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The Pretender is a song written and recorded by the Foo Fighters for their sixth studio album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007). The song was their first single from the album.

It is among their most popular singles to date; the song reached #37 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #1 on both the Mainstream and Modern Rock Tracks, the latter on which it still holds the top position after 17 weeks. The song also won a Grammy for "Best Hard Rock Performance".

It is featured in the Foo Fighters DLC song pack, along with All My Life and This Is A Call, and is one of the few songs across all 4 Guitar Hero games to have a high score on the ScoreHero leaderboards for Expert of over 500k.

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Kind of hard. The single player chart frequently mixes the rhythm (played by David Grohl) and lead (played by Chris Shiflett) guitar parts, most noticeably in the verses, which alternates between the GY chords on the rhythm guitar and the continuing R R Y R B R O R R R Y R B R RO riff of the lead.

Appears In[]

Guitar Hero III (Downloadable Content)

Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades

This song appears as a Master Track.

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v · t · eSongs of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Starting Out Small
Slow Ride · Talk Dirty to Me · Hit Me With Your Best Shot · Story of My Life · Rock and Roll All Nite
Your First Real Gig
Mississippi Queen · School's Out · Sunshine of Your Love · Barracuda · Guitar Battle vs. Tom Morello · Bulls on Parade
Making the Video
When You Were Young · Miss Murder · The Seeker · Lay Down · Paint It Black
European Invasion
Paranoid · Anarchy in the U.K. · Kool Thing · My Name is Jonas · Even Flow
Bighouse Blues
Holiday in Cambodia · Rock You Like a Hurricane · Same Old Song and Dance · La Grange · Guitar Battle vs. Slash · Welcome to the Jungle
The Hottest Band on Earth
Black Magic Woman · Cherub Rock · Black Sunshine · The Metal · Pride and Joy
Live in Japan
Before I Forget · Stricken · 3's and 7's · Knights of Cydonia · Cult of Personality
Battle for Your Soul
Raining Blood · Cliffs of Dover · The Number of the Beast · One · Guitar Battle vs. Lou
Co-op Career's encores
Sabotage · Reptilia · Suck My Kiss · Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll · Helicopter · Monsters
Bonus tracks
Avalancha · In the Belly of a Shark · Can't Be Saved · Closer · Don't Hold Back · Down n' Dirty · F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X. · Generation Rock · Go That Far · Hier kommt Alex · I'm in the Band · Impulse · In Love · Mauvais Garcon · Metal Heavy Lady · Minus Celsius · My Curse · Nothing for Me Here · Prayer of the Refugee · Radio Song · Ruby · She Bangs the Drums · Take This Life · The Way It Ends · Through the Fire and Flames
Downloadable tracks
Carcinogen Crush · Tina · Putting Holes In Happiness · All My Life · The Pretender · This is a Call · She Builds Quick Machines · Slither · Messages · Tom Morello Guitar Battle · Slash Guitar Battle · The Devil Went Down To Georgia · Halo Theme MJOLNIR Mix · No More Sorrow · Sleeping Giant · Pretty Handsome Awkward · Ernten Was Wir Säen · So Payaso · Antisocial · We Three Kings · Peace of Mind · Any Way You Want It · Juke Box Hero · Dream On · Excuse Me Mr. · Don't Speak · Sunday Morning · The Arsonist · Hole in the Earth · Almost Easy · Famous for Nothing · (F)lannigan's Ball · Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya · Nine Lives · Rock of Ages · Photograph · Top Gun Anthem · I Am Murloc · The End Begins (To Rock) · Surfing With the Alien · Supermassive Black Hole · Stockholm Syndrome · Exo-Politics · Heroes of our Time · Operation Ground and Pound · Revolution Deathsquad · That Was Just Your Life · The End of the Line · Broken, Beat & Scarred · The Day That Never Comes · Cyanide · The Judas Kiss · Suicide & Redemption · My Apocalypse
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Companion Pack (soundtrack)
Guitar Hero III Intro · Cherub Rock · 3's and 7's · Miss Murder · Slither · Kool Thing · Cult of Personality (Guitar Hero Version) · Putting Holes in Happiness (Nick Zinner Remix) · Tina · Prayer of the Refugee · The Devil Went Down to Georgia (Guitar Hero Original)
v · t · eSongs of Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades
Modern
ENG: Dirty Little Secret[NA]/Ready, Set, Go![UK] · Crushcrushcrush · The Take Over, the Breaks Over · The Pretender · Tarantula
EUR: The Take Over, The Breaks Over · Diventerai Una Star · Estrella Polar · Ready, Set, Go! · The Pretender
2000s
ENG: One Step Closer · Remedy[NA]/Smooth Criminal[UK] · The Middle · Can't Stop · I Believe in a Thing Called Love
EUR: One Step Closer · Everything Is Everything · The Middle · You Can't Stop Me · Can't Stop
1990s
ENG: Buddy Holly · Are You Gonna Go My Way · No Rain · Volcano Girls[NA]/Some Might Say[UK] · Down
EUR: Buddy Holly · Are You Gonna Go My Way · No Rain · Some Might Say · Down
1980s
ENG: I Can't Drive 55[NA]/Eye Of The Tiger[UK] · The One I Love · La Bamba · Any Way You Want It · You Give Love A Bad Name
EUR: Eye Of The Tiger · The One I Love · La Bamba · You Give Love A Bad Name · Satch Boogie
1970s
ENG: All Right Now · One Way Or Another · Free Ride · Rock And Roll Band · Sweet Home Alabama (Live)
EUR: We Are The Champions · All Right Now · One Way Or Another · Free Ride · Sweet Home Alabama (Live)
Bonus tracks (Victory Songs)
ENG: We Are The Champions · Smooth Criminal[NA]/Everything is Everything[UK] · Satch Boogie
EUR: I Believe In A Thing Called Love · Smooth Criminal · Tarantula
*ENG = "English" regions (NA = North America, UK = United Kingdom/Netherlands/Australia)
*EUR = "Non-English" European regions (France/Germany/Italy/Spain)
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