"Monkey Wrench" | ||||
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Single by Foo Fighters | ||||
from the album The Colour and the Shape | ||||
Released | April 28, 1997 | |||
Recorded | 1996–1997 | |||
Studio | Grandmaster Recorders, Hollywood, California | |||
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Length | 3:51 | |||
Label | Roswell/Capitol | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Gil Norton | |||
Foo Fighters singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Monkey Wrench" on YouTube |
"Monkey Wrench" is a song by American rock band Foo Fighters. It was released as the lead single from their second album, The Colour and the Shape. The lyrics chronicle the 1997 disintegration of singer/songwriter Dave Grohl's four-year marriage to Jennifer Youngblood. The song peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart,[4] and at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart.[5]