Take Me Out (song)

"Take Me Out"
A yellow background showing a black page turned down towards the bottom right corner. At the top left, Franz Ferdinand is written in black against the yellow background. On the lower left, TAKE ME OUT is written in off-white against the black background. The letter E in 'take' is featured prominently.
Single by Franz Ferdinand
from the album Franz Ferdinand
B-side
  • "Truck Stop"
  • "All for You, Sophia"
  • "Words So Leisured"
  • Remixes
Released 12 January 2004
Format
Recorded 2003
Genre
Length
  • 3:57 (album version)
  • 3:24 (UK radio edit)[1]
Label Domino
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Tore Johansson
Franz Ferdinand singles chronology
"Darts of Pleasure"
(2003)		 "Take Me Out"
(2004)		 "The Dark of the Matinée"
(2004)
Audio sample
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"Take Me Out" is a song by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand. It was released as the second single from their eponymous debut studio album in the United Kingdom on 12 January 2004 and in the United States on 9 February, both through Domino Records. It was released as 7" vinyl, a CD single, and a DVD single with the music video and a short interview with the band.

The single reached number three in the UK Singles Chart. In the U.S., it reached number three on Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 66 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was a number-seven hit on the Canadian Singles Chart, and also reached #1 on the UK Indie Chart. In November 2004, the single was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.[2] The song was voted the best single of 2004 by the Village Voice Pazz & Jop poll, and number one on Australian youth radio network Triple J's Hottest 100 of the same year.[3] In July 2009, it was voted number 100 in Triple J's Hottest 100 of all time.

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by Jonas Odell. It includes the band in the midst of a Dadaist and somewhat Pythonesque (surreal Terry Gilliam style) animation involving quirky vintage figures and machinery. The video is a blend of the live action band superimposed into a 3D environment with animated 2D elements. Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos named Dada, the films of Busby Berkeley, and Soviet propaganda as influences, and praised Odell's direction. Kapranos commented:

Basically it's a pop video and it should entertain you, but not just once – there're certain things you stare at in life that is just fascinating to look at like a fish tank or an open fire, they're actually quite simple things but there's something fascinating about them. And I think pop videos should be like that too. There should be something there that just makes you want to come back and look at it.[4]

Honours

In March 2005, Q magazine placed "Take Me Out" at #41 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. In September 2005, the same magazine named it the 34th greatest track ever performed by a British band. Q made another list for their television channel, also named Q, of 100 greatest Indie Anthems, where "Take Me Out" featured on #6.

In May 2007, NME magazine placed "Take Me Out" on #16 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever, whereas MTV2 placed it on #7 in their version of the 50 greatest Indie Anthems ever, which was loosely based on NMEs list. In October 2011, NME placed it at number 27 on its list of 150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years.[5]

Pitchfork Media ranked the song #44 of its top 500 tracks of the 2000s.[6]

Rolling Stone magazine ranked "Take Me Out" #327 in the 2010 version of their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[7]

Use in popular media

"Take Me Out" was featured in in the trailer for the 2008 film Hancock[8] and in the soundtracks of the video games Madden NFL 2005,[9] NHL 2005,[10] and Shaun White Skateboarding,[11] being playable in Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero: Smash Hits, the U.S. version of SingStar Pop, Just Dance 2, Dance Dance Revolution Universe 2 and Rocksmith.[12] The song is also a downloadable content for the Rock Band series.

Other versions

In 2006, an acoustic version of "Take Me Out" was recorded in Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States. This version of the song would appear as a B-side to the exclusive fan club release of "Swallow, Smile"[13]

The song was covered by the Scissor Sisters in 2004 on the B-side to their single "Mary" and "Filthy/Gorgeous". In Australia, the song received substantial airplay and was ranked #44 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004 while the original version was ranked #1.[3]

The Magic Numbers and Guillemots both covered the song for BBC Radio 1's The Jo Whiley Show. Biffy Clyro also recorded a very different take for Zane Lowe's show. Finger Eleven are known for playing "Take Me Out" live, usually in a medley of their "Paralyzer", Led Zeppelin's "Trampled Under Foot" and Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2".

"Weird Al" Yankovic used a portion of the song for the polka medley "Polkarama!", from his 2006 album Straight Outta Lynwood.[14] In 2008 Ryan Lewis produced a mash-up combining "Take Me Out" with 2Pac's "Crooked Nigga Too."[15]

Formats and track listings

UK 7" single[16]
  1. "Take Me Out"
  2. "Truck Stop"
UK 12" single[17]
  1. "Take Me Out"
  2. "Take Me Out" (Morgan Geist Re-Version)
UK CD single[18]
  1. "Take Me Out"
  2. "All for You, Sophia"
  3. "Words So Leisured"
UK DVD single[19]
  1. "Take Me Out" (video)
  2. "Take Me Out" (live video)
  3. "Band Interview" (video)
  4. Gallery with Shopping for Blood live audio
US 12" single[20]
  1. "Take Me Out"
  2. "Take Me Out" (Morgan Geist Re-Version)
  3. "Take Me Out" (Naoum Gabo Re-Version)
  4. "Take Me Out" (instrumental)
Australian CD single[21]
  1. "Take Me Out"
  2. "Shopping for Blood"
  3. "Truck Stop (Auf Asche)"
  4. "Take Me Out" (Naoum Gabo Re-version)
French 12" & CD single[22][23]
  1. "Take Me Out" (Daft Punk remix)
  2. "Take Me Out" (album version)
  3. "Take Me Out" (Naoum Gabo remix)
2013 Digital reissue DOMDIG128
  1. "Take Me Out" (Daft Punk remix) - 4:33
  2. "Take Me Out" (Naoum Gabo remix) - 5:04

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
scope="row"Australia (ARIA)[24] 25
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[25] 7
scope="row"Denmark (Tracklisten)[26] 16
scope="row"France (SNEP)[27] 92
scope="row"Ireland (IRMA)[28] 8
scope="row"Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[29] 24
scope="row"Netherlands (Single Top 100)[30] 72
scope="row"New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[31] 16
scope="row"Scotland (Official Charts Company)[32] 2
scope="row"Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[33] 43
scope="row"UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[34] 3
scope="row"US Billboard Hot 100[35] 66
scope="row"US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[36] 3
scope="row"US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[37] 31

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[38] Gold 500,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ BBC Radio 6 Music - Now Playing @6Music, #Franz6Music: Alex Kapranos Tweet In
  2. ↑ RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - Franz Ferdinand Singles, Retrieved 2009-07-20
  3. 1 2 Triple J hottest 100 2004, Retrieved 2009-07-22
  4. ↑ "Franz Ferdinand "Take Me Out"". XFM. Archived from the original on 3 February 2004. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  5. ↑ 150 Best Tracks Of The Past 15 Years | NME.COM
  6. ↑ "Pitchfork Media Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s: 50-21". Pitchfork.com. 20 August 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  7. ↑ "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Hancock - Official® Trailer 1 [HD]". YouTube. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  9. ↑ Golze, Benjamin (1 July 2004). "EA announces Madden 2005 soundtrack". GameSpot. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  10. ↑ Cook, Chris (1 October 2004). "New NBS Live 2005/NHL 2005 Soundtrack Details". Game Informer. Archived from the original on 12 November 2004. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  11. ↑ https://vapormusic.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/shaun-white-skateboarding/
  12. ↑ "Rocksmith Track List". Ubisoft. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  13. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Franz-Ferdinand-Swallow-Smile/release/1833057
  14. ↑ "Weird Al Yankovic Polkarama!". YouTube. 15 September 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  15. ↑ Buckley, Noah. "Ryan Lewis – "Pac' Vs. Ferdinand"". That's That... Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  16. ↑ "Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out (Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  17. ↑ "Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out (Morgan Geist Remix) (Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  18. ↑ "Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out (CD)". Discogs. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  19. ↑ "Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out (DVD)". Discogs. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  20. ↑ "Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out (Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  21. ↑ "Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out (CD)". Discogs. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  22. ↑ "Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out (Daft Punk Remix) (Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  23. ↑ "Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out (Daft Punk Remix) (CD)". Discogs. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  24. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  25. ↑ "Franz Ferdinand – Awards". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  26. ↑ "Danishcharts.com – Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out". Tracklisten. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  27. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  28. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 7, 2004". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  29. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Franz Ferdinand search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  30. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  31. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  32. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2004-01-24". Scottish Singles Top 40. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  33. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  34. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2004-01-24" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  35. ↑ "Franz Ferdinand – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Franz Ferdinand. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  36. ↑ "Franz Ferdinand – Chart history" Billboard Alternative Songs for Franz Ferdinand. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  37. ↑ "Franz Ferdinand – Chart history" Billboard Pop Songs for Franz Ferdinand. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  38. ↑ "American single certifications – Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH

External links

Preceded by
Are You Gonna Be My Girl by JET		 Triple J Hottest 100 Winner
2004 		Succeeded by
Wish You Well by Bernard Fanning
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