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The Pretender is a song by the American alternative rock band Foo Fighters. It was the first single from the group’s 2007 album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace. It is one of Foo Fighters’ most successful songs; only “Learn to Fly” and “Best of You” beat its position on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.The album debuted at the top of the UK album chart, selling 135,685 albums in its first week. The album also went platinum in its first week [...]

The song won three Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. It spent a record-breaking ten consecutive weeks at the top of the VSpot Top 20 Countdown, a record that held up until the Dixie Chicks broke it in 2006. According to Billboard’s Hottest Hot 100 Hits by Fred Bronson, this is the number-one song of The Nineties (2003). A cover version of the song is included in the Wii [...]

Basket Case is a song by American punk rock band Green Day from their third album, Dookie, which was released in 1994. After the single was released, the song spent five weeks at the top of the Modern Rock Tracks chart. Basket Case was released after successful singles, “Longview” and “Welcome to Paradise.” “Basket Case” later became an even bigger hit, spending five weeks at the top of the Modern Rock Tracks chart; five times longer then “Longview”. In 1995, [...]

Smells Like Teen Spirit is a song by the American rock band Nirvana. It is the opening track and lead single from the band’s second album Nevermind (1991). Written by Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl and produced by Butch Vig, the song uses a verse-chorus form where the main four-chord riff is used during the intro and chorus to create an alternating loud and quiet dynamic.The unexpected success of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” propelled Nevermind to the top [...]

With or Without You is a song by rock band U2. The third track from their 1987 album, The Joshua Tree, it was released as the album’s first single on 21 March 1987. It became the group’s first number-one single in the US, where it spent three weeks at the top. The song features infinite guitar and lyrics describing the conflicted feelings that one has for his love.Regarded as one of the band’s most popular,[citation needed] “With or Without You” [...]