Sugar, We're Goin Down

"Sugar, We're Goin Down"
Single by Fall Out Boy
from the album From Under the Cork Tree
B-side"The Music or the Misery"
ReleasedApril 4, 2005 (2005-04-04)
Genre
Length3:49
Label
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)Pete Wentz
Producer(s)Neal Avron
Fall Out Boy singles chronology
"Saturday"
(2003)
"Sugar, We're Goin Down"
(2005)
"Dance, Dance"
(2005)
Music video
"Sugar, We're Goin Down (Concept Version)" on YouTube
"Sugar, We're Goin Down (Lo Fi Cut Version) on YouTube

"Sugar, We're Goin Down" is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy, released to US radio on April 4, 2005, as the lead single from their second album, From Under the Cork Tree. Two different CD singles were released with different B-sides, Part I with a green cover and Part II with a red cover. With music composed by vocalist Patrick Stump and lyrics penned by bassist Pete Wentz, the single reached No. 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Fall Out Boy's first top-10 hit and exploding the band into the mainstream, exposing them to a new audience. It spent five weeks in the top 10 and 20 weeks in the top 20 out of its 42 chart weeks.

The song became the band's first two-million seller in July 2009,[5] and as of February 2013, has sold 4,639,000 copies in the US.[6] It was upgraded to a 8× platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in November 2023.[7] On July 22, 2013, "Sugar, We're Goin Down" was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for 200,000 sales.[8]

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  4. ^ Rolling Stone Staff (June 28, 2018). "The 100 Greatest Songs of the Century – So Far". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 31, 2023. ["Sugar, We're Goin' Down"] helped make them unlikely arena-rock stars.
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  6. ^ Grein, Paul (February 12, 2013). "Chart Watch: 5 Reasons for Pharrell to Be "Happy"". Yahoo Music.
  7. ^ "American single certifications – Fall Out Boy – Goin' Down". Recording Industry Association of America.
  8. ^ "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original (To access, enter the search parameter "Fall Out Boy") on August 1, 2017. Retrieved November 3, 2013.

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