” by Foo Fighters
From the album Sonic Highways (2014)
“Outside” by Foo Fighters appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations in 2015. It was first released in 2014 on the album Sonic Highways. Its best result is #31 on the 89X Top 89 Songs of 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #72 alternative song of 2015.
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"Outside" is the desert chapter of Sonic Highways, Foo Fighters' eighth studio album from 2014, cut at Rancho De La Luna in Joshua Tree, California, and showcased in episode five of the band's HBO documentary series. Butch Vig produced it with the band, and the credits read like a campfire gathering: Chris Goss singing backup alongside Taylor Hawkins, Rami Jaffee layering organ and Mellotron, James Brown recording and mixing.
The wild card is Joe Walsh, who came aboard through a mutual friend and gets to cut loose on electric guitar behind Dave Grohl's vocal. Hawkins reckoned that Walsh solo was the high point of the whole album. Sent out as a single in August 2015, it put Foo Fighters on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart for a 30th time, drawing level with Green Day and Red Hot Chili Peppers for third place in total showings.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 59 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2015 | 91 |
| 2015 | 31 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2015 | 89 |
| 2015 | 102 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2015 | 103 |
| 2015 | 43 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2015 | 99 |
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