The music video for "Everlong" was nominated for Best Rock Video at the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards.
"Everlong" is the second single released from Foo Fighters' second studio album, The Colour and the Shape (1997).
"Everlong" was written against the background of the break-up of Dave Grohl's first marriage to photographer Jennifer Youngblood.
The video for the song was directed by Michel Gondry.
Although the song is normally performed with electric guitars, vocalist/guitarist Dave Grohl's solo acoustic variation gained popularity after an impromptu rendition on Howard Stern's radio show in 1998.