MakeDamnSure

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"MakeDamnSure"
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Single by Taking Back Sunday
from the album Louder Now
ReleasedMarch 14, 2006
Recorded2005
Genre
Length3:32
LabelWarner Bros.
SongwritersAdam Lazzara, Fred Mascherino, Mark O'Connell, Eddie Reyes, Matt Rubano [5]
ProducerEric Valentine
Taking Back Sunday singles chronology
"This Photograph Is Proof (I Know You Know)"
(2005)
"MakeDamnSure"
(2006)
"Twenty-Twenty Surgery"
(2006)

"MakeDamnSure" (originally titled "You're So Cool") is a song by American rock band Taking Back Sunday. It was released as the first single from their third album, Louder Now. "MakeDamnSure" was released to radio on March 14, 2006.[6] It has experienced much more success than the band's other singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and Alternative Songs chart. It is their most successful single to date, peaking at number 48 on the Hot 100 and number 8 on the Alternative charts.

The song ranked at number 52 on Rolling Stone's "The 100 Best Songs of 2006".[7]

Music video

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The music video for the song "MakeDamnSure" (directed by Marc Klasfeld) switches between scenes of the band playing in a wind tunnel and scenes of violence and destruction (such as a car crashing from a cliff, or bombs exploding in a village). The wind in the tunnel gradually increases, and when the loud chorus part repeats for the last time, it almost blows them away. As the song slows down, the violent images are replayed, but this time, they are transformed into a short scene considered to be happy, i.e. the scene of the police officers using fire hoses on protesters turns into a scene of a woman watering her plants, and the Cincinnati Reds' former stadium being demolished turns into a shore view. The video ends as Adam Lazzara, who's viewed singing in profile, slowly turns into a boy, who blows on the microphone, which has turned into a dandelion, whose seeds blow away, and then starts running in an open field, as the camera pans upwards and the video fades away.

The video was premiered on MTV2 on April 3, 2006.[citation needed]

Track listing

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CD Single / UK CD # 1:

  1. "MakeDamnSure" - 3:32
  2. "Sleep" - 3:20

7" Vinyl:

  1. "MakeDamnSure"
  2. "Sleep"

Enhanced CD / UK CD # 2:

  1. "MakeDamnSure" - 3:33
  2. "What's It Feel like to be a Ghost?" (Live) - 3:50
  3. "Error: Operator" (Live) - 3:03
  4. "MakeDamnSure" (Video) - 3:29

Charts

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References

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  9. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
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  11. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
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  13. ^ "Taking Back Sunday Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
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