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Learn to Fly
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| "Learn to Fly" | ||
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| Single by Foo Fighters | ||
| from the album There Is Nothing Left to Lose | ||
| Released | November 9, 1999 | |
| Format | CD | |
| Genre | Alternative rock | |
| Label | Roswell/RCA Records | |
| Foo Fighters singles chronology | ||
| "Walking After You" (1998) |
"Learn to Fly" (1999) |
"Stacked Actors" (2000) |
| Alternative cover | ||
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"Learn to Fly" is the first single from the Foo Fighters' third album There Is Nothing Left to Lose. It was released on two different singles in the UK in 1999. "Learn to Fly" is one of the band's most successful singles, including a top 20 peak on the Billboard Hot 100.
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The music video for the song takes place on an airplane, parodying the movie "Airplane!". Two airline mechanics (played by Tenacious D) hide what appears to be drugs in the coffee-maker (it is revealed in the band's official website that the package is actually labeled "World Domination brand 'Erotic' Sleeping Powder"[1]), which end up incapacitating everyone who drinks the coffee. The band, having avoided the coffee, finds themselves forced to land the plane. For the video, each band member (Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel and Taylor Hawkins) portrays themselves as well as several other roles, including flight attendants, passengers, and pilots. Accompanying the opening and closing scenes of the film clip is a muzak version of "Everlong". The video was filmed in London, England in a cabin crew training airplane. The video won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video.
CD1:
- "Learn to Fly"
- "Iron and Stone" (The Obsessed cover)
- "Have a Cigar" (Waters)
CD2:
- "Learn to Fly"
- "Make a Bet"
- "Have a Cigar" (Waters)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1999 | Learn To Fly | Billboard Hot 100 (US) | No. 19 1 |
| 1999 | Learn To Fly | UK Singles Chart | No. 21 |
| 1999 | Learn To Fly | Modern Rock Tracks (US) | No. 1 |
| 1999 | Learn To Fly | Mainstream Rock Tracks (US) | No. 2 |
| 1999 | Learn To Fly | Adult Top 40 (US) | No. 15 |
| 1999 | Learn To Fly | Top 40 Mainstream (US) | No. 22 |
| 1999 | Learn To Fly | Top 40 Tracks (US) | No. 22 |
| 1999 | Learn To Fly | New Zealand Singles Chart | No. 23 |
| 1999 | Learn To Fly | Australian Singles Chart | No. 35 |
| 1999 | Learn To Fly | Official Sweden Singles Chart | No. 52 |
| 1999 | Learn To Fly | Official Euro Hot 100 Singles Chart | No. 65 |
| 1999 | Learn To Fly | Official Holland Singles Chart | No. 72 |
Note 1: Billboard's artist chart history for the band shows the peak as #13. However, the Billboard Hot 100 chart which ran in the March 4, 2000 issue of Billboard Magazine, the song's final appearance on the chart (at #50), lists the peak of the song as #19. ("Learn to Fly" reached #19 on January 22, 2000.)
- ^ http://www.foofighters.com/faq.php?id=06.04#goto Foo Fighters FAQ. Accessed December 27, 2006
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| Dave Grohl | Taylor Hawkins | Nate Mendel | Chris Shiflett | ||||
| William Goldsmith | Pat Smear | Franz Stahl | ||||
| Discography | ||||
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| Albums: Foo Fighters | The Colour and the Shape | There Is Nothing Left to Lose | One by One | In Your Honor | ||||
| Singles: "This Is a Call" | "I'll Stick Around" | "For All the Cows" | "Big Me" | "Monkey Wrench" | "Everlong" | "My Hero" | "Walking After You" | "Learn to Fly" | "Stacked Actors" | "Generator" | "Breakout" | "Next Year" | "The One" | "All My Life" | "Times Like These" | "Low" | "Have It All" | "Best of You" | "DOA" | "Resolve" | "No Way Back/Cold Day in the Sun" | ||||
| EPs: Five Songs and a Cover | ||||
| Live albums: Skin and Bones | ||||
| Live DVD's: Everywhere But Home | Skin and Bones | ||||
| Related Bands | ||||
| Nirvana | Sunny Day Real Estate | The Germs | Scream | Probot | Queens of the Stone Age | Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders | The Fire Theft | Tenacious D | Late! | ||||