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This article is about the Foo Fighters album. For the Cher song, see One by One (song).
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One by One is the fourth album by the Foo Fighters, released in 2002. It was the first album to feature Chris Shiflett on guitar. There are two versions of this album released, one with a white cover (CD only) and another with a black cover (CD and limited edition DVD). The Limited Edition bonus DVD includes audio and video versions (Stereo and 5.1 Mixes) of the tracks "All My Life" and "Walking A Line", audio-only versions (Stereo and 5.1 Mixes) of "The One" and other special features.

One by One won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album in 2004. The album gave the Foo Fighters their first UK #1 album and also gave them a #3 peak in the U.S. As of June 2005, One By One has sold 1.2 million units in the United States. However, lead singer Dave Grohl has stated that it is his least favorite album: "Four of the songs were good, and the other seven I never played again in my life. We rushed into it, and we rushed out of it."

This album was the second Foo Fighters album to have a song reach the top of the Modern Rock Tracks chart, with "All My Life." It continued the pattern of every Foo Fighters album to have more weeks at the top of the chart than the one before it. (There Is Nothing Left to Lose - 1 week, One By One - 10 weeks, In Your Honor - 13 weeks, Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace - 22 weeks). The title is in the song All My Life.

Track listing

All songs by Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, and Chris Shiflett except where noted.

  1. "All My Life" – 4:23
  2. "Low" – 4:28
  3. "Have It All" – 4:58
  4. "Times Like These" – 4:26
  5. "Disenchanted Lullaby" – 4:33
  6. "Tired of You" – 5:12
  7. "Halo" – 5:06
  8. "Lonely As You" – 4:37
  9. "Overdrive" – 4:30
  10. "Burn Away" – 4:59
  11. "Come Back" – 7:58

Japanese bonus track

  1. "Danny Says" – 2:59 (Ramones cover)

Special Edition Bonus Disc

BMG released a second version of the album in Europe and Mexico in August 2003, featuring six (seven on the French and Mexican editions) bonus songs on a second disc:

  1. "Walking A Line" – 3:57
  2. "Sister Europe" – 5:10 (Psychedelic Furs cover)
  3. "Danny Says" – 2:58 (Ramones cover)
  4. "Life of Illusion" – 3:41 (Joe Walsh cover)
  5. "For All the Cows" – 3:34 (Live at The Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 29 February 2000)
  6. "Monkey Wrench" – 4:03 (Live at The Chapel, Melbourne, Australia, 2 February 2000)
  7. "Next Year" – 4:12 (Live in Melbourne, Australia, French and Mexican bonus track)
  • This edition also features slightly altered cover artwork with all black and white areas of the original cover being inverted.

Norwegian Special Edition

There was a special edition release in Norway as well, it featured live material from the concert at the Oslo Spektrum on December 4, 2002 The cover is the normal black heart on white background, but the plastic cover was red so it looked like the cover was black heart on red background:

  1. "Snoof" – 4:25 (Not a song. Front Man Dave talking about chewable tobacco called "Snus")
  2. "Times Like These" – 4:36
  3. "Low" – 4:39
  4. "Aurora" – 9:09
  5. "Monkey Wrench" – 8:22

Special Edition DVD

The album was also originally released with a Limited Edition Bonus DVD which contained:

  • "All My Life" Video / 5.1 Audio / Stereo Audio versions
  • "Walking A Line" Video / 5.1 Audio / Stereo Audio versions
  • "The One" 5.1 Audio / Stereo Audio Version
  • Extras - Making Of video + other clips
  • DVD-ROM - Screensavers, Buddy Icons & Weblinks
  • Photo Gallery
  • This edition also had the altered artwork.

Personnel

Guest musicians

Production

  • Producers: Foo Fighters, Adam Kasper, Nick Raskulinecz
  • Engineer: Nick Raskulinecz
  • Mixing: Bob Ludwig, Jim Scott
  • Mastering: A.J. Lara, Bob Ludwig, Bob Michaels
  • Production coordination: Melinda Pepler
  • Digital editing: A.J. Lara
  • Authoring: Eddie Escalante
  • Quality control: Kehni Davis
  • Graphic design: Rupesh Pattni
  • Photography: Anton Corbijn, Joshua White
  • Artwork: Raymond Pettibon
  • Illustrations: Raymond Pettibon, Joshua White
  • Liner notes: Hiro Arishima

Album charts

Year Chart Position
2002 UK Albums Chart No. 1
2002 Australian ARIA Albums Chart No. 1
2002 Irish Albums Chart No. 1
2002 Norway Albums Chart No. 2
2002 Sweden Albums Chart No. 3
2002 U.S. Billboard 200 No. 3
2002 Canadian Albums Chart No. 3
2002 New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart No. 3
2002 Top Internet Albums No. 3
2002 Finland Albums Chart No. 5
2002 German Albums Chart No. 5
2002 Austrian Albums Chart No. 19
2002 Holland Albums Chart No. 20
2002 Denmark Albums Chart No. 20
2002 French Albums Chart No. 26
2002 Swiss Albums Chart No. 28
2002 Italian Albums Chart No. 45

Charting singles

Year Single Chart Position
2002 All My Life Official UK Singles Chart No. 5
2002 All My Life Modern Rock Tracks (US) No. 1
2002 All My Life Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 3
2002 All My Life Official Norwiegen Singles Chart No. 13
2002 All My Life Official Irish Singles Chart No. 14
2002 All My Life Official Australian Singles Chart No. 15
2002 All My Life Official Italian Singles Chart No. 30
2002 All My Life The Billboard Hot 100 No. 43
2002 All My Life Official Swedish Singles Chart No. 37
2002 All My Life Official New Zealand Singles Chart No. 46
2002 All My Life Official German Singles Chart No. 93
2002 All My Life Official Holland Singles Chart No. 95
2003 Times Like These Official UK Singles Chart No. 12
2003 Times Like These Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 5
2003 Times Like These Official Australian Singles Chart No. 19
2003 Times Like These Official Irish Singles Chart No. 27
2003 Times Like These Modern Rock Tracks No. 5
2003 Times Like These Billboard Hot 100 No. 65
2002 Times Like These Official Holland Singles Chart No. 90
2003 Low Official UK Singles Chart No. 21
2003 Low Modern Rock Tracks (US) No. 15
2003 Low Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 23
2003 Low Official Canadian Singles Chart No. 30
2003 Low Official Australian Singles Chart No. 38
2003 Low Official Irish Singles Chart No. 44
2003 Low Official Holland Singles Chart No. 100
2003 Have It All Official UK Singles Chart No. 37

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year Winner Category
2002 All My Life Best Hard Rock Performance
2003 One by One Best Rock Album
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