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"The Pretender"
Song

"The Pretender" is the first single released from the Foo Fighters' 2007 album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace. It was first available for purchase on the iTunes Store on August 8, 2007. [1] The single was released on August 7, 2007 to radio.[2]. MTV and MTV2 premiered the music video on August 20 in the U.S. and it premiered the following Thursday in the UK. The single will be available on September 17, 2007 as a 2-track CD single, CD maxi single and on 7" vinyl.[3] The song entered the UK Singles Chart on August 19, 2007 at number 28. The music video for the song is now available at mtv2.com.

Track listings

  1. "The Pretender"
  2. "If Ever"
  1. "The Pretender"
  2. "Come Alive" (demo version)
  3. "If Ever"
  4. "Monkey Wrench" (live video)
  1. "The Pretender"
  2. "Bangin"

Music video

The video was directed by Sam Brown. It is presented in letterbox format and heavily employs pans, zooms, and tracking shots. It consists of the band performing the song in a large room, possibly a warehouse, with a white floor and many strip lights on the ceiling. Behind the band is a large red screen, which is thick and solid. The band is then faced by what appears to be a riot police officer, who stands behind a black line on the floor, around 30 feet or so from the band. He has the number 21 on his bullet-proof vest. As the song progresses, he is joined by more riot police officers, and a panning shot shows us that to his left, the numbers on the officers' vests descend all the way to "01". Assuming that there are the same number of officers on the man's right side, we can conclude that there are 41 officers overall. During a quiet part late in the song, the video slows down as the officers charge at the band. Just as the band repeats the song's louder chorus, the screen suddenly erupts and red liquid is shot forth that overwhelms the police but effects the band to a lesser extent. At the end of the video, Dave Grohl is shown slamming his guitar on the floor as he falls to his knees, his hair plastered to his face.

Chart positions

Chart Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 56
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 1
UK Singles Chart 23
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[7] 19
Swedish Top 60 46

Notes

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ [2]
  3. ^ http://columbia.trinitystreetdirect.com/store/page4.asp?suptype=1&t=15&sub_type=15&prod_id=817&col=30
  4. ^ http://columbia.trinitystreetdirect.com/store/page4.asp?suptype=1&t=15&sub_type=15&prod_id=818&col=30
  5. ^ http://columbia.trinitystreetdirect.com/store/page4.asp?suptype=1&t=15&sub_type=15&prod_id=817&col=30
  6. ^ http://columbia.trinitystreetdirect.com/store/page4.asp?suptype=1&t=15&sub_type=15&prod_id=819&col=30
  7. ^ New Zealand RIANZ Single Chart
Preceded by Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single
September 1 2007 - present 		Succeeded by
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