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and the fourth single from their third studio album ''

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'' (2007). The song impacted radio on August 7, 2007. The music composition was inspired by vocalist and guitarist

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's love of

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"; the lyrics were penned by bassist

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. The song's title is a reference to

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's 2001 song "

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". The single found its greatest success in Australia, peaking at No. 17 on the singles chart there and finishing at No. 90 on the year-end chart. It was also released as a

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in several countries, including the UK. The song's music video won a Canadian

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Music

For the music, vocalist/guitarist

undertook his usual role as the band's primary composer.

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." I wanted to do the same with "The Take Over.” Classic Rock? Yeah, sure, I guess it is." --Patrick Stump, on the song's style.

Chart performance

In Australia, the song peaked at No. 17 on the

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, becoming the third consecutive top-20 single from ''Infinity on High'' in that region. It finished at No. 90 on the year-end singles charts in Australia. Despite spending six weeks in the UK Top 75, ""The Take Over, the Breaks Over"" became the band's first single to fail to chart in the UK Top 40 since all the singles from Fall Out Boy's 2003 ''

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'' album failed; it peaked at No. 48 in the UK Singles Chart on July 8, 2007. It dropped down to No. 56 the following week before rising again to No. 48 during its third week. The song reached No. 30 in New Zealand.

Music video

Technical information

Alan Ferguson directed the music video for the song, having worked with the band previously. Sheira Rees-Davies and Luke Joerger handled production duties. Post production and VFX work was done by Jeff Spangler. The music video is shot in

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and was filmed in one day.

Plot

The video begins with Hemingway (Pete's dog), who is lying with Pete on his couch. The camera zooms into his mind (which, as it is doing so, is set to some of Fall Out Boy's earlier songs such as "

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(from The Naked Brothers Band) is posing as Pete with Hemingway, as if being a younger Wentz. Then the band is performing the song. As they sing the chorus, strange things begin to happen such as Patrick growing a steak body and a cat head, along with breakdancing mailmen and cat ladies appearing (including dancer Olivia Cipolla). Through the guitar solo, an angry mob appears and blames the band for changing (a reference to the band's changing genre from a more punk rock sound to a more pop rock/pop-punk sound as stated on many blogs and fan sites on the web) and they start throwing objects at the band and harassing them. Hemingway then comes in and tells the mob "Give the boys a break. Everybody changes. I mean, look at me, I used to be tiny." The fans then agree and the band continues to play as the fans, the breakdancing mailmen and cat ladies all dance along to have a party. Suddenly, the dance ends when Pete falls over, knocking Hemingway out of his dream and causing him to jump off the couch and end the video.

Track listings

All lyrics were written by

. All music was composed by

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Take Over the Breaks Over, The 2007 singles 2007 songs Fall Out Boy songs Island Records singles Mercury Records singles Music videos directed by Alan Ferguson (director) Song recordings produced by Neal Avron Songs written by Patrick Stump Songs written by Pete Wentz