MakeDamnSure
{{Infobox song
| name = MakeDamnSure
| cover = taking back sunday makedamnsure.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Taking Back Sunday
| album = Louder Now
| released = March 14, 2006
| recorded = 2005
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{flatlist|
- Pop-punk{{cite web|url=http://thoughtcatalog.com/lance-pauker/2014/01/49-phenomenally-angsty-pop-punk-songs-from-the-2000s-you-forgot-existed/|title=49 Phenomenally Angsty Pop-Punk Songs From The 2000s You Forgot Existed|work=Thought Catalog|author=Pauker, Lance |date=January 22, 2014|access-date=June 12, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-taking-back-sunday-songs/amp/|title=Best Taking Back Sunday Songs: 15 Pop Punk Essenstials|work=uDiscoverMusic|author=Corcoran, Nina|date=September 22, 2021|accessdate=December 15, 2021}}
- emo{{cite web|url=http://supplements.thephoenix.com/supplements/2012/emo/top/?page=10|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=10|access-date= August 5, 2020|archive-date= 2015-03-24}}{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2022/02/best-emo-love-songs|title=The 40 Best Emo Love Songs|work=SPIN |accessdate=December 12, 2024}}}}
| length = 3:32
| label = Warner Bros.
| writer = Adam Lazzara, Fred Mascherino, Mark O'Connell, Eddie Reyes, Matt Rubano
| producer = Eric Valentine
| prev_title = This Photograph Is Proof (I Know You Know)
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = Twenty-Twenty Surgery
| next_year = 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16771 |title=FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock |publisher=Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated |access-date=October 30, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322142732/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16771 |archive-date=March 22, 2013 }} 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".[https://web.archive.org/web/20061214083443/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/12769472/the_100_best_songs_of_2006/6 The 100 Best Songs of 2006 : Rolling Stone]
Music video
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|date=January 2018}}
Track listing
CD Single / UK CD # 1:
- "MakeDamnSure" - 3:32
- "Sleep" - 3:20
7" Vinyl:
- "MakeDamnSure"
- "Sleep"
Enhanced CD / UK CD # 2:
- "MakeDamnSure" - 3:33
- "What's It Feel like to be a Ghost?" (Live) - 3:50
- "Error: Operator" (Live) - 3:03
- "MakeDamnSure" (Video) - 3:29
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2006)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{singlechart|Scotland|28|date=20060827|accessdate=3 February 2021|rowheader=true}} |
| {{singlechart|UK|36|date=2006-06-03|accessdate=September 25, 2015|refname=UK|rowheader=true}} |
| {{singlechart|UKrock|1|date=20060604|accessdate=3 February 2021|rowheader=true}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|48|artist=Taking Back Sunday|accessdate=September 25, 2015|refname=US|rowheader=true}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardalternativesongs|8|artist=Taking Back Sunday|accessdate=September 25, 2015|rowheader=true}} |
References
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Category:Music videos directed by Marc Klasfeld
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