"Arlandria" is a song by American rock band Foo Fighters, released from their seventh studio album Wasting Light on September 18, 2011, as the fourth single in the United Kingdom.
Song information The title is a reference to Arlandria, the Alexandria, Virginia, neighborhood where Dave Grohl lived. The lyrics include a reference to "Rain Rain Go Away," which Dave Grohl justified by saying "there's something about the singsong cadence of children's music that has its place in rock."
Arlandria is also referenced in the song "Headwires" off their 1999 album There Is Nothing Left to Lose. At the end of that song, Grohl repeats the phrase "The sun is on Arlandria".
Music video The first official music video used to promote the song was a live performance taken from the iTunes Festival London 2011, performed at the Roundhouse, London, UK.
On 22 June 2019 a second music video was released through the band's YouTube channel.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: It depicts a man being chased around San Francisco at 3 a.m. by a group of costumed vigilantes and a neighborhood watch after being mistaken for a burglar who ran past him when he left a bar. The video was released alongside three other videos for songs from Wasting Light, as well as a video for "The One".
Personnel Sources:Foo Fighters "The Pretender" and "Rope" Lesson, Photo Gallery and New Special-Edition Magazine guitarworld.com. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
Foo Fighters Dave Grohl – vocals, rhythm guitar Taylor Hawkins – drums Nate Mendel – bass Chris Shiflett – lead guitar Pat Smear – guitar, baritone guitar
Additional musician Drew Hester – percussion
Production Butch Vig – production Foo Fighters – production James Brown – engineer Alan Moulder – mixing Joe LaPorta – mastering Emily Lazar – mastering
Charts Chart (2011)Peakposition
Certifications
References
External links Lyrics for this song at https://play.google.com/music/preview/Txfkorp46k74pbxjoluq2k4z5py?lyrics=1&pcampaignid=kp-lyrics&u=0#