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Dear Future Self (Hands Up)

"Dear Future Self (Hands Up)" is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy featuring Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean. It was released on September 10, 2019, on DCD2 and Island Records as a single from their compilation album, Greatest Hits: Believers Never Die – Volume Two.

"Dear Future Self (Hands Up)"
Single by Fall Out Boy featuring Wyclef Jean
from the album Greatest Hits: Believers Never Die – Volume Two
ReleasedSeptember 10, 2019 (2019-09-10)
Recorded2019
StudioNervous Breakdance Studios
(Studio City, California)
The Rate Cave and the Rib Cage
(Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length2:51
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Fall Out Boy singles chronology
"I've Been Waiting"
(2019) 		"Dear Future Self (Hands Up)"
(2019) 		"Bob Dylan"
(2019)
Wyclef Jean singles chronology
"Mystery"
(2018) 		"Dear Future Self (Hands Up)"
(2019)
Music video
"Dear Future Self (Hands Up)" on YouTube

Background

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In October 2009, Fall Out Boy announced their first greatest hits album, Believers Never Die – Greatest Hits. The compilation album was released on November 17, 2009. Nearly ten years after the release of the album, the band announced Believers Never Die Volume Two – Greatest Hits, with a scheduled release date of November 15, 2019.[1] The announcement coincided with the Hella Mega Tour announcement, a concert tour that took place from July 2021 to July 2022 with American rock bands Green Day and Weezer, in Europe and the United States.[2]

Composition

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"Dear Future Self (Hands Up)" was written by Fall Out Boy, Wyclef Jean, Jens Siverstedt, Jonas Wallin, and Noonie Bao. The chorus samples "Hands Up" by Inna. The track has a runtime of 2 minutes and 51 seconds. In an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music's radio station Beats 1, Pete Wentz spoke about the composition of the song:[3]

I think we've always been big fans of Fugees and Wyclef. He's got an incredible sense of melody that's kind of out there. It's like you can tell it's a mix from all over kind of the globe, which is cool, and super inspired by seeing my kids and that they just listen to song, to song, to song, to song and it's going from Queen to Lil Uzi to you know...

Aaron Grech of MXDWN described the song as blending "elements of Fall Out Boy's pop punk style, mixed in with eclectic dance hall inspired rhythms", while overall labeling "Dear Future Self (Hands Up)" as a "summer pop song".[4]

Credits and personnel

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Fall Out Boy

Additional personnel

  • Wyclef Jean – featured artist, composing, production, vocals
  • Suzy Shinn – co-producer, recording engineer, backing vocals
  • Jens Siverstedt – production, composing
  • Wesley Seidman – recording engineer
  • Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing engineer
  • Michael Freeman – assistant engineer
  • Noonie Bao – additional vocals, composing
  • Randy Merrill – mastering engineer

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (2019) Peak
position
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[5] 13

Year-end charts

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Chart (2019) Position
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[6] 100

References

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  1. ^ "Fall Out Boy". Fall Out Boy.
  2. ^ "Green Day, Weezer, Fall Out Boy Announce 2020 'Hella Mega' Stadium Tour". Rolling Stone. September 10, 2019.
  3. ^ "Fall Out Boy Release New Single, Dear Future Self (Hands Up), Featuring Wyclef Jean". Kerrang!. 10 September 2019.
  4. ^ Grech, Aaron (10 September 2019). "Fall Out Boy and Wyclef Jean Close Out the Summer with Experimental Ice Cream Themed Video for "Dear Future Self (Hands Up)"". MXDWN. Retrieved February 5, 2023. The track blends elements of Fall Out Boys pop punk style, mixed in with eclectic dance hall inspired rhythms, that make this sound like a summer pop song.
  5. ^ "Fall Out Boy Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  6. ^ "Hot Rock Songs – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
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