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Something From Nothing

Foo Fighters

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  1. Produced by Butch Vig, also Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana), Come as You Are (Nirvana) and Lithium (Nirvana)

  2. Written by Dave Grohl, also Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana), Everlong and The Pretender

  3. Released on Roswell Records, also Everlong, Best of You and My Hero

  4. Engineered by James Brown, also Infra‐Red (Placebo), In the Clear and For What It’s Worth (Placebo)

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Written by
Chris Shiflett, Dave Grohl, Georg Ruthenberg, Nate Mendel and Taylor Hawkins
Produced by
Butch Vig and Foo Fighters
Performed by
Chris Shiflett, Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Rami Jaffee, Rick Nielsen and Taylor Hawkins
Engineered by
Greg Norman, James Brown and Jon San Paolo
Mixed by
Dakota Bowman, James Brown and John Lousteau
Part of
Sonic Highways
Recorded at
Electrical Audio Studios
Released on
RCA and Roswell Records

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  1. 1MusicBrainz Something From Nothing was performed by Chris Shiflett

    Something From Nothing was performed by Chris Shiflett

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  2. 2MusicBrainz Something From Nothing was performed by Dave Grohl

    Something From Nothing was performed by Dave Grohl

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  3. 3MusicBrainz Something From Nothing was performed by Nate Mendel

    Something From Nothing was performed by Nate Mendel

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  4. 4MusicBrainz Something From Nothing was performed by Pat Smear

    Something From Nothing was performed by Pat Smear

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  5. 5MusicBrainz Something From Nothing was performed by Rami Jaffee

    Something From Nothing was performed by Rami Jaffee

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  6. 6MusicBrainz Something From Nothing was performed by Rick Nielsen

    Something From Nothing was performed by Rick Nielsen

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  7. 7MusicBrainz Something From Nothing was performed by Taylor Hawkins

    Something From Nothing was performed by Taylor Hawkins

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  8. 8MusicBrainz Something From Nothing was produced by Butch Vig

    Something From Nothing was produced by Butch Vig

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  9. 9MusicBrainz Something From Nothing was produced by Foo Fighters

    Something From Nothing was produced by Foo Fighters

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  10. 10MusicBrainz Something From Nothing was written by Chris Shiflett

    Something From Nothing was written by Chris Shiflett

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  11. 11MusicBrainz Something From Nothing was written by Dave Grohl

    Something From Nothing was written by Dave Grohl

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  12. 12MusicBrainz Something From Nothing was written by Georg Ruthenberg

    Something From Nothing was written by Georg Ruthenberg

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  13. 13MusicBrainz Something From Nothing was written by Nate Mendel

    Something From Nothing was written by Nate Mendel

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  14. 14MusicBrainz Something From Nothing was written by Taylor Hawkins

    Something From Nothing was written by Taylor Hawkins

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  15. 15MusicBrainz Something From Nothing is part of the release Sonic Highways

    Something From Nothing is part of the release Sonic Highways

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  16. 16MusicBrainz Something From Nothing was recorded at Electrical Audio Studios

    Something From Nothing was recorded at Electrical Audio Studios

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  17. 17MusicBrainz RCA is the label of the song Something From Nothing

    RCA is the label of the song Something From Nothing

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  18. 18MusicBrainz Roswell Records is the label of the song Something From Nothing

    Roswell Records is the label of the song Something From Nothing

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  19. 19MusicBrainz Something From Nothing was engineered by Greg Norman

    Something From Nothing was engineered by Greg Norman

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  20. 20MusicBrainz Something From Nothing was engineered by James Brown

    Something From Nothing was engineered by James Brown

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  21. 21MusicBrainz Something From Nothing was engineered by Jon San Paolo

    Something From Nothing was engineered by Jon San Paolo

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  22. 22MusicBrainz Something From Nothing was mixed by Dakota Bowman

    Something From Nothing was mixed by Dakota Bowman

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  23. 23MusicBrainz Something From Nothing was mixed by James Brown

    Something From Nothing was mixed by James Brown

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  24. 24MusicBrainz Something From Nothing was mixed by John Lousteau

    Something From Nothing was mixed by John Lousteau

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  25. 25MusicBrainz Something From Nothing was released on 2014-10-16

    Something From Nothing was released on 2014-10-16

    MusicBrainz

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