Next Year


"Next Year" is a song released as the last single from the third Foo Fighters' album There Is Nothing Left to Lose.

History

A shorter version was released as a single in 2000 and was used in the music video. Backup vocals were added, and it does not include the outro present in the original album version.

Style

SPIN Magazine proclaimed the song "a power ballad in the “Wonderwall” sense", remarking that the band are "at their loveliest when aping peak-popularity Britpop".

''Ed'' theme song

The opening of "Next Year" was used as the theme song for the NBC television series Ed. The show's creators, Rob Burnett and Jon Beckerman '' used the song despite knowledge of production company Viacom's insistence that they own the rights to the show's theme song. "Next Year" was thus ultimately replaced by Clem Snide's "Moment in the Sun" during the second season. As a result of outcries from Burnett and Beckerman, however, Viacom relented and "Next Year" returned as the theme song in the third and fourth seasons.

Music video

The video, directed by Phil Harder, shows the band in a remake of the Apollo 11 moon mission and incorporates heavy use of NASA stock footage. They experience zero-gravity in the space capsule, land on the moon, plant a Foo Fighters flag, and return to Earth where they are welcomed back as heroes during a ticker-tape parade. Many moments and images of the Apollo era are re-enacted, such as the band meeting President Richard Nixon, bassist Nate Mendel golfing on the moon, and depictions of Vietnam war protests. The video ends with a portrait of the band in the style of a traditional astronaut crew photo. This bears a strong resemblance to the cover of Led Zeppelin's Best of Led Zeppelin compilation.

Track listing

CD1 dark cover:
  1. "Next Year"
  2. "Big Me"
  3. "Next Year"
CD2 light cover:
  1. "Next Year"
  2. "Baker Street"
Enhanced CD-ROM, includes "Next Year" video
Australia CD:
  1. "Next Year"
  2. "Next Year"
  3. "Monkey Wrench"
7 inch:
  1. "Next Year"
  2. "Next Year"
Japan EP
  1. "Next Year"
  2. "Have a Cigar"
  3. "Make a Bet"
  4. "Floaty" )
  5. "Monkey Wrench"
Netherlands Live in Holland, part two
  1. "Next Year"
  2. "My Hero"
  3. "For All the Cows"
  4. "Monkey Wrench"

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