Shame Shame

{{Infobox song

| name = Shame Shame

| cover = Foo Fighters - Shame Shame - single cover art.jpg

| type = single

| artist = Foo Fighters

| album = Medicine at Midnight

| released = {{Start date|2020|11|07}}

| recorded = 2019–2020

| studio = Unnamed house in Encino, Los Angeles

| genre =

| length = {{Duration|m=4|s=17}}

| label = RCA

| writer =

| producer =

Foo Fighters
Greg Kurstin

| prev_title = The Line

| prev_year = 2018

| next_title = No Son of Mine

| next_year = 2021

| misc =

{{External music video|{{YouTube|R1G6-RUz3OA|"Shame Shame"}}}}

}}

"Shame Shame" is a song by American rock band Foo Fighters. The song is from the band's tenth studio album, Medicine at Midnight. It was released as the album's first single on November 7, 2020.{{cite magazine|last=Kreps |first=Daniel|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/foo-fighter-shame-shame-medicine-at-midnight-snl-1087215/|title=Foo Fighters Debut 'Shame Shame' on 'SNL,' Announce New Album|magazine=Rolling Stone|accessdate=November 11, 2020|date=November 8, 2020}}

Background

Foo Fighters' singer and guitarist Dave Grohl has stated that "Shame Shame" is unlike anything Foo Fighters have ever done before and that the song allowed them to "move into another territory" with their sound on their new album, Medicine at Midnight.{{cite web |last=Dowd |first=Rachael |date=November 9, 2020 |url=https://www.altpress.com/news/foo-fighters-new-single-shame-shame/ |title=Here's How Foo Fighters' New Single is Unlike Anything They've Done Before |website=Alternative Press |accessdate=November 11, 2020}}

According to the band's bassist Nate Mendel, "Shame Shame" started off as a "just a bunch of clicks from Dave" and originally didn't involve any bass line until he ended up recording extra parts for the song that were ultimately included.[https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/chris-shiflett-nate-mendel-foo-fighters-new-single-shame-shame/ Chris Shiflett and Nate Mendel tells us how Foo Fighters' unexpectedly funky new single 'Shame Shame' happened]. Alexander Pan, Tone Deaf, 08 November 2020. Retrieved 08 November 2020.

Live performances

Foo Fighters performed "Shame Shame" live for the first time on Saturday Night Live on November 7, 2020.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/9480257/foo-fighters-new-song-shame-shame-snl-new-album-videos/#:~:text=Foo%20Fighters%20perform%20on%20'Saturday,hosted%20by%20comedian%20Dave%20Chappelle.|title=Foo Fighters Debut New Song 'Shame Shame' on 'Saturday Night Live,' Announce Upcoming Album {{!}} Billboard|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Eldridge Industries|last=Chan|first=Anna|date=November 8, 2020|accessdate=November 22, 2020}} On September 12, 2021 the band performed the song in a medley at 2021 MTV Video Music Awards at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, when they won the award for Global Icon.{{cite news |last=Savage |first=Mark |date=September 13, 2021 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58543114 |title=MTV Awards 2021: More sparks fly on red carpet than on stage |work=BBC News Online |access-date=November 11, 2021}}{{cite magazine |last=Legaspi |first=Althea |date=September 12, 2021 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/foo-fighters-everlong-learn-to-fly-2021-vmas-1224224/ |title=Foo Fighters Bring Us Back to the '90s With 'Everlong', 'Learn To Fly' at the 2021 VMAs |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=November 11, 2021}}

Music video

The music video was directed by Paola Kudacki and features Sofia Boutella. Grohl has stated that it was inspired by an unsettling dream he had as a teenager that he had remembered all his life and said that the video was darker than anything they had done before.{{cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=November 10, 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/dave-grohl-on-foo-fighters-shame-shame-video-its-darker-than-anything-weve-ever-done-2813509 |title=Dave Grohl on Foo Fighters' 'Shame Shame' video: "It's darker than anything we've ever done" |website=NME |accessdate=November 11, 2020}}

Reception

With 9.3 million audience impressions for "Shame Shame", Foo Fighters took back the record of most number 1's on the Billboard Rock Airplay chart, which also marked the fastest rise to the top of the chart in four years.{{cite magazine |last=Rutherford |first=Kevin |date=November 17, 2020 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9485595/foo-fighters-record-most-rock-airplay-number-1s-shame-shame |title=Foo Fighters Take Back Record for Most Rock Airplay No. 1s With 'Shame Shame' |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=November 18, 2020}}

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.{{Cite web |title=Credits / Medicine at Midnight / Foo Fighters |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/172054370/credits |access-date=March 30, 2022 |website=Tidal}}

Foo Fighters

Dave Grohl – lead vocals, guitar, producer
Taylor Hawkins – drums, producer
Rami Jaffee – keyboards, piano, producer
Nate Mendel – bass guitar, producer
Chris Shiflett – guitar, producer
Pat Smear – guitar, producer

Additional musicians

Samantha Sidley – background vocals
Violet Grohl – background vocals
Barbara Gruska – background vocals
Laura Mace – background vocals
Inara George – background vocals
Omar Hakim – percussion
Jacob Braun - cello
Greg Kurstin - strings
Alma Fernandez - viola
Charlie Bisharat – violin
Songa Lee – violin

Technical

Greg Kurstin – producer
Randy Merrill – mastering engineer
Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing engineer
Darrell Thorp – engineer
Matt Wolach – assistant engineer
Alex Pasco – assistant engineer

Charts

=Weekly charts=

scope="col"\| Chart (2020) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+ Weekly chart performance for "Shame Shame"
scope="row"\|Australia Digital Tracks (ARIA){{cite news \|date=November 16, 2020 \|title=ARIA Digital Tracks \|url=https://postimg.cc/23DxTdVx \|work=ARIA Report \|agency=ARIA Charts \|accessdate=November 21, 2020}} \| 40
{{single chart\|Flanders Tip\|5\|artist=Foo Fighters\|song=Shame Shame\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=December 11, 2020}}
{{single chart\|Wallonia Tip\|26\|artist=Foo Fighters\|song=Shame Shame\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=December 11, 2020}}
scope="row"\| Canada All-format Airplay (Billboard){{cite magazine \|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/foo-fighters/chart-history/caf/ \|title=Canada All Format (Foo Fighters) \|magazine=Billboard \|accessdate=December 2, 2020}} \|43
scope="row"\| Canada Hot Digital Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine \|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/foo-fighters/chart-history/cns/ \|title=Foo Fighters - Hot Canadian Digital Song Sales \|magazine=Billboard \|accessdate=November 17, 2020}} \| 23
{{single chart\|Billboardcanadarock\|1\|artist=Foo Fighters\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=December 2, 2020}}
scope="row"\| Czech Republic Modern Rock (IFPI){{cite web\|url=https://ifpicr.cz/hitparada/21/foo-fighters/shame-shame/165963\|title=CZ - Radio - Top 20 Modern Rock - Foo Fighters - Rescued\|publisher=IFPI Czech Republic\|accessdate=June 6, 2023\|language=Czech}} \| 2
scope="row"\| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ){{cite web\|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2021-02-12\|title=NZ Hot Singles Chart\|publisher=Recorded Music NZ\|date=February 15, 2021\|access-date=February 13, 2021}} \| 9
{{single chart\|Scotland\|36\|date=20201113\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=November 13, 2020}}
{{single chart\|UK\|77\|date=20210212\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=February 13, 2021}}
{{single chart\|UKdownload\|34\|date=20201113\|rowheader=true\|access-date=February 12, 2021}}
{{single chart\|Billboarddigitalsongs\|32\|artist=Foo Fighters\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=November 17, 2020}}
{{single chart\|Billboardrockairplay\|1\|artist=Foo Fighters\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=November 11, 2020}}
{{single chart\|Billboardrocksongs\|11\|artist=Foo Fighters\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=November 17, 2020}}
scope="row"\| Wales (OCC){{cite news \|date=November 21, 2020 \|url=https://postimg.cc/2bmGcGLV \|title=Official Welsh Singles Chart - November 21, 2020 \|work=UKChartsPlus \|issue=1004 \|agency=Official Charts Company \|page=15 \|accessdate=November 24, 2020}} \| 37

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+Year-end chart performance for "Shame Shame" ! scope="col"\| Chart (2021) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/hot-rock-songs/\|title=Hot Rock & Alternative Songs – Year-End 2021\|magazine=Billboard\|access-date=December 2, 2021}} \| 61
scope="row"\| US Rock Airplay (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/rock-airplay-songs/\|title=Rock Airplay Songs – Year-End 2021\|magazine=Billboard\|access-date=December 2, 2021}} \| 6

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+Year-end chart performance for "Shame Shame"

! scope="col"| Chart (2021)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/hot-rock-songs/|title=Hot Rock & Alternative Songs – Year-End 2021|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 2, 2021}}

| 61

scope="row"| US Rock Airplay (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/rock-airplay-songs/|title=Rock Airplay Songs – Year-End 2021|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 2, 2021}}

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