Famous Last Words (My Chemical Romance song)
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| Single by My Chemical Romance | ||||||||
| from the album The Black Parade | ||||||||
| B-side | "My Way Home Is Through You" "Kill All Your Friends" |
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| Released | January 22, 2007 | |||||||
| Format | 7" vinyl, CD, digital download | |||||||
| Recorded | February 2006 | |||||||
| Length | 4:59 (album version) 4:18 (alternate version) |
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| Label | Reprise | |||||||
| Writer(s) | My Chemical Romance | |||||||
| Producer(s) | Rob Cavallo, My Chemical Romance | |||||||
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"Famous Last Words" is a song by American rock band My Chemical Romance. It was released as the band's second single on January 22, 2007 from their third studio album, The Black Parade. It is also the band's ninth overall single. The music video premiered on December 12, 2006 on MTV2 and on December 13, 2006 on the Much Music program, and on MuchOnDemand in Canada.
In the United Kingdom and other territories, the single was released as a two-part square shaped vinyl picture disc. Part one came in a gatefold stickered clear sleeve, with a space to 'slot' part two into.
"Famous Last Words" was released to radio on January 9, 2007. The video was officially premiered in the United States on the January 11 episode of Total Request Live, and debuted on the countdown the following Tuesday at No. 5, the band's highest TRL debut for a video. It went on to become their third No. 1 video on the countdown (following "Helena" and "The Ghost of You"). On March 26, 2007, the video retired at No. 5 on TRL. On March 12, 2007, they performed the song on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. It was made available for download for the video game Guitar Hero II for the Xbox 360 on August 15, 2007, along with "Teenagers", and "This Is How I Disappear"; included with the game already was the song "Dead!".
The official video for "Famous Last Words" was directed by Samuel Bayer and was filmed before the band had even named the song. The music video shows the Black Parade float that the band performed on in "Welcome to the Black Parade" burning and destroyed. The rest of the background is scattered with burning props from the "Welcome to the Black Parade" video, and fire is seen all around. All followers of The Black Parade have abandoned the band, and they appear to be in a desperate state. Lead singer Gerard Way looks particularly rough, and he seems be dying or extremely ill because of the makeup he is wearing, especially around his eyes. This makeup is similar to that worn by The Patient in the "Welcome to the Black Parade" video. Way adopts a wide-eyed, insane-looking facial expression. In some parts of the video, he can be seen wearing a mask with a skull design on it. The band's condition deteriorates as the song goes on until they revert to thrashing around in the dirt while performing. At the end of the video, they drop their instruments and run away from the burning float.
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