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About The Pretender by Foo Fighters
The Pretender is credited to Foo Fighters on Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace. This catalogue edition runs 4:29 and lists the song as track 1 of 12. The linked edition is dated 2007-08-21.
Catalogue artist credit: Foo Fighters.
Catalogue title: The Pretender. Genre: Alternative. The date above belongs to the linked edition; it is not a claim about the original release or the video upload date.
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The Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace edition is the recording reference for this page. Use its source link for the album version, or the YouTube player for the separately identified video.
Selected video: Foo Fighters - The Pretender. Published by foofightersVEVO. Video length: 4:31.
Playback checked on 2026-10-19. Video edits and album recordings can have different running times.
Artist Information
Foo Fighters
Everlong and The Pretender make a forceful opening pair. Learn to Fly and Times Like These provide a more melodic route into the guitars, while Best of You and Walk develop through repeated vocal phrases. Compare the dynamics of My Hero and These Days.
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