"Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)"
Single by Foo Fighters
from the album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
ReleasedApril 7, 2008
RecordedMarch–June 2007
GenreAlternative rock, post-grunge
Length3:41
LabelRoswell/RCA
Songwriter(s)Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel and Chris Shiflett
Producer(s)Gil Norton
Foo Fighters singles chronology
"Long Road to Ruin"
(2007) 		"Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)"
(2008) 		"Let It Die"
(2008)

"Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)" is the third single released from the Foo Fighters' 2007 album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace. The single was released as a digital-only release in the UK via iTunes.[1] No physical retail singles were released; however, promotional singles were released for radio airplay.[2] The B-side is a cover of Paul McCartney & Wings' "Band on the Run", which was previously released on Radio 1 Established 1967.[3]

Reception

Dave Grohl commented on the song, saying "For this song, it was a working title that stuck, because that was a song that we had demoed and it sounded like this really bright, poppy, late '80s R.E.M. song that would have been off their 'Green' or something like that."[4] AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine says the song has a riff as nimble as those on Foo Fighters' debut album.[5]

Other versions

A live version filmed at Wembley Stadium on June 7, 2008, was released on the Live at Wembley Stadium DVD.

Track listing

  1. "Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)" – 3:41
  2. "Band on the Run" – 5:09 (Paul McCartney and Wings cover, 2007)

Personnel

Personnel adapted from Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace liner notes[6]

Foo Fighters
Additional Personnel

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[7] 194

References

  1. ^ "Digital Only release in UK announced by Columbia Records" Archived April 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Columbia.co.uk, 2008
  2. ^ "Foo Fighters - Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Archived from the original on November 12, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
  3. ^ "Foo Fighters record brand new Wings cover Archived 2008-06-11 at the Wayback Machine". NME.com. August 16, 2007
  4. ^ "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace : Dave Grohl's Guide To Every Song". Foo Archive. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
  5. ^ Thomas, Stephen (September 25, 2007). "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace - Foo Fighters". AllMusic. Archived from the original on December 6, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
  6. ^ "Echoes, Silence, Etc".
  7. ^ "Chart Log UK, 1994 –2010, Adam F – FYA". zobbel.de. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
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