Times Like These
April 6, 2011
A sleepless Sunday night at 2am…
This song more than any other rock song captures the essence of a major life change…and no I dont mean menopause haha.. for me it was divorce. The nding of a relationship is much like death. A part of you does die but another part of you must find your “new day rising to give and to love again.”
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“Times Like These” is the second single released from the Foo Fighters’ fourth album One by One. It was released on two main discs in 2003.
“Times Like These” is in the D mixolydian mode. The chorus of the song is also grouped in bars of 3 rather than the regular bars of 4. The song is sometimes listed by its full original title, “Times Like These (One-Way Motorway)”. The lyric “I’m a new day rising” is a reference to the album New Day Rising by Hüsker Dü, one of Dave Grohl’s favorite groups.
After the album version ended its run on the charts, a solo acoustic version of the song performed by Grohl was released and had some success on pop and adult contemporary radio. The entire band performed a version of the song with jazz pianist Chick Corea during the Grammy Awards in 2004.
The acoustic version of this song was used in episode 21 of season 4 of One Tree Hill during the graduation scene, which is also when Haley’s water breaks.
This is also used as the theme song for a video montage showing memorable past goals at Turf Moor for all of Burnley FC’s home games from 2009 to present, to comemorate being in the Premier Division for the 2009/2010 season and remembering special “Times Like These”.
Both of the band’s official live DVD releases, 2003′s Everywhere but Home and 2006′s Skin and Bones, feature acoustic performances of the song.
Glen Campbell recorded the song for his Meet Glen Campbell album in 2008.
The song was used by George W. Bush for his 2004 re-election campaign without the band’s knowledge. When Grohl found out about it, it prompted him and the rest of the band to get more politically active, and they helped John Kerry’s campaign as a result.[2]
The song was used at the end of episode 20 (“Coalition of the Willing”) of the American television series Jericho.
The acoustic version of the song was also used by the Calgary Flames during their 2003–04 NHL season cup run, for their opening.
“Times Like These” was also been released as a Rock Band and Rock Band 2 DLC track on Xbox Live and PSN on December 23, 2008.
The song was also featured in the 2003 film American Wedding. It is the first track on the film’s soundtrack.
