Foo Fighters Release New Single ‘Waiting On A War’ On Dave Grohl’s Birthday

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Foo Fighters have dropped the third single ‘Waiting On A War’ from their upcoming album ‘Medicine At Midnight’. Check Out the new song below.

Taking to twitter yesterday frontman Dave Grohl said “As a child growing up in the suburbs of Washington DC, I was always afraid of war. I had nightmares of missiles in the sky and soldiers in my backyard, most likely brought upon by the political tension of the early 1980’s and my proximity to the Nation’s Capitol.” Adding “My youth was spent under the dark cloud of a hopeless future.”

Talking further about why he wrote the song, Dave said “Last fall, as I was driving my daughter to school, she turned to me and asked, ‘Daddy, is there going to be a war?’ My heart sank as I realized that she was now living under the same dark cloud that I had felt 40 years ago”

“I wrote ‘Waiting On A War’ that day. Every day waiting for the sky to fall. Is there more to this than that? Is there more to this than just waiting on a war? Because I need more. We all do. This song was written for my daughter, Harper, who deserves a future, just as every child does.” Check out ‘Waiting On A War’ below:

The new single has also been released on Dave Grohl’s 52nd Birthday. Happy Birthday Dave!

The new song will appear on the new album, produced by Greg Kurstin – who also worked with the band on their previous release ‘Concrete And Gold’. The new album will be 9 tracks long and will be 37 minutes in total.

This is the tracklisting for the album:

1. Making a Fire
2. Shame Shame
3. Cloudspotter
4. Waiting on a War
5. Medicine at Midnight
6. No Son of Mine
7. Holding Poison
8. Chasing Birds
9. Love Dies Young

The new album is due out on February 5th and can be pre-ordered here.

Check out the first single ‘Shame Shame’ from the album:

Here’s ‘No Son Of Mine’:

Dave Grohl and Producer Greg Kurstin recently completed an eight-day Hanukkah project, which saw the duo covering songs from 8 Jewish artists.