The Pretender

E463937
single song

"The Pretender" is a 2007 hard-rock single by American rock band Foo Fighters, known for its explosive dynamics, political overtones, and status as one of their signature songs.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
The Pretender (song) 2
Pretender 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace NERFINISHED ⓘ
artist Foo Fighters NERFINISHED ⓘ
award Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance nomination NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsToCatalogOf Foo Fighters NERFINISHED ⓘ
chartPositionARIA 4 ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 8 ⓘ
chartPositionUSAlternativeSongs 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSHotMainstreamRockTracks 1 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuresGuitarRiff prominent ⓘ
featuresLoudQuietContrast true ⓘ
featuresPoliticalOvertones true ⓘ
genre alternative rock ⓘ
hard rock ⓘ
post-grunge ⓘ
hasExplosiveDynamics true ⓘ
hasLiveFavoriteStatus true ⓘ
hasMusicVideo true ⓘ
hasPoliticalThemes true ⓘ
hasTimeSignature 4/4 ⓘ
includedInAlbum Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace NERFINISHED ⓘ
isConcertStapleFor Foo Fighters NERFINISHED ⓘ
isOpeningTrackOf Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace NERFINISHED ⓘ
isSignatureSongOf Foo Fighters NERFINISHED ⓘ
isWellKnownFor dynamic build-up ⓘ
explosive chorus ⓘ
label RCA Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roswell Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 4:29 ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Sam Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ
nominatedFor Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Rock Song NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grammy Award for Record of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ
performer Foo Fighters NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Foo Fighters NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gil Norton NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordedIn 2007 ⓘ
releaseDate 2007-08-21 ⓘ
releaseYear 2007 ⓘ
tempo fast ⓘ
trackNumberOnAlbum 1 ⓘ
writer Chris Shiflett NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dave Grohl NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nate Mendel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Taylor Hawkins NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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Foo Fighters → notableWork → The Pretender ⓘ
The Pretender → hasPart → The Pretender ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Pretender (song)
The Pretender → titleTrack → The Pretender ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Pretender (song)
Material Girl → bSide → The Pretender ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pretender