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“The Sky Is A Neighborhood” by Foo Fighters
From the album Concrete and Gold (2017)
“The Sky Is A Neighborhood” by Foo Fighters appears on 12 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2017 and 2019. It was first released in 2017 on the album Concrete and Gold. Its best result is #9 on the 102.1 The Edge's Top 20 Songs of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #21 alternative song of 2017 and #338 of the '10s.
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"The Sky Is a Neighborhood" was the second single from Foo Fighters' ninth album, Concrete and Gold, released on August 23, 2017, and it very nearly missed the record. The band thought they were done and took a two-week break; in that gap Dave Grohl, taken with the night sky in Hawaii, came up with the song and cut it in a single afternoon.
It stomps where you expect it to soar, a slow, heavy march dressed in strings from Kinga Bacik, Rachel Grace, Ginny Luke and Tom Lea, with Taylor Hawkins pounding away and joining Alison Mosshart on backing vocals. Greg Kurstin produced. Grohl and Hawkins first tried it out acoustic at the Fillmore in San Francisco that May, and it went on to top the Mainstream Rock 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 25 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2017 | 91 |
| 2017 | 9 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | 102.1 The Edge's Top 20 Songs of 2017 | 20 |
| 2017 | 34 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2017 | 99 |
| 2017 | 141 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2017 | 200 |
| 2017 | 28 | 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT | 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2017 | 99 |
| 2017 | 19 | 93.3 WMMR Philadelphia, PA | WMMR Top 25 Songs of 2017 | 25 |
| 2017 | 10 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2017 | 50 |
| 2017 | 19 | 98KUPD Phoenix, AZ | 98KUPD Top 98 of 2017 | 98 |
| 2018 | 15 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2018 | 91 |
| 2018 | 42 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2018 | 99 |
| 2018 | 31 | 98KUPD Phoenix, AZ | 98KUPD Top 98 of 2018 | 98 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 81 | 93X | 93X Top 93 Songs of the Decade (2010s) | 93 |
Also listed as: The Sky Is a Neighborhood.
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