“I heard that he didn’t like our version. “We wanted to put it out here in the States, but Prince wouldn’t let us,” Hawkins said. Prince told Entertainment Weekly that he didn’t appreciate the cover or anyone else’s and that Foo Fighters needed to write their own material. “I believe I remember him saying, ‘They should write their own tunes…’ or something along those lines. “He shut us down faster than you can say, ‘Dearly beloved…’ Grohl wrote. According to one of Dave Grohl’s True Stories (via Instagram), the band had asked for his blessing to release it commercially. However, the cover did not please Prince at all. And so we just recorded our version in my garage, and somehow it ended up getting played on radio - which was weird, because we just did it as a sort of joke.” “Dave loved ‘Darling Nikki’ because it was really funky. “Whenever we finish an album, we just think it’s fun to do a couple of covers,” Hawkins explained to MTV. According to MTV, the cover became so famous that Foo Fighters began using it as a set-closing staple at their shows in 2004.Īccording to Hawkins, the band recorded it as a joke. In 2003, Foo Fighters recorded a cover of Prince’s 1984 song, “Darling Nikki” (off of Purple Rain), and released it as a B-side on the Australian version of their “Have It All” single. Prince and Foo Fighters | Jeff Kravitz/Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Getty Images Prince didn’t give his blessing that Foo Fighters could release ‘Darling Nikki’ commercially
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