How Foo Fighters' Best Of You became Dave Grohl's "proudest musical achievement"

30 May 2025, 14:25 | Updated: 17 December 2025, 18:42

Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl in 2023 and Prince at the Super Bowl XLI. Picture: Sipa US / Alamy, Associated Press / Alamy

By Jenny Mensah

The Foo Fighters frontman wrote about his experience seeing Prince cover their track at the Super Bowl and later jamming with him.

Foo Fighters Best Of You single was released on 30th May 2005.

The lead single to be taken from the band's In Your Honor album, Best of You is often cited as one of the band's most-loved songs. It's certainly a live favourite which, sees crowds belt out its refrain at festivals, stadiums and arenas across the world.

It may be 20 years old today, but did you know how it it became one of Dave Grohl's proudest musical achievements?

Well, it's actually all down to Prince and his iconic performance at the Super Bowl two years after the song was originally released.

Find out why here...

Foo Fighters - Best Of You (Official HD Video)

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Before Grohl released his Storyteller memoir, the rocker revealed his tale about jamming with the late Prince and how he cried when he watched his cover of Best Of You at the 2007 Super Bowl halftime show.

It all began when Grohl tried his hand at writing short stories about his life and career during the coronavirus pandemic, and one such story detailed the days leading up to his private performance with the Purple One.

The story, entitled: "HOW ABOUT NEXT FRIDAY?" sees Dave recount the time when Prince asked him to jam, giving him a week to get excited about it. However, it also includes the tale of what happened when Grohl heard the musician would be covering a Foo Fighters song during his Super Bowl show.

See his full story here:

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As he details his anxious wait to play with the icon, the former Nirvana drummer also admitted that he actually didn't watch the live performance of Prince's iconic halftime show in 2007 as he refused to believe it would happen.

In fact, it wasn't until a random stranger approached him in the street to confirm it had taken place that Dave ran to his computer to check it out for himself.

"I was stunned. In shock," recalled the Everlong singer. "Flooded with emotion. As my tears hit the keyboard like the Miami rain that night, I realized this was without a doubt my proudest musical achievement."

Watch Prince's cover here: