I'll Stick Around


"I'll Stick Around" is the second single released by American rock band Foo Fighters from their 1995 self titled debut album.

Background

The song's lyrics are about American singer-songwriter Courtney Love. "I don't think it's any secret that 'I'll Stick Around' is about Courtney," Dave Grohl said in 2009. "I've denied it for fifteen years, but I'm finally coming out and saying it. Just read the fucking words!" The song has been labeled grunge, alternative rock, and power pop.

Music video

The video for this song was the first Foo Fighters music video and was directed by Jerry Casale, who was a member of and directed videos for Devo. Casale said he was chosen due to Devo's well-known surreal music videos, which would fit Grohl's request for a "non-video video", produced with a budget of just $60,000. The video shows the band performing the song in a room with a paper background while lights strobe and a giant spore floats around them. This is interspersed with footage of Dave Grohl eating chess pieces and brushing his teeth with what appears to be a switchblade.
The video also appeared in Beavis and Butt-Head.

Other versions

7-inch red vinyl single and Cardsleeve CD single
  1. "I'll Stick Around"
  2. "How I Miss You"
UK CD and 12-inch single
  1. "I'll Stick Around"
  2. "How I Miss You"
  3. "Ozone"
Japanese CD maxi-single
  1. "I'll Stick Around"
  2. "How I Miss You"
  3. "Ozone"
  4. "For All the Cows"
  5. "Wattershed"

    Personnel

Musicians on the album
Musicians in the music video

Weekly charts

Chart Peak
position
Australia 61
European [Hot 100 Singles] 49

Year-end charts