Dear Future Self (Hands Up)
{{Infobox song
| name = Dear Future Self (Hands Up)
| cover = Dear Future Self (Hands Up).jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Fall Out Boy featuring Wyclef Jean
| album = Greatest Hits: Believers Never Die – Volume Two
| released = {{Start date|2019|09|10}}
| recorded = 2019
| studio = Nervous Breakdance Studios
(Studio City, California)
The Rate Cave and the Rib Cage
(Los Angeles, California)
| genre = {{flatlist|
}}
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=51}}
| label = * Island
| writer = {{hlist|Andy Hurley|Pete Wentz|Patrick Stump|Joe Trohman|Wyclef Jean|Jens Siverstedt|Jonas Wallin|Noonie Bao}}
| producer = {{hlist|Wyclef Jean|Jens Siverstedt|Patrick Stump|Suzy Shinn (co.)}}
| chronology = Fall Out Boy
| prev_title = I've Been Waiting
| prev_year = 2019
| next_title = Bob Dylan
| next_year = 2019
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Wyclef Jean
| type = singles
| prev_title = Mystery
| prev_year = 2018
| title = Dear Future Self (Hands Up)
| year = 2019
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|C20GmQbxBLM|"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.
Background
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.{{Cite web|url=https://falloutboy.com/|title=Fall Out Boy|website=Fall Out Boy}} 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.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/green-day-weezer-fall-out-boy-2020-hella-mega-tour-882156/|title=Green Day, Weezer, Fall Out Boy Announce 2020 'Hella Mega' Stadium Tour|magazine=Rolling Stone |date=September 10, 2019}}
Composition
"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:{{Cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/fall-out-boy-release-new-single-dear-future-self-hands-up-featuring-wyclef-jean/|title=Fall Out Boy Release New Single, Dear Future Self (Hands Up), Featuring Wyclef Jean|website=Kerrang!|date=10 September 2019 }}
{{blockquote|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".{{Cite web|first=Aaron|last=Grech|url= https://music.mxdwn.com/2019/09/10/news/fall-out-boy-and-wyclef-jean-close-out-the-summer-with-experimental-ice-cream-themed-video-for-dear-future-self-hands-up/amp/|work=MXDWN|title=Fall Out Boy and Wyclef Jean Close Out the Summer with Experimental Ice Cream Themed Video for "Dear Future Self (Hands Up)"|date=10 September 2019 |accessdate=February 5, 2023|quote=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.}}
Credits and personnel
Fall Out Boy
- Patrick Stump – lead vocals, lead guitar, programming, production, composing
- Pete Wentz – bass guitar, composing
- Joe Trohman – lead guitar, composing, vocals
- Andy Hurley – drums, percussion, composing, vocals
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
=Weekly charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{single chart|Billboardrocksongs|13|artist=Fall Out Boy|rowheader=true|access-date=September 17, 2019}} |
=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Position |
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| scope="row"| US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/hot-rock-songs|title=Hot Rock Songs – Year-End 2019|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 12, 2019}}
| 100 |
References
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Category:Island Records singles
Category:Songs written by Patrick Stump
Category:Songs written by Pete Wentz
Category:Songs written by Andy Hurley
Category:Songs written by Joe Trohman
Category:Songs written by Noonie Bao