BEST OF YOU

Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett

FOO FIGHTERS                                                                   2005                                                                   RCA Records

The lead single from the album In Your Honor. Chart: #18, #1 (alternative).
Time - 4:16. Released in U.S.A. May 30, 2005.

Recorded at Studio 606 West, Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA, Jan-Mar 2005. Produced by Nick Raskulinecz and Foo Fighters. Engineered by Mike Terry .

Written while Grohl was supporting Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry in 2008, and inspired by his rallies. He originally didn't like it, but manager John Silva persuaded him to use it for the album. For this song, Grohl wanted to scream through it and almost injured his throat. It was the bands largest selling and highes charting song.
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Personnel

   Dave Grohl - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
   Chris Shiflett - lead guitar
   Nate Mendel - bass
   Taylor Hawkins - drums

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Dave Grohl

(Kerry rallies inspire)"all these songs about breaking away from the things that confine you .... a song of resistance. It's about the refusal to be taken advantage of by something that's bigger than you, or someone you're in love with. It's the fight in the face of adversity. .... Most people think it's a love song but it's meant to be more universal, which I think is one of the reasons so many people sing along when we play it. ..... (features) a rhythm that we'd never really used on any of the other albums."

Dave Grohl

"We'd pull in to small towns, and thousands of people would come to be rescued by this man (John Kerry). It's not a political record, but what I saw inspired me. It's about breaking away from the things that confine you."

Dave Grohl

"'Best Of You' was one of the first songs we wrote for the album, one of the only songs on the record that made it from the original sessions."

Dave Grohl

"Because we demoed so many songs for 'In Your Honour', I'd kind of forgotten about it. Our manager came in and said, 'What happened to that 'Best of You' song?' So we pulled it out and worked on it a little more."

YOU TUBE STUDIO TRACK VIDEO YOU TUBE LYRIC VIDEO YOU TUBE LIVE 2008, Wembley Stadium I've got another confession to make I'm your fool Everyone's got their chains to break Holdin' you Were you born to resist or be abused? Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you? Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you? Are you gone and onto someone new? I needed somewhere to hang my head Without your noose You gave me something that I didn't have But had no use I was too weak to give in Too strong to lose My heart is under arrest again But I break loose My head is giving me life or death But I can't choose I swear I'll never give in I refuse Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you? Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you? Has someone taken your faith? Its real, the pain you feel You trust, you must Confess Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you? Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Has someone taken your faith? Its real, the pain you feel The life, the love You die to heal The hope that starts The broken hearts You trust, you must Confess Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you? Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you? I've got another confession my friend I'm no fool I'm getting tired of starting again Somewhere new Were you born to resist or be abused? I swear I'll never give in I refuse Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you? Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you? Has someone taken your faith? Its real, the pain you feel You trust, you must Confess Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you? Oh