Hands Down (song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Hands Down

| cover = dashboard_confessional_hands_down.png

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Dashboard Confessional

| album = A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar

| released = July 15, 2003

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = {{hlist|

| Emo{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/tanyachen/nonsensical-emo-lyrics-you-still-tried-to-relate-to#.hsdKKo7ZP|title=28 WTF Emo Lyrics You Still Tried To Relate To|work=BuzzFeed|accessdate=April 4, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-emo-songs.html |title=The 100 Greatest Emo Songs of All Time |website=Vulture.com |publisher=Vox Media |author1=Ian Cohen |author2=David Anthony |author3=Nina Corcoran |author4=Emma Garland |author5=Brad Nelson |date=February 13, 2020 |accessdate=July 19, 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://supplements.thephoenix.com/supplements/2012/emo/top/?page=6|title= Top 100 Emo Songs of All Time|work=The Boston Phoenix|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150324180633/http://supplements.thephoenix.com/supplements/2012/emo/top/?page=6|access-date= October 25, 2021|archive-date= 2015-03-24}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.altpress.com/upbeat-emo-songs-2000s/|title=10 emo songs from the 2000s that sounded surprisingly upbeat|magazine=Alternative Press|author=Alex Darus|date=December 18, 2020|access-date=July 19, 2024}}

| alternative rock{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hands-down-mw0000389542|title= Dashboard Confessional - Hands Down|work= AllMusic|accessdate= August 5, 2020}}}}

| length = 3:06

| label = Vagrant Records

| writer = Chris Carrabba

| producer =

| prev_title = Saints and Sailors

| prev_year = 2002

| next_title = Rapid Hope Loss

| next_year = 2004

}}

"Hands Down" is a song by Dashboard Confessional that was originally recorded for the acoustic So Impossible EP in 2001, which told the story of a date that Chris Carrabba had in his late teens/early twenties. It was later re-recorded and released as the lead single for the LP A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar in 2003 with a full band. Carrabba has said that this song is about the best day and date that he's ever had, and introduces it as such at concerts. "Hands Down" was released to radio on July 15, 2003.{{cite web|url=http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16771|title=FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock|publisher=Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated|accessdate=October 30, 2016|archive-date=March 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322142732/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16771|url-status=dead}}