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Little Sister (Queens of the Stone Age song)

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The music video features the band playing in a dark room, with Josh Homme sporting a longer hair style, and girls dancing in the back behind a silhouette screen.
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as downloadable content individually or in a 3-song pack along with two other Queens of the Stone Age songs, "
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member Gene Frenkle. This was a reprise of a role that Ferrell played in a famous 2000 sketch in which actor
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The song had been in the works for quite a while. An early version was recorded with
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and can be bought individually or as a 5-song pack also including the songs, "
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both named "Little Sister" the seventh-best Queens of the Stone Age song.
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playing the cowbell, also providing backing vocals on both occasions.
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has performed the song twice with the band, in 2011 at his own
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has used a cowbell during live performances of the song.
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Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
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Index


Single
Queens of the Stone Age
Lullabies to Paralyze
Genre
Stoner rock
hard rock
Label
Interscope
Songwriter(s)
Joey Castillo
Joshua Homme
Troy Van Leeuwen
Producer(s)
Joe Barresi
Queens of the Stone Age
First It Giveth
In My Head
rock
Queens of the Stone Age
Lullabies to Paralyze
Dave Grohl
Songs for the Deaf
bootleg recording
Josh Homme
Doc Pomus
Elvis Presley
Saturday Night Live
Will Ferrell
cowbell

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