# In 1995, Dave Grohl wrote a song to hit back at Courtney Love. It has now as over 65,000,000 streams

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/in-1995-dave-grohl-wrote-a-song-to-hit-back-at-courtney-love-it-has-now-as-over-65000000-streams/
- Published: 2026-10-24T19:40:10+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-24T20:11:54+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/in-1995-dave-grohl-wrote-a-song-to-hit-back-at-courtney-love-it-has-now-as-over-65000000-streams/
- Topics: Art, Culture

## Key points

- Grohl said ‘I’ll Stick Around’ was about Courtney Love.
- He made the admission in 2009 after 15 years of denials.
- The song has passed 65 million streams.

## Summary

Dave Grohl said Foo Fighters’ 1995 song ‘I’ll Stick Around’ was written about Courtney Love, after denying it for 15 years. The admission linked the song’s lyrics to tensions surrounding Love’s relationship with Kurt Cobain and the turmoil Grohl experienced after his friend’s death.

The article says Love later criticised Foo Fighters and made allegations about Grohl, which Frances Bean Cobain publicly rejected, saying his approach to her had been platonic. It describes ‘I’ll Stick Around’ as a much-loved deep cut, with more than 65 million streams, and notes that Grohl and Love appeared to put aside their differences at Nirvana’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction.

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