Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump dissects ‘Sugar, We’re Goin Down’ on ’Song Exploder’

Fall Out Boy singer Patrick Stump dives deep into the creation of “Sugar, We’re Goin Down” on the latest episode of the Song Exploder podcast.

During the conversation, Stump explains how Fall Out Boy first got together, and how the songwriting relationship between him and bassist Pete Wentz, in which they separate writing the music and the lyrics, respectively, developed.

In between that, you’ll hear the original verse written for “Sugar” that was ultimately cut, as well as the isolated vocal and instrumental tracks from when the song was officially recorded.

“Sugar, We’re Goin Down” was released as the lead single off Fall Out Boy’s mainstream breakout album, 2005’s From Under the Cork Tree, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in May. The song has been certified eight-times Platinum by the RIAA, while the album as a whole has gone double-Platinum.