"White Limo" is a song by American rock band Foo Fighters. It is the second single from their seventh studio album Wasting Light. The single was released on March 28, 2011, as an iTunes digital download.
Composition In an interview with Classic Rock, Dave Grohl stated that the lyrics for "White Limo" were written in just two minutes."I have all these huge fucking riffs, I can scream for three hours... LET'S GO!", Classic Rock, May 2011 MTV writer Chris Ryan noted that the song showed Dave Grohl going back to his roots in hardcore punk, describing it as "...a blistering, paint-stripping thrash track that mixes mosh-inducing hard-core with the Foo’s penchant for melody." Revolver described the song as "the most metal track on "Wasting Light", and one of the most metal Foo Fighters songs ever." The song has also been categorized as simply hard rock.
Release
On February 12, 2011, a music video was released for "White Limo", featuring Lemmy of Motörhead. It was the first full song released from Wasting Light, however, it was the second official single, released on March 28, 2011. It was preceded by "Rope" earlier that month.
English musician Liam Howlett, best known as a member of the Prodigy, remixed the song upon Dave Grohl's request and released it on October 16, 2011.
Reception "White Limo" was chosen as the winner of the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance in 2012.
Personnel Foo Fighters Dave Grohl – vocals, rhythm guitar Taylor Hawkins – drums Nate Mendel – bass guitar Chris Shiflett – lead guitar Pat Smear – guitar, baritone guitar
Production Butch Vig – production Foo Fighters – production James Brown – engineer Alan Moulder – mixing Joe LaPorta – mastering Emily Lazar – mastering
Merchandise
The Foo Fighters have made available from their official merchandise website a die-cast White Limo Figurine.White Limo Figurine foofighters.com. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
Charts Chart (2011) Peakposition
Awards YearAwardResults2012Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance
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