"Low" was the third

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to be released from the

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' fourth album '' One by One'', released in 2002. It was released as a single in 2003.

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described "Low" as "the kind of song that you pray would be a single. (...) It’s the one that everybody likes, but there’s just no way ’cause it’s too weird."Dave Grohl Sees A Fortune In Video Directing, Not Probot
mtv.com. Retrieved April 17, 2015. The song begun as an instrumental demo written by Grohl and drummer

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in Hawkins' home studio in

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, some time after the 2002

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. The official music video features Grohl and

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entering a motel, where they proceed to get drunk, cross-dress and wreck the motel room. Originally, Grohl wanted to just film Black dancing in drag for four minutes with no edits, but director

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convinced him otherwise, instead creating the storyline about rednecks in lingerie at a motel room. The video was banned on MTV for its content. A live version recorded on December 4, 2002 at the

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was released with the Special Norwegian Edition of the '' One by One'' album. Foo Fighters - One by One - Special Norwegian Edition
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cover, originally from the album ''

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''.

Track listing

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#"Low" - 4:33 #"Enough Space" (Live in Copenhagen, Denmark, 5 December 2002) #"Never Talking to You Again" (Hüsker Dü cover) (Live in Hamburg, Germany 1 Dec 2002) "Low" video (CD-ROM)
CD-ROM bonus clip "Chris' Hair"
NOTE: The track listing on the Australian single is incorrectly labelled, with Enough Space and Never Talking to You Again in switched play order

DVD/EP (
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# "Low" (

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) # " Times Like These" (Video) # "Times Like These" ( UK video) # "Times Like These" ( Acoustic video)

CD1 ( UK)

#"Low" #"Never Talking to You Again" (

cover) (Live in

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, 1 Dec 2002) CD-ROM bonus clip "Chris' Hair"

CD2 (UK)

#"Low" #"Enough Space" (Live in

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, 5 December 2002) "Low" video (CD-ROM)

7-inch (UK)

#"Low" #"Never Talking to You Again" (Hüsker Dü cover) (Live in Germany 1 Dec 2002)

Chart positions

References

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