"No Son of Mine" is a song by American rock band

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. It was released as the second single from their tenth album ''

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'' on January 1, 2021.

Composition

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'' stated that the song features nods to " Stone Cold Crazy" by

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and " Ace of Spades" by

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. Foo Fighters bassist Nate Mendel said that recording was "challenging" for him as the band approached things differently by "constructing things from the ground up" as opposed to their usual method of "recording them more live to tape and just kind of sitting in a room and playing."

Live performances

Along with single "

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", Foo Fighters' first live performance of "No Son of Mine" was on ''

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'' on January 14, 2021.

Music video

A live performance combined with animation was used to make the

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for the song. The live footage was filmed by

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and the animation was made by Bomper Studio.

Charts

References

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