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Despite being an inescapable fixture of pop culture, when first tasked with rounding up the best uses of Foo Fighters’ music in television and film, it was hard to come up with a long list — outside their many legendary performances on Saturday Night Live and Late Show with David Letterman, of course.
Sure, there’s Monica and Chandler’s wedding, and of course, the referential “Breakout” music video forever cements the song’s place in the Farrelly Brothers’ 2000 comedy Me, Myself & Irene. But what other projects were worthy enough to score the Foos’ blessing?
As it turns out, the best Foo Fighters needle drops serve as time capsules for the moments in which they arrive. Their biggest hits bestow gravity to blockbusters, their deep cuts lend credibility to 2000s CW dramas, and, hell, some musical queues prove hilariously unexpected (which music supervisor had Dave Grohl’s jokey Nirvana-era cover of Kim Wilde’s “Kids in America” on their radar?).
In any case, the charisma of this famously charismatic band spills over into the projects in which they’re featured. So, without further ado, we present Foo Fighters’ 10 best needle drops.
