I had this idea that we’re going to take all of the verses, put them at the beginning of the song, and then we’re going to slow it down and play all the choruses, which is kind of the wrong way to do it." Recording Alex Kapranos said: "The verses sounded better played a little bit faster and the chorus sounded better played a little slower and we could never quite work it out. The band attempted different arrangements before settling on a mid-song tempo change. The call and answer guitar riff and vocal melody were inspired by blues musician Howlin' Wolf. Its first section is fast tempo guitar driven, with notes of a chord separated into individual notes, which was influenced by Giorgio Moroder, followed by a slower second section with disco hi-hat patterns and snare drums. "Take Me Out" has been described musically as post-punk revival, indie rock, dance-rock, garage rock, and art rock. Songwriter Alex Kapranos said the idea for the song's theme came from watching a snipers' duel in Enemy at the Gates and that "it felt like a very good metaphor for the kind of romantic situations that we sometimes find ourselves in". In July 2009, it was voted number 100 in Triple J's Hottest 100 of all time.įranz Ferdinand formed in Glasgow in 2002 and wrote "Take Me Out" the following year. 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. In November 2004, the single was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. It was a number-seven hit on the Canadian Singles Chart and also reached number one on the UK Indie Chart. In the U.S., it reached number three on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 66 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single reached number three in the UK Singles Chart. It was released as 7-inch vinyl, a CD single, and a DVD single with the music video and a short interview with the band. 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 12 April 2004, both through Domino Records. Amps were in boxes, but with doors open for spill/monitoring." Take Me Out" is a song by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand. They actually had old bass string boxes on the vocal mics, creating a sort of reflective surface so the singers could hear the vocals (they did vocals live but away from the drums - and I don't think there were room mics either, though I could be wrong there). Oh - and there was no headphones involved. Can't remember much about guitars etc, but nothing too out of the ordinary. Band tracked live, maybe the odd punch to fix a bass mistake or something, but that was about it. If anyone's interested, the kit on this track was recorded with 4 421s and nothing else! Kick (double length - 2 bass drums taped together), Snare, Hat and OH. I wasn't there for mixing, but I'd imagine it was further compressed then. Vocals on "Darts" were definitely a 58, probably through the EMI TG board or maybe a V76, and no doubt an 1176. Vocals were almost certainly recorded with a dynamic microphone - at one point Tore said to me "now we'll get a proper vocal mic, like SM58!". #Franz ferdinand take me out aceplla pro#Melodyne didn't even exist then.and I can't really see Tore Johannsen going for autotune either - hell, the first thing he did was put the pro tools rig into destructive record, the only time I've ever seen anyone do that. I didn't work on this track, but I assisted on "darts of pleasure" and it's 2 B-sides - FF actually signed to Domino during the session.
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