"White Limo" is a song by the American

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band Foo Fighters. It is the second single from their seventh studio album ''

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''. The single was released on March 28, 2011 as an iTunes digital download.

Composition

In an interview with

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, Dave Grohl stated that the lyrics for "White Limo" were written in just two minutes."I have all these huge fucking riffs, I can scream for three hours... LET'S GO!"
''

'', May 2011 MTV writer Chris Ryan noted that the song showed Dave Grohl going back to his roots in

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, describing it as "...a blistering, paint-stripping thrash track that mixes mosh-inducing hard-core with the Foo’s penchant for melody." '' Revolver'' described the song as "the most

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track on "

", and one of the most metal Foo Fighters' songs ever." The song has also been categorized as simply hard rock.

Release

On February 12, 2011, a music video was released for "White Limo", featuring Lemmy of

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. It was the first full song released from ''Wasting Light,'' however, it was the second official single, released on March 28, 2011. It was preceded by "

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" earlier that month. English musician

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, best known as a member of the Prodigy, remixed the song upon Dave Grohl's request and released it on October 16, 2011.

Reception

"White Limo" was chosen as the winner of the

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in 2012.

Merchandise

The Foo Fighters have made available from their official merchandise website a

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foofighters.com. Retrieved March 4, 2016.

Charts

Awards

References

Foo Fighters songs American heavy metal songs Hardcore punk songs 2011 singles Songs written by Dave Grohl Song recordings produced by Butch Vig Songs written by Pat Smear Songs written by Taylor Hawkins Songs written by Nate Mendel Songs written by Chris Shiflett RCA Records singles {{2010s-rock-song-stub