![]() "Weird Al" Yankovic used a portion of the song for the polka medley "Polkarama!", from his 2006 album Straight Outta Lynwood. Finger Eleven are known for playing "Take Me Out" live, usually in a medley of their "Paralyzer", Led Zeppelin's "Trampled Under Foot" and Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2". Biffy Clyro also recorded a very different take for Zane Lowe's show. The Magic Numbers and Guillemots both covered the song for BBC Radio 1's The Jo Whiley Show. In Australia, the song received substantial airplay and was ranked number 44 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004 while the original version was ranked number one. The song was covered by the Scissor Sisters in 2004 on the B-side to their single "Mary" and "Filthy/Gorgeous". This version of the song appeared as a B-side to the exclusive fan club release of "Swallow, Smile". In 2006, an acoustic version of "Take Me Out" was recorded in Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States. Rolling Stone magazine ranked "Take Me Out" number 327 in the 2010 version of its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Pitchfork ranked the song number 44 of its top 500 tracks of the 2000s. In October 2011, NME placed it at number 27 on its list of 150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years. In May 2007, NME magazine placed "Take Me Out" on number 16 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever, whereas MTV2 placed it on number 7 in its version of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever, which was loosely based on NME 's list. Q made another list for its television channel, also named Q, of 100 greatest Indie Anthems, where "Take Me Out" featured on number 6. In September 2005, the same magazine named it the 34th greatest track ever performed by a British band. In March 2005, Q magazine placed "Take Me Out" at number 41 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. Drowned in Sound called it: "a work of sheer clanging wonder" The song received high critical acclaim upon its release in January 2004. ![]() There should be something there that just makes you want to come back and look at it. And I think pop videos should be like that too. Kapranos commented:īasically 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. 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. The video is a blend of the live action band superimposed into a 3D environment with animated 2D elements. 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 music video for the song was directed by Jonas Odell. It's very organic, but we wanted it to sound like you're in a big workshop or something." Music video 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. Producer Tore Johansson said: "there was no editing other than that we compiled the best take. 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. 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. The band attempted different arrangements before settling on a mid-song tempo change. ![]() Franz Ferdinand formed in Glasgow in 2002 and wrote "Take Me Out" the following year. ![]()
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