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“Rope” by Foo Fighters

From the album Wasting Light (2011)

“Rope” by Foo Fighters appears on 47 radio countdowns from 37 stations between 2011 and 2023. It was first released in 2011 on the album Wasting Light. Its best result is #1 on The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #2 alternative song of 2011, #2,661 alternative song of all time and #7 of the '10s.

47countdowns
37stations
#1best position
1#1 finishes
15top 10 finishes
2011–2023years charted

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Foo Fighters - Rope (Official HD Video)

Video from YouTube (foofightersVEVO). Pressing play loads YouTube's player. Watch on YouTube

"Rope" came out ahead of Wasting Light, the Foo Fighters' seventh studio album, as its lead single in 2011, and it sits second on the record. The song dates back to the tour for Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, with a demo cut once the road ended in 2008; the whole band shares the writing, and Butch Vig produced it with them. You can hear Rush and Led Zeppelin in its jittery, knotted guitar lines, with Dave Grohl, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear tangling over Nate Mendel and Taylor Hawkins' lurching rhythm, Rami Jaffee adding keys and Alan Moulder mixing.

The video, shot almost entirely on VHS, celebrated the cramped studio where they made the album, and Deadmau5 later remixed it for a limited 12-inch. It finished 2011 as the year-end number one on Billboard's Rock Songs chart.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2011 9 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 30 Songs of 2011 30
2011 14 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2011 91
2011 9 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2011 101
2011 3 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2011 89
2011 27 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 102 Songs of 2011 102
2011 17 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2011 102
2011 1 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2011 99
2011 4 KJEE 92.9 Santa Barbara, CA KJEE Top 92 Songs of 2011 92
2011 36 WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2011 104
2011 15 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO 105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2011 105
2011 12 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL 97X Top 97 of 2011 97
2011 11 Rock 93.5 Columbia, SC Rock 93.5 WARQ Top 93 of 2011 92
2011 21 93XRT Chicago, IL WXRT Listener Poll: Top 25 Songs of 2011 25
2011 19 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2011 103
2011 21 94.1 The Zone Rochester, NY 94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2011 94
2011 69 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2011 103
2011 3 KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA KSLG Top 94 Slugtracks of 2011 94
2011 53 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2011 88
2011 2 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2011 49
2011 70 90.5 WERG Erie, PA WERG Top 90 of 2011 90
2011 17 94.5 The Buzz Houston, TX 94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2011 94
2011 7 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2011 98
2011 2 94.3 WCYY Portland, ME WCYY Top 50 Songs of 2011 50
2011 5 KFMA Tucson, AZ KFMA Top 50 Songs of 2011 50
2011 3 Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2011 40
2011 5 98KUPD Phoenix, AZ 98KUPD Top 98 of 2011 98
2011 9 89.9 WLCA St. Louis, MO WLCA Top 89 of 2011 89
2011 14 89.7 The River Omaha, NE / Council Bluffs, IA 89.7 The River Top 89 of 2011 89
2011 19 X107.5 Las Vegas, NV X107.5 Top 50 Songs That Didn't Suck 2011 50
2011 27 ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2011 51
2011 63 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2011 100
2011 8 WBRU Providence, RI WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2011 96
2012 39 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2012 91

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2011 1473 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 977 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 933 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 290 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 295 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 53 103.3 The Edge 103.3 The Edge Top 103.3 Songs of the Decade 103
2019 60 93X 93X Top 93 Songs of the Decade (2010s) 93
2019 68 ALT 98.7 ALT 98.7 Top 98 ALT Songs of the Decade 98
2019 346 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 8 The Buzz The Buzz Top 99 Songs of the Decade 99
2020 71 X96 X96's Top 100 Songs of the Last Decade 100
2020 423 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2022 488 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2023 372 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500

Charting alongside it in 2011

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  2. 3The Adventures of Rain Dance MaggieRed Hot Chili Peppers
  3. 4WalkFoo Fighters
  4. 5You are a TouristDeath Cab for Cutie
  5. 6Rolling in the DeepAdele
  6. 7Howlin' for YouThe Black Keys

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