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Wikipedia article




{{Infobox song

| name = Dead on Arrival

| cover =

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| type = single

| artist = Fall Out Boy

| album = Take This to Your Grave

| B-side = "Dead on Arrival (Acoustic Session)"[http://www.discogs.com/Fall-Out-Boy-Dead-On-Arrival/release/3572456 Fall Out Boy Dead On Arrival]. Discogs. Retrieved May 15, 2015.

| released = April 4,
February 9, 2004 (UK)

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Pop punk[http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/and_the_best_fall_out_boy_album_of_all_time_is And the best Fall Out Boy album of all time is], 'Alternative Press'. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
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| length = 3:14

| label = Fueled by Ramen

| writer =

| producer = Sean O'Keefe

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy

| next_year = 2003

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"'Dead on Arrival'" is the debut single by American rock band Fall Out Boy and the first single (second single in the UK) of their first full-length album, 'Take This to Your Grave' (2003). It was released on blue 7" vinyl by Fueled by Ramen. The song is among the band's earliest compositions, and was regularly played in concert until 2013.

"Dead on Arrival" was also included on a 'Kerrang!' compilation CD. It is the first track on Fall Out Boy's first greatest hits album, 'Believers Never Die Greatest Hits' (2009). The song is playable in the game 'Rock Band'.

Lyrics



The band wrote three songs, including "Dead on Arrival", intended for release on a split album with 504 Plan, but the release fell through and the songs were included on 'Take This to Your Grave' instead. While the bass guitarist Pete Wentz became the band's primary lyricist, the frontman Patrick Stump wrote the lyrics for "Dead on Arrival". Stump, who then viewed himself as an "artsy fartsy dude who didn't want to be in a pop-punk band", had composed much of the band's lyrics for the first songs of 'Take This To Your Grave', as he recalled in a ten-year album anniversary interview for 'Take This to Your Grave' with 'Alternative Press'.

Music video



The music video was made up from various clips of the band performing live and travelling around the U.S. to small venue shows. The band said that the video was supposed to show that they were homesick. Jack Marin (the former bass guitarist with Cute Is What We Aim For) can be seen for a short period of time in the crowd. The police in the video were The Arlington Heights Police Department and had the show shut down, but Fall Out Boy apologized to them, and thanked them for being in their video. One of the venues in the video is the Knights of Columbus Hall in Arlington Heights where the band regularly played to a small local audience in their early days.

References





Category:2003 debut singles

Category:2003 songs

Category:Fall Out Boy songs

Category:Songs written by Patrick Stump

Category:Songs written by Pete Wentz

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