From Under The Cork Tree - Song Notes

Song Notes

  • "Our Lawyer Made Us Change the Name of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued" - The song was originally called "My Name is David Ruffin... and These are The Temptations" before Fall Out Boy's lawyers intervened and made them change the title.
  • "Of All the Gin Joints in All the World" - The title is a reference to a quote by Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca. The line is also quoted in Ocean's Eleven (2001) by Andy Garcia (Terry Benedict) and in Out Cold by Jason London.
  • "Sugar, We're Going Down" is featured on the set list of the 2009 release of the Guitar Hero franchise, Band Hero.
  • "Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner" - The title is taken from a Dirty Dancing quote spoken by Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze).
  • "Champagne for My Real Friends, Real Pain for My Sham Friends" - This title is taken from a quote by Edward Norton in the film 25th Hour; however, the saying was also attributed to Francis Bacon, the line is spoken by actor Derek Jacobi in John Maybury's Love is the Devil (1998). It is also attributed to artist Tom Waits.
  • "7 Minutes in Heaven (Atavan Halen)" - The title, and parts of the song, refers to bassist Pete Wentz's suicide attempt in 2005, by way of an Ativan overdose. The reference to guitarist Van Halen stems from the similarity of the song's intro riff to a popular chord progression used by Eddie Van Halen in songs such as "Panama" and "Dance the Night Away".
  • "A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me"" - Originally titled "A Little Less Molly Ringwald, a Little More Samantha Fox".
  • "Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying (Do Your Part to Save the Scene and Stop Going to Shows)" - This refers to a quote from The Shawshank Redemption. The title was referred to as "You're A Concrete Boy Now (Do Your Part to Save the Scene and Stop Going to Shows)" in an issue of Alternative Press magazine prior to the album's release.
  • "XO" - Titled in reference to American singer-songwriter Elliott Smith's fourth album of the same name.
  • "The Music or the Misery" - The title is from a quote by Rob Fleming in the 1995 novel High Fidelity by Nick Hornby.

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