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Dear Future Self (Hands Up)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Dear Future Self (Hands Up)
| cover = Dear Future Self (Hands Up).jpg
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| type = single
| artist = Fall Out Boy featuring Wyclef Jean
| album = Greatest Hits: Believers Never Die Volume Two
| released =
| recorded = 2019
| studio = Nervous Breakdance Studios
(Studio City, California)
The Rate Cave and the Rib Cage
(Los Angeles, California)
| genre =
| length =
| label = * Island
* DCD2
| writer =
| producer =
| chronology = Fall Out Boy
| prev_title = I've Been Waiting
| prev_year = 2019
| next_title = Bob Dylan
| next_year = 2019
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"'Dear Future Self (Hands Up)'" is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy featuring Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean. It was released on September 10, 2019, on DCD2 and Island Records as a single from their compilation album, 'Greatest Hits: Believers Never Die Volume Two'.
Background
In October 2009, Fall Out Boy announced their first greatest hits album, 'Believers Never Die Greatest Hits'. The compilation album was released on November 17, 2009. Nearly ten years after the release of the album, the band announced 'Believers Never Die Volume Two Greatest Hits', with a scheduled release date of November 15, 2019. The announcement coincides with the Hella Mega Tour announcement, a concert tour scheduled to take place from June to August 2020 with American rock bands Green Day and Weezer, in Europe and the United States.
Composition
"Dear Future Self (Hands Up)" is a prominent surf rock and pop song written by Fall Out Boy, Wyclef Jean, Jens Siverstedt, Jonas Wallin, and Noonie Bao. The chorus samples "Hands Up" by Inna. The track has a runtime of 2 minutes and 51 seconds. In an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music's radio station Beats 1, Pete Wentz spoke about the composition of the song:
Credits and personnel
'Fall Out Boy'
* Patrick Stump lead vocals, lead guitar, programming, production, composing
* Pete Wentz bass guitar, composing
* Joe Trohman lead guitar, composing, vocals
* Andy Hurley drums, percussion, composing, vocals
'Additional personnel'
* Wyclef Jean featured artist, composing, production, vocals
* Suzy Shinn co-producer, recording engineer, backing vocals
* Jens Siverstedt production, composing
* Wesley Seidman recording engineer
* Mark "Spike" Stent mixing engineer
* Michael Freeman assistant engineer
* Noonie Bao additional vocals, composing
* Randy Merrill mastering engineer
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
Category:2019 singles
Category:2019 songs
Category:Fall Out Boy songs
Category:Inna
Category:Island Records singles
Category:Songs written by Patrick Stump
Category:Songs written by Pete Wentz
Category:Songs written by Andy Hurley
Category:Songs written by Joe Trohman
Category:Songs written by Noonie Bao
Category:Songs written by Wyclef Jean
Category:Surf rock songs
Category:Wyclef Jean songs
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