Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)

"Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)"
Single by Foo Fighters
from the album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
Released	April 7, 2008
Format	Digital download
Recorded	March–June 2007
Genre	Alternative rock, post-grunge
Length	3:41
Label	Roswell/RCA
Producer	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 air play.^[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 REM 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]

Track listings

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

References

1. ^ "Digital Only release in UK announced by Columbia Records" Columbia.co.uk, 2008
2. ^ "Foo Fighters - Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running) at Discogs". Discogs.com. http://www.discogs.com/Foo-Fighters-Cheer-Up-Boys-Your-Make-Up-Is-Running/master/62225. Retrieved 2011-09-11. 
3. ^ "Foo Fighters record brand new Wings cover". NME.com. August 16, 2007
4. ^ "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace : Dave Grohl's Guide To Every Song". Foo Archive. http://www.fooarchive.com/headwires/espg.htm. Retrieved 2011-09-11. 
5. ^ Thomas, Stephen (2007-09-25). "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace - Foo Fighters". AllMusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/echoes-silence-patience-grace-r1188671/review. Retrieved 2011-09-11.