Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy

"Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy"
Single by Fall Out Boy
from the album Take This to Your Grave
ReleasedAugust 4, 2003
October 27, 2003 (UK)
Recorded2003
Genre
Length3:12
LabelFueled by Ramen
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
  • Pete Wentz
  • Patrick Stump
Producer(s)Sean O'Keefe
Fall Out Boy singles chronology
"Dead on Arrival"
(2003) 		"Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy"
(2003) 		"Saturday"
(2003)

"Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy" is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy and the second single (first in the UK) released from their 2003 album, Take This to Your Grave. The breakthrough mainstream success that the band received with their follow-up album From Under the Cork Tree (2005) strengthened the song's popularity and helped it reach No. 84 on the now-defunct US Billboard Pop 100 chart.[2] It has also drawn in a large amount of digital downloads.

The single was released on yellow vinyl and on a split with UK band My Awesome Compilation. An acoustic version of the song was released on the 2004 EP My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue, and a new dance remix (Millennium version) of the song was included in the 2005 re-release of Take This to Your Grave: Director's Cut.

The lyrics deal with jealousy and unrequited love.[3] Both Patrick Stump and Pete Wentz disliked "Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy" during the recording process; Stump particularly disliked the a cappella opening, which was producer Sean O'Keefe's idea.[4] The title of the song was taken, without permission,[5] from a Braid song, and subsequently, the name of the record label started by Braid members, Roy Ewing and Todd Bell.

"Grand Theft Autumn" was referenced, among many other Fall Out Boy songs, on their 2008 album Folie à Deux track "What a Catch, Donnie", featuring Gabe Saporta of Cobra Starship and Midtown singing the chorus of the song. The song remains a Fall Out Boy concert staple.[6]

  1. ^ Rose, Ethan. "Best Early 2000s Pop Punk Songs". Rant Hollywood. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  2. ^ Allmusic Fall Out Boy Charts and Awards: Billboard Singles Allmusic.com. Retrieved August 2, 2011.
  3. ^ Mervis, Jake (July 18, 2003). "Fall Out Boy: Take This to Your Grave Review". Orlando Sentinel. Howard Greenberg. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
  4. ^ Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz (2004). Take This to Your Grave: The Directors Cut (Enhanced CD).
  5. ^ Matt Pryor (2013-02-07). "Nothing To Write Home About". ntwha.com (Podcast). Matt Pryor. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
  6. ^ "Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy by Fall Out Boy Song Statistics | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 2024-09-24.