A classic Foo Fighters song is climbing the charts again nearly three decades after its release.
“Everlong,” the band’s 1997 hit from The Colour and the Shape, has re-entered the Billboard Global 200 at No. 186. The return marks another chart moment for the song, which first appeared on the global ranking in 2022 and reached a previous peak of No. 123.
The renewed interest comes 32 years after Foo Fighters began their career in Seattle in 1994. The band was first started by Dave Grohl as a one-man project after Nirvana ended. Over the years, Foo Fighters grew into one of the biggest rock bands of their generation.
Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl performs on stage in 1995.Photo by Goedefroit Music/Getty Images
Released as the second single from The Colour and the Shape in August 1997, “Everlong” became a major rock radio hit. It reached No. 3 on Billboard’s Alternative Songs chart and No. 4 on the Mainstream Rock chart.
It is not the first time the song has experienced a major comeback.
Following the death of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins in March 2022, “Everlong” saw a rise in listening and entered the Billboard Global 200 at No. 123. The song also reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Hard Rock Songs chart that year.
Recently an audio clip of Foo Fighters performing “Everlong” during their Tiny Desk Concert went viral on TikTok and Instagram in June, helping bring the nearly 30-year-old song bcack into online conversation.
The song has continued to reach new listeners through different formats. Dave Grohl’s acoustic version became popular after an impromptu performance on The Howard Stern Show in 1998. The band has continued to perform acoustic versions over the years, including one featured on their 2006 live release Skin and Bones.
“Everlong” has also appeared in video games, television shows, films and other pop culture spaces. It has been featured in games including Rock Band, Guitar Hero World Tour, and Rocksmith 2014, while a string arrangement was used during Monica and Chandler’s wedding in Friends.
The song passed one billion streams on Spotify in December 2023, showing that its audience has continued to grow long after its original release.
Grohl wrote “Everlong” during a difficult and emotional time in his life.
According to American Songwriter, the song began with a guitar riff he found while working on “Monkey Wrench.” Grohl described the riff as a “Sonic Youth rip off.” He continued working on the idea after leaving the studio.
Around Christmas 1996, Grohl was staying at a friend’s home in Virginia and sleeping on the floor. During that period, he wrote “Everlong” as a complete song in about 45 minutes.
The lyrics were inspired by his relationship with Louise Post of Veruca Salt.
Grohl first recorded a rough demo by himself, playing all the instruments. He later brought the song back to the West Coast, where he worked with producer Gil Norton and Foo Fighters members Nate Mendel and Pat Smear to record the finished version.
The song’s music video, directed by Michel Gondry, became another important part of its story. It featured Grohl and Hawkins in a surreal dream-like world, with Smear and Mendel also appearing in different roles.
“Everlong” was nominated for Best Rock Video at the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards.
Foo Fighters also brought the song’s television history full circle in May when the band returned to The Late Show. During the appearance, they performed a medley connecting “This Is a Call,” their first song performed on the program under Letterman in 1995, with “Everlong,” the song tied to some of their most important appearances on the show.
@colbertlateshow@Foo Fighters perform a medley of “This Is A Call” and “Everlong,” the first and last songs they played on Letterman. #Colbert #FooFighters @David Letterman #DaveGrohl
♬ original sound – colbertlateshowThe chart re-entry comes during another busy year for Foo Fighters. The band released Your Favorite Toy in April and has continued petforming as part of its 2026 schedule.
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