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4 unusual facts about Big Me


For All the Cows

A live version of the song, performed at the Reading Festival (26 August 1995) appears on the Big Me single, the bonus disc of the Australian edition of Foo Fighters, For All the Cows single and I'll Stick Around single.

Girl from Mars

Directed by Jesse Peretz (who also directed Foo Fighters's "Big Me" video), the video sees Ash playing the song as part of an art exhibition, and mesmerizing a small girl watching the band.

Learn to Fly

It is also the band's second highest charting single on the Billboard Hot 100 at #19, as well as becoming their first Top 40 single in the USA, while being their highest charting on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart along with the 1996 hit "Big Me", reaching #13.

Long Road to Ruin

The video features an appearance by actress Rashida Jones, and was directed by Jesse Peretz, who had previously collaborated with the band for "Big Me", "Learn to Fly", "The One", and "Low".



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