"Shame Shame" is a song by American

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band Foo Fighters. The song is from the band's tenth studio album, '' Medicine at Midnight''. It was released as the album's first single on November 7, 2020.

Background

Foo Fighters' singer and guitarist Dave Grohl has stated that "Shame Shame" is unlike anything Foo Fighters have ever done before and that the song allowed them to "move into another territory" with their sound on their new album, ''Medicine at Midnight''. According to the band's bassist

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, "Shame Shame" started off as a "just a bunch of clicks from Dave" and originally didn't involve any bass line until he ended up recording extra parts for the song that were ultimately included.

Live performances

Foo Fighters performed "Shame Shame" live for the first time on ''

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'' on November 7, 2020. On September 12, 2021 the band performed the song in a medley at

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at the Barclays Center in

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, when they won the award for Global Icon.

Music video

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was directed by Paola Kudacki and features

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. Grohl has stated that it was inspired by an unsettling dream he had as a teenager that he had remembered all his life and said that the video was darker than anything they had done before.

Reception

With 9.3 million audience impressions for "Shame Shame", Foo Fighters took back the record of most number 1's on the ''Billboard''

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chart, which also marked the fastest rise to the top of the chart in four years.

Personnel

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– drums, producer *

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– keyboards, piano, producer *

– bass guitar, producer * Chris Shiflett – guitar, producer *

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– guitar, producer Additional musicians * Samantha Sidley – background vocals * Violet Grohl – background vocals * Barbara Gruska – background vocals * Laura Mace – background vocals * Inara George – background vocals * Jacob Braun - cello * Greg Kurstin - strings * Alma Fernandez - viola * Charlie Bisharat – violin * Songa Lee – violin Technical * Greg Kurstin – producer *

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– mastering engineer *

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–

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* Darrell Thorp –

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* Matt Wolach – assistant engineer * Alex Pasco – assistant engineer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Awards

References

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