"For All the Cows" (1995) is the third major single released by Foo Fighters from their self-titled debut album '' Foo Fighters''. It was only released in the

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Music

Kevin McKeough commented that the song fluctuated between "quiet,

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verses with explosive,

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-goes-jogging choruses".

Singles

Promo Single #"For All the Cows" 7" Blue Vinyl Single #"For All the Cows" #"Wattershed (Live at the Reading Festival 26 Aug 1995)" CD Single #"For All the Cows" #"For All the Cows (Live at the Reading Festival 26 Aug 1995)" #"Wattershed (Live at the Reading Festival 26 Aug 1995)"

Chart positions

Other versions

*A live version of the song, performed at the

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(26 August 1995) appears on the '' Big Me'' single, the bonus disc of the Australian edition of '' Foo Fighters'', ''For All the Cows'' single and ''

I'll Stick Around "I'll Stick Around" is the second single released by Foo Fighters from their 1995 self titled debut album ''Foo Fighters''. Background The song's lyrics are about Courtney Love. "I don't think it's any secret that 'I'll Stick Around' is about C ...

'' single. *An acoustic version of the song, performed at the

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3rd Studio (2 April 1997) appears on the Australian and Japanese versions of the '' My Hero'' single. *A live version of the song, performed at the

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(29 February 2000) appears on the Dutch edition (Live in Holland Disc 2) of the '' Next Year'' single and the '' One by One'' "special edition bonus disc." *Three live versions were released on the

Everywhere but Home ''Everywhere but Home'' is a live DVD by the Foo Fighters, released November 25, 2003. It contains five concerts taken from their '' One by One'' tour. Track listing Toronto (Live At Arrow Hall, Toronto, Canada; 7th July 2003) # " All My Life" ...

DVD, recorded in

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, the Black Cat in

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, and Reykjavik.

References

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