Thnks fr th Mmrs

"Thnks fr th Mmrs"
Song

"Thnks fr th Mmrs" (pronounced 'thanks for the memories') is a 2007 single released by the Chicago band Fall Out Boy. It is featured on their 2007 release Infinity on High. The song, according to bassist Pete Wentz in an interview with Kerrang!, refers to a romantic relationship in which the initial sentiments have perished, but both lovers continue to "sleep with each other" to appease their physical and mental desires. The title, "Thnks fr th Mmrs" is the words 'thanks for the memories' with vowels removed, much like it would be written as part of a text message. Another reason for the song title's lack of vowels comes as joking nod at Fall Out Boy by the record company to shorten their often verbose song titles. The song features Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds on mandolin and The Movement Orchestra Strings. The song was featured as the theme song on a single episode of VH1's Best Week Ever. The chorus of the song contains the line, "He tastes like you, only sweeter", a line from the 2004 film Closer.

Track listings

UK 7" vinyl Thnks fr th Mmrs" Our Lawyer Made Us Change the Name of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued" (Live from Hammersmith Palais

UK / Australia CD single Thnks fr th Mmrs" - 3:24

1. "[[Thriller (Fall Out Boy song)|Thriller] (Live from Hammersmith Palais) - 3:35
2. "Dance, Dance (Live from Hammersmith Palais) - 100:17

New Zealand CD single

1. "Thnks fr th Mmrs" - 3:24
2. "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race (Kanye West remix)" - 4:03

Music video

The band finished shooting the video for the single on February 27, as reported by their blog. Pete Wentz said, "I think this one is going to completely blow "Arms Race" out of the water. The concept is insane. I'll leave it at that."[1] Although the announced release date for the video was originally March 20, it was reported on the Fall Out Boy website that the video would premiere around the world on the band's website on March 23. The video premiered around 11:00 p.m. EST.

The video centers around the band recording a video for "Thnks fr th Mmrs" with chimpanzees directing and producing the video. The chimpanzees do not seem to enjoy working with the band. There are several takes and temper tantrums, including the director chimpanzee saying that the band is "wack" and that he should've gotten Panic! at the Disco (another Fueled by Ramen artist). The video ends with Wentz destroying the set, smashing a large B from a 'FOB' sign, leaving behind 'FO', which in internet terminology means "Fuck off." Kim Kardashian plays Wentz's love interest in the video, later becoming more affectionate towards the directing monkey which causes Wentz's final tantrum. She was also used in the film clip in relation to the lyrics "collecting page six lovers".

The video has been criticised for having too much product placement, instigating claims that the band has "sold out". [2] [3] However, in the version of the video featured on television, some of the corporate labels are taken out, such as those of TAG Body Spray and Nokia although the Chevrolet Tahoe and the Black Nokia 5300 XpressMusic cell phone are still featured fairly prominently. TAG Body Spray assisted Fall Out Boy in providing an iPod version and full screen QuickTime version of the video free to visitors to the site.

The music video for "Thnks fr th Mmrs" was the best request on MTV's Total Request Live as of April 23, 2007and as of June 21, the video retired at #9. On the Total Request Live version of the video, Wentz says "The guy's a visionary", whereas he says "The guy's a fucking visionary" in the unedited version. The video is very popular on YouTube, having received well over 11,951,000 views.

There is a scene of Pete Wentz talking on his cell phone which mirrors an identical scene in the music video to The Academy Is...'s "We've Got a Big Mess on Our Hands". The same Nokia phone is used in "Thnks fr th Mmrs", "We've Got a Big Mess on Our Hands", and the previous Fall Out Boy video for "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race".

Local edits

In the Philippines, there are 2 versions of the video. The first one is the American edited version and the second one in which the monkey dialogues are written in Tagalog and instead of Panic! at the Disco, the dialogue says that they should have gotten Chicosci but the monkey texting scene is still in English.

This version is usually shown on Myx.

Charts

The song peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100, nine places lower than previous single "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race", which made #2.

In the UK, it peaked at #12, making it another Top 20 hit for the band there. In New Zealand, the song made #13. In Australia, its peak was #5 and in Ireland it charted at #17. The song's highest chart placing came in the Phillippines, where it hit #2.

The song also hit the Modern Rock Tracks chart in the US, where it charted at #19.

Chart (2007)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	19
UK Singles Chart	12
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	13
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	11
MYX Hit Chart Philippines	2
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	5
Irish Singles Chart	17
United World Chart	18
Czech IFPI Chart	74
Venezuelan Charts	3

External links

• Official blog announcement
• Track listing
• Watch "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs" on Youtube
• Listen to "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs" on AOL Music