Exhausted (song)

"Exhausted"
Single by Foo Fighters
from the album Foo Fighters
Released	June 12, 1995
Format	12" vinyl
Recorded	October 1994
Genre	Alternative rock, grunge
Length	5:45
Label	Roswell/Capitol
Writer(s)	Dave Grohl
Producer	Foo Fighters, Barrett Jones
Foo Fighters singles chronology
"Exhausted" (1995) "This Is a Call" (1995)

"Exhausted" is the first Foo Fighters release and the first single from the debut album. It was only issued as a promotional single, pressed on black 12" vinyl. The song is notable for being the first original Foo Fighters track released to the public (along with "Gas Chamber", a song originally performed by the Angry Samoans), when it premiered January 8, 1995 on Eddie Vedder's Self-Pollution Radio broadcast. Both tracks from this release were staples of the bands earliest live shows, being played throughout 1995 and on into 1996.

The cover artwork was created by Tim Gabor, who was also credited for the design and art direction of the debut album. The front image was eventually used again for a promotional CD single version of "For All the Cows". All photos displayed on the back cover would later appear slightly rearranged in the liner notes of the debut album.

The b-side, "Winnebago", originally appeared on the Late! album Pocketwatch in 1992. The re-recorded version presented here would be excluded from the final album (except on the Australian bonus disc), but made two more b-side appearances on "This Is a Call", and the US maxi-single version of "Big Me".

Track listing

1. "Exhausted" (Grohl) - 5:45
2. "Winnebago" (Grohl, Geoff Turner) - 4:14

References

1. ^{^} "Self Pollution Radio" FM Broadcast
2. ^{^} Foo Fighters live shows