Pretty Handsome Awkward

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"Pretty Handsome Awkward"
Single by The Used
from the album Lies for the Liars and Transformers: The Album
Released	September 10, 2007
Recorded	2007
Genre	Screamo post-hardcore alternative metal
Length	3:32
Label	Reprise
Songwriter(s)	Quinn Allman Jeph Howard Bert McCracken
Producer(s)	John Feldmann
The Used singles chronology
"The Bird and the Worm" (2007) "Pretty Handsome Awkward" (2007) "Blood on My Hands" (2009)

"Pretty Handsome Awkward" is the second single from the Used's third studio album, Lies for the Liars. The song was released to US alternative radio on August 21, 2007^[1] and released to UK radio on September 3.^[2] The song is perhaps best known for being played during a chase scene in Michael Bay's film Transformers and is also featured on the soundtrack^[3] as well as a downloadable track on Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.^[4] The single peaked at No. 37 on the US Alternative Airplay. It was rumored that the track was written about My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way, but Bert McCracken said that this is not true.^[5] In 2019, while performing at the Rockstar Disrupt Festival, Bert confirmed the song was about Way.^{[citation needed]}