DOA (Foo Fighters song)

"DOA"
"DOA"
Song

"DOA" is the second song released as a single from Foo Fighters' fifth album, In Your Honor.

Song information

DOA refers to the medical term "dead on arrival". The song reached number one on Billboard's Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart for six non-consecutive weeks. The cover artwork features an Ampeg Dan Armstrong guitar.

In other media

"DOA" has also been released as a Rock Band and Rock Band 2 DLC track on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network on December 23, 2008.

Track listings

CD1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"DOA"	4:12
2.	"I Feel Free" (Cream cover)	2:56

CD2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"DOA"	4:12
2.	"Skin and Bones"	3:35
3.	"I Feel Free" (Cream cover)	2:56
4.	"Best of You" (video)	4:17

Yellow vinyl
No.	Title	Length
1.	"DOA"	4:12
2.	"Razor" (live acoustic version)	4:48

Music videos

The video for the single shows the band in a 360° revolving room and on a train where objects act as if the train is rotating. The band said that the video made them feel ill and they felt like wetting themselves. It was directed by Michael Palmieri.

Another music video was also aired on MTV2 on the program Video Mods that featured Darth Maul, Boba Fett, Darth Vader, and General Grievous in the place of the real band members. The video also featured clips from the video game Star Wars: Battlefront II.

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[2]	39
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[3]	86
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[4]	34
UK Singles (OCC)^[5]	25
US Billboard Hot 100^[6]	68
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)^[7]	5
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)^[8]	1

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[9]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Other versions

An early version of the song, listed as a demo, was released on the CD1 version of the "Resolve" single and Five Songs and a Cover.
A version recorded on August 23, 2005 at Maida Vale Studios in London for the BBC Radio 1 was released on the Radio 1's Live Lounge compilation.
A live version filmed at Hyde Park on June 17 2006 was released on the Live at Hyde Park DVD.

References

^ RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - Foo Fighters singles^{[permanent dead link]}. RIAA.com.
^ "Foo Fighters – DOA". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
^ "Foo Fighters – DOA" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
^ "Foo Fighters – DOA". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
^ "Foo Fighters: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
^ "Foo Fighters Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
^ "Foo Fighters Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
^ "Foo Fighters Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
^ "American single certifications – Foo Fighters – DOA". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 08 April 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

Preceded by "Only" by Nine Inch Nails	Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks number-one single November 26 – December 3, 2005 December 24, 2005 – January 14, 2006	Succeeded by "Hypnotize" by System of a Down

[1] RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - Foo Fighters singles^{[permanent dead link]}. RIAA.com.

[sc_Australia_Foo_Fighters-2] "Foo Fighters – DOA". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved November 16, 2016.

[sc_Dutch100_Foo_Fighters-3] "Foo Fighters – DOA" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved November 16, 2016.

[sc_New_Zealand_Foo_Fighters-4] "Foo Fighters – DOA". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved November 16, 2016.

[sc_UKsinglesbyname_Foo_Fighters-5] "Foo Fighters: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 16, 2016.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Foo_Fighters-6] "Foo Fighters Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2016.

[sc_Billboardmainstreamrock_Foo_Fighters-7] "Foo Fighters Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2016.

[sc_Billboardalternativesongs_Foo_Fighters-8] "Foo Fighters Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2016.

[United_StatesFoo_FightersDOAsingleCertRef-9] "American single certifications – Foo Fighters – DOA". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 08 April 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

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v t e Foo Fighters
Dave Grohl Nate Mendel Pat Smear Chris Shiflett Rami Jaffee Josh Freese William Goldsmith Franz Stahl Taylor Hawkins
Studio albums	Foo Fighters The Colour and the Shape There Is Nothing Left to Lose One by One In Your Honor Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Wasting Light Sonic Highways Concrete and Gold Medicine at Midnight But Here We Are
EPs	Five Songs and a Cover Songs from the Laundry Room Saint Cecilia Foo Files
Live albums	Skin and Bones
Compilations	Greatest Hits Medium Rare The Essential Foo Fighters
Videos	Everywhere but Home Skin and Bones Live at Wembley Stadium
Singles	"This Is a Call" "I'll Stick Around" "For All the Cows" "Big Me" "Alone + Easy Target" "Monkey Wrench" "Everlong" "My Hero" "Walking After You" "Learn to Fly" "Stacked Actors" "Generator" "Breakout" "Next Year" "The One" "All My Life" "Times Like These" "Low" "Have It All" "Best of You" "DOA" "Resolve" "No Way Back"/"Cold Day in the Sun" "Miracle" "The Pretender" "Long Road to Ruin" "Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)" "Let It Die" "Wheels" "Rope" "White Limo" "Walk" "Arlandria" "These Days" "Bridge Burning" "Something from Nothing" "The Feast and the Famine" "Congregation" "What Did I Do? / God as My Witness" "Outside" "Saint Cecilia" "Run" "The Sky Is a Neighborhood" "The Line" "Shame Shame" "No Son of Mine" "Waiting on a War" "Making a Fire" "Love Dies Young" "Rescued" "Under You" "The Glass"
Other songs	"Friend of a Friend" "Marigold"
Concert tours	Wasting Light Tour Sonic Highways World Tour Concrete and Gold Tour Everything or Nothing at All Tour
Associated acts	Nirvana Late! Tenacious D Sunny Day Real Estate Germs Scream Probot Killing Joke Queens of the Stone Age Nine Inch Nails Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders The Fire Theft Jackson United Me First and the Gimme Gimmes No Use for a Name Them Crooked Vultures The Birds of Satan The Wallflowers
Films	Back and Forth Sonic Highways Studio 666
Related	Discography Songs Awards and nominations Members 24 Hours of Foo Roswell Records Hail Satin
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