Foo Fighters by the Numbers: The Catalog, Measured
By Dan Cohen · Published 2026-06-24
We measured all 82 Foo Fighters songs in our library — tempo, dynamic range, texture, how abruptly each song shifts, how hard the vocal pushes — and rolled it into a single intensity score from 0 to 100. No other site scores a catalog this way. Here is Foo Fighters by the numbers: muscular in the middle — neither sleepy nor relentless, with room at both ends.
The catalog at a glance
- Average intensity: 59/100
- Average dynamic range: 7.5/10
- Average tempo: 120 BPM across 82 timed songs
- One of the widest emotional ranges we've measured for any single artist — a 85-point gap from calmest to most intense.
The calmest Foo Fighters songs
- Friend of a Friend — intensity 11/100, 72 BPM, dynamic range 3/10
- Stranger Things Have Happened — intensity 15/100, 72 BPM, dynamic range 4/10
- Show Me How — intensity 17/100, 88 BPM, dynamic range 4/10
The most intense
- All My Life — intensity 96/100, 130 BPM, dynamic range 9/10
- The Pretender — intensity 89/100, 105 BPM, dynamic range 10/10
- White Limo — intensity 86/100, 160 BPM, dynamic range 9/10
The biggest quiet-to-loud swings
- The Pretender — dynamic range 10/10
- Best of You — dynamic range 10/10
- But Here We Are — dynamic range 9/10
Tempo extremes: slowest is Outside (70 BPM), fastest is Bridge Burning (180 BPM).
Every song here has its own measured profile — tempo, dynamics, sonic twins, what it's good for — on its page. Start from the Foo Fighters artist page.
Computed from Music I Want's own measurements of 82 Foo Fighters songs as of 2026-06-24. The intensity score combines dynamic range, tempo, texture, sudden changes, vocal force, and predictability. Figures update as the catalog is refined.