Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out

"Take Me Out" is a song by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand.

It was released as the second single from their eponymous debut studio album in the United Kingdom on 12 January 2004 and in the United States on 9 February, both through Domino Records. It was released as 7" vinyl, a CD single, and a DVD singlewith the music video and a short interview with the band.

Background and release

Franz Ferdinand formed in Glasgow in 2002 and wrote "Take Me Out" the following year.

The band attempted different arrangements before settling on a mid-song tempo change. Alex Kapranos said:

“The verses sounded better played a little bit faster and the chorus sounded better played a little slower and we could never quite work it out... I had this idea that we’re going to take all of the verses, put them at the beginning of the song, and then we’re going to slow it down and play all the choruses, which is kind of the wrong way to do it.”

The tempo changes were recorded live in the studio. Producer Tore Johansson said:

"there was no editing other than that we compiled the best take. We didn't do any tricks of, like, doing that on a separate take and then doing the rest of the track."

Johansson used multiple echo effects to achieve a

"marching, machiney, industrial feel... It's very organic, but we wanted it to sound like you're in a big workshop or something."

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by Jonas Odell. It includes the band in the midst of a Dadaist animation involving quirky vintage figures and machinery reminiscent of Terry Gilliam's cartoon segments for Monty Python. The video is a blend of the live action band superimposed into a 3D environment with animated 2D elements.

Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos described the video's influences as Dada, the films of Busby Berkeley, and Soviet propaganda, and praised Odell's direction. Kapranos commented:

Basically it's a pop video and it should entertain you, but not just once – there're certain things you stare at in life that is just fascinating to look at like a fish tank or an open fire, they're actually quite simple things but there's something fascinating about them. And I think pop videos should be like that too. There should be something there that just makes you want to come back and look at it.

Composition

"Take Me Out" is a song with features of indie rock and dance punk. Its first section is fast tempo guitar driven, followed by a slower second section with disco hi-hat patterns and snare drums.

Album

Franz Ferdinand è l'album di debutto della omonima band scozzese, pubblicato nel 2004.

Artist

I Franz Ferdinand sono un gruppo indie rock scozzese costituitosi a Glasgow nel 2002.

Dopo l'abbandono del chitarrista Nick McCarthy nel 2016, l'attuale formazione comprende Alex Kapranos (voce e chitarra), Bob Hardy (basso), Dino Bardot(chitarra), Julian Corrie (tastiere e cori) e Paul Thomson (batteria e cori).

Tra le band di spicco del cosiddetto post-punk revival, conobbero il successo nel 2004 con l'album di debutto, l'eponimo Franz Ferdinand, il cui singolo Take Me Out valse alla band la nomination come miglior performance rock ai Grammy Awards. La band ha piazzato vari singoli nella top 20 britannica, ottenuto varie candidature ai Grammy Awards e vinto due Brit Awards, come miglior gruppo britannico, e un NME Award.

So if you're lonely
You know I'm here
Waiting for you
I'm just a crosshair
I'm just a shot away from you

And if you leave here
You leave me broken
Shattered I lie
I'm just a crosshair
I'm just a shot then we can die

I know I won't be leaving here
With you

I say don't you know
You say you don't know
I say... take me out

I say you don't show
Don't move time is slow
I say... take me out

I say you don't know
You say you don't go
I say... take me out

If I move this could die
If eyes move this could die
I want you...to take me out

I know I won't be leaving here (with you) (x4)

I say don't you know?
You say you don't know
I say...take me out

If I wane, this can die
If I wane, this can die
I want you to take me out

If I move, this could die
If I move, this could die
Come on, take me out

I know I won't be leaving here (with you) (x3)

Quindi se sei sola
sai che sono qui
che ti aspetto
sono solo un reticolo
sono davvero poco distante da te

e se tu te ne vai da qui
mi lasci rotto,
distrutto me ne sto disteso
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sono davvero poco distante, poi possiamo anche morire

so che non lascerò questo posto
con te

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tu dici che non lo sai
io dico... portami via!

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io dico che tu non lo sai
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io dico... portami via!

Se muovo questo, potrei morire
se gli occhi si muovono, potrei morire
voglio che tu... mi porti via!

so che non lascerò questo posto con te (x4)

io dico, non lo sai?
tu dici che non lo sai
io dico... portami via!

se diminuisco, questo può morire
se diminuisco, questo può morire
voglio che tu mi porti via

se mi muovo, questo potrebbe morire
se mi muovo, questo potrebbe morire
dai, portami via

so che non lascerò questo posto con te (x3)