My Favorite Accident

{{infobox song

| name = My Favorite Accident

| cover = Motion City Soundtrack - My Favorite Accident cover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Motion City Soundtrack

| album = I Am the Movie

| released = 9 December 2003 (Europe)

| recorded = 2003

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Pop punk, emo

| length = 3:20

| label = Epitaph

| writer = Joshua Cain, Jesse Johnson, Matthew Taylor, Tony Thaxton, Justin Pierre

| producer = Ed Rose

| prev_title = The Future Freaks Me Out

| prev_year = 2003

| next_title = Everything Is Alright

| next_year = 2005

}}

"My Favorite Accident" is a song by the pop punk band Motion City Soundtrack. It features on their debut album, I Am the Movie and was released as their second single in Europe. This song was featured in the video game Burnout 3: Takedown,{{cite web|url=https://jalopnik.com/the-ipod-which-changed-how-we-listen-to-music-in-our-c-1848906102|title=The iPod, Which Changed How We Listen to Music in Our Cars Forever, Has Died|last=Ismail|first=Adam|website=Jalopnik|date=May 10, 2022|access-date=October 22, 2022}} and also featured in Tony Hawks Gigantic Skatepark Tour along with "The Future Freaks Me Out".

Formats and track listings

  • CD
  • # "My Favorite Accident" - 3:20
  • # "Boombox Generation" - 3:07

Music video

The video for "My Favorite Accident" was shot at Joshua Cain's brother's home on a very limited budget,{{cite web |url=http://www.alligator.org/edit/detours/issues/stories/030731jenn2.html |title=Independent Florida Alligator - DETOURS |accessdate=2007-05-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312014724/http://www.alligator.org/edit/detours/issues/stories/030731jenn2.html |archivedate=2007-03-12 }} and has been noted for "poking fun at your usual music video relationship". The video features frontman Justin Pierre going through a rough patch in his relationship with a large pink bunny rabbit. It also includes the band's moog player, Jesse Johnson, doing his now famous "moogstand", where he does a handstand on his moog synthesizer.

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