THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

747-Franz Ferdinand-Take Me Out.

2004-Number 3 single.

Best Bit-At 0.55.The bit which hits you like a Glasgow kiss.

Franz Ferdinand were formed in Glasgow in 2002 by Alex Kapranos (lead vocals, lead guitar, keyboards,) Nick McCarthy (rhythm guitar,) Bob Hardy (bass,) and Paul Thomson (drums,) McCarthy left in 2016, with Julian Corrie (keyboards,) and Dino Bardot (rhythm guitar,) both joining in 2017.

After seeing the racehorse ‘Archduke Ferdinand’ in action on television, it got the band members discussing it’s namesake,the ‘Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria,’ whose assassination in 1914 was one of the main events leading up to the outbreak of World War 1. Their thinking was that his death had left a significant mark in history, and the bands goal was to leave a significant mark in music’s history.

‘Take Me Out’ is taken from Franz Ferdinand’s self titled debut Album from 2004, it won the ‘Mercury Music Prize’ for that year. Since it’s release it has sold in excess of 3.6 million copies worldwide, including over 1.27 million copies in the UK. ‘Take Me Out’ appears to continue the theme of assassination, comparing lovers to snipers aiming at each other.Alex Kapranos told the ‘New Musical Express,’It’s about how you’d rather be shot, than continue the tension.’

‘I say don’t you know, you say you don’t know, I say take me out.’