Grohl’s Attempted Bowie Collaboration Might See Light of Day

It’s commonly known that David Bowie turned down Dave Grohl on a collaboration for a song on a film soundtrack, but that piece of music may end up being released…

Updated May 30, 2018 12:04 PM EDT

GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND – JUNE 24: Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters performs on day 3 of the Glastonbury Festival 2017 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 24, 2017 in Glastonbury, England; NEWPORT, ENGLAND – JUNE 13: David Bowie performs on stage on the third and final day of ‘The Nokia Isle of Wight Festival 2004’ at Seaclose Park, on June 13, 2004 in Newport, UK. The third annual rock festival takes place during the Isle of Wight Festival which runs from June 4-19.

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It’s commonly known that David Bowie turned down Dave Grohl on a collaboration for a song on a film soundtrack, but that piece of music may end up being released in the near future.
Grohl recently sat down with British GQ where he was asked if he had a song that he never quite finished. Grohl said yes, but that he gave the track to another band to have recently.

“I tried for years. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. We tried it, kind of worked on it, then I actually contacted Bowie about doing it together for this movie soundtrack, that didn’t work out. He didn’t like the movie, it wasn’t me, it was the movie. Then I started working on it again, and I then gave it to another band, who hasn’t used it yet.”

Grohl didn’t reveal which band he gave the song to, because he didn’t want to “spoil the surprise.” However, this could easily turn into another great mystery on par with the surprise vocalist on the Foo Fighters’ latest album Concrete and Gold, who ended up being Justin Timberlake.

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