2013Released
4:51

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Interesting facts and trivia about Smooth Sailing. By Songfacts®.

Josh Homme's Them Crooked Vultures bandmate Dave Grohl plays drums on this song as well as on "My God Is The Sun," "If I Had A Tail," "Fairweather Friends" and "I Appear Missing." Homme told NME: "Our relationship is based as much on telling each other to shut up as making each other laugh, which means its honest. So he'll play something ridiculous, then do it for 45 seconds, then a minute and just see how long he can get away with doing that s--t."

Homme told The Quietus that this was an "early demo that looked so promising but just never came together until the very end." He added that the band got sick of saying "aah this is a bummer." Eventually it became the defining moment of the record where he sings about hitting back - "a direct face punch in the mirror."

The song was used to soundtrack a commercial for the soda drink Mountain Dew. The 30-second "This Is How We Dew" ad also featured pro snowboarder Danny Davis.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Smooth Sailing.
DKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
95BPM

Album

The album Smooth Sailing is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Smooth Sailing.
Matador
2013 Matador Records under exclusive license from Queens Of The Stone Age
2013 Matador Records under exclusive license from Queens Of The Stone Age

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