"Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)" is a song by American Rock music, rock band Fall Out Boy, released on January 11, 2018, through Island Records and Decaydance, DCD2. It was released as the fifth single from their seventh studio album, ''Mania (Fall Out Boy album), Mania''. A music video was released with the single.

Composition

Sophie Trenear of ''The Edge'' described the song as having a "steadfast pop-punk chorus, while Jake Richardson of ''Loudwire'' called the song a "modern Emo pop, emo-pop number". Sarah Beckford of ''Reflektor'' noted that "Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)" is "on the lighter Pop rock, pop-rock side" of ''Mania''. The song bears a resemblance to The Clash's song "Straight to Hell (The Clash song), Straight to Hell", as well as British rapper M.I.A. (rapper), M.I.A.'s song "Paper Planes (M.I.A. song), Paper Planes".

Promotion

TV performances

The band performed the song live on ''Good Morning America'' on January 22, 2018, along with "Hold Me Tight or Don't", another single from ''Mania''. On April 17, 2018, the band performed the song on ''The Late Late Show with James Corden'' in promotion for the Mania Tour.

Music video

The music video, directed by Jason Lester, was released to Fall Out Boy's Vevo channel on the same day the song was released. It portrays a parody of an infomercial, with the members of Fall Out Boy playing the song and auctioning off items from their past, such as the severed hand from ''the Young Blood Chronicles'' musical film. A phone number appears several times in the video. When called, the number allows you to fake "buy" the items on the video.

Reception

Despite the Mania (Fall Out Boy album)#Critical reception, mixed reception of ''Mania'', "Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)" received positive reviews from critics. Anna Gaca of ''Spin (magazine), Spin'' called it the best song on ''Mania'', while feeling it was reminiscent of "The Kids Aren't Alright (Fall Out Boy song), The Kids Aren't Alright" from ''American Beauty/American Psycho''. Miles Ricketts of ''Varsity'', in a negative review of ''Mania'', felt that the song was "a comforting reminder" of the band's potential, while praising vocalist Patrick Stump's performance.

Track listing

Personnel

Fall Out Boy * Patrick Stump – vocals, rhythm guitar, songwriting, production * Pete Wentz – bass guitar, songwriting, production * Joe Trohman – lead guitar, songwriting, production * Andy Hurley – drums, percussion, songwriting, production Production * Dave Sardy - production * James Monti - engineer * David Anderson - assistant engineer * Geoff Neal - assistant engineer * Neal Avron - mixing engineer * Cameron Barton - additional engineering

Charts

References

{{Fall Out Boy 2018 singles 2018 songs Fall Out Boy songs Island Records singles Songs written by Andy Hurley Songs written by Joe Trohman Songs written by Patrick Stump Songs written by Pete Wentz