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this ain't a scene, it's an arms race

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"This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" is the first single from pop punk[1] band Fall Out Boy's album Infinity on High. It was first played on November 16, 2006 on Indianapolis radio station 93.1, and leaked onto the Internet soon after. It was officially debuted on November 21 at the American Music Awards and was shipped to radio stations on that night (with an expected impact date of December 5 in the United States).

The song is reportedly about lyricist/bassist Pete Wentz's frustration with the ever growing 'emo scene'. As he told Rolling Stone, "There may be other songs on the record that would be bigger radio hits, but this one had the right message."[2] The song consists of a hip-hop/R&B sound during the verse and bridge, which is then followed up with a more pop-punk style chorus.

The website that bassist Pete Wentz promotes, FriendsorEnemies.com, made "This Ain’t a Scene, It's an Arms Race" available to the internet community on November 17, just after its radio debut in Indianapolis.

The single was released as a CD single and also as a 7" blue vinyl and 7" purple vinyl. There is an official remix featuring Kanye West.

charts...

The single became available on iTunes on January 16, 2007. Just two days after its release, it reached #1 on the iTunes chart. It debuted at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, the highest Hot 100 debut for a single by a rock band since Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" debuted at #1 on the Hot 100 in 1998. The song kept the #2 spot for two weeks in a row behind smash-hit "Irreplaceable" by Beyoncé. In addition it jumped 85 spots in a week from #86 on the Pop 100 to #1.[3] The song was a #1 hit in New Zealand. The song debuted at #6 in the UK Singles Chart on downloads alone, climbing to #2 the following week and debuted at #32 also on downloads alone in the Irish Singles Chart, before climbing to #8 in its physical week. The song has gained 1,318,000 points on the United World Chart to date and has sold almost 115,000 copies to date in the UK. It has moved 896,540 digital downloads in the US in 8 weeks time, and was #1 on the Digital Chart for its first 4 weeks. The single was the first to be released in Australia, and reached number four on the ARIA Singles Chart in February 2007 in its fourth week on the chart.

trivia...

  • According to Wentz, the song-closing sing-along was inspired by Justin Timberlake's "Señorita".
  • It was said on December 21st on TRL that Fall Out Boy's music video for "Dance, Dance" was on the first TRL show of 2006 (at number 5), and now "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" has been on the last one (also at number 5). Additionally, the video for "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" begins with the last few seconds of "Dance, Dance".
  • "Dance, Dance" was the last Fall Out Boy single released in the UK before "This Ain't a Scene..." and has been on heavy radio rotation for several months, until the release of the new album.
  • The MTV Moon Man from the MTV Video Music Awards is seen dancing during the funeral scene.
  • William Beckettavis McCoy reprise their roles from the "A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More 'Touch Me'" and "Dance, Dance" videos respectively during the funeral scene.
  • The song features crowd vocals from Butch Walker, Sofia Toufa, and Lindsey Blaufarb.
  • The song was performed on TRL on February 6, the release date of the album, along with "The Take Over, The Breaks Over" and "Thriller".
  • Actor Shawn Hatosy can reportedly be seen in the background during the funeral.
  • Actor/animator/voice actor Seth Green can be seen crying in the background during the funeral.
  • Even though Andy doesn't seem to be in the funeral scene, he is seen a few times in the crowd. Whenever a big group of the crowd is shown, Andy can be seen. The back of his head is also visible when Joe is playing guitar on top of Pete's casket.
  • The people in the crowd during the funeral scene can be seen making Jay-Z's Roc-a-fella diamond sign.
  • This song was remixed by Kanye West. It includes an extra verse sung by him.
  • This song is used in a Verizon Wireless commercial.

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