Fall Out Boy - Dance, Dance

Mix by Stacy Mier / Ultimix

Original Source Material: Tommy Sunshine Mix

Fall Out Boy is an American emo / pop punk band from the suburbs of Chicago , Illinois that formed in 2001 . While still unnamed, the band asked the audience at a show what their band should be called, and an audience member yelled out "Fall Out Boy." This is the name of superhero Radioactive Man 's sidekick Fallout Boy , on the animated TV show The Simpsons . At the time, the band was unaware of the character.

The band landed its first success in 2003 with the album Take This to Your Grave , released on Fueled By Ramen , with singles such as "Grand Theft Autumn (Where Is Your Boy?)" and "Saturday," receiving airplay on FUSE and mtvU . That same year, they signed with Island Records , and on May 3 , 2005 , released their major label debut From Under The Cork Tree , which debuted on the Billboard charts at #9, selling over 70,000 copies in its first week. Their breakout single " Sugar, We're Goin' Down ," peaked at #8 on the Billboard " Hot 100 " charts, and reached #1 on MTV 's TRL , where the video was retired. The video also won the MTV2 Award at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards . The band was nominated for " Best New Artist " at the 2006 Grammy Awards , but lost to John Legend .

Fall Out Boy have had a number of their tracks, including "Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner" and "Dance, Dance" performed by the Angry String Orchestra on the album String Quartet Tribute to Fall Out Boy .

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