"Screaming Infidelities" | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ||||
Single by Dashboard Confessional | ||||
from the album The Swiss Army Romance and The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most | ||||
Released | January 15, 2002 | |||
Genre | Emo, [1] [2] indie rock, acoustic rock | |||
Length | 3:33 (original); 3:46 (reworked version) | |||
Label | Vagrant | |||
Songwriter(s) | Chris Carrabba | |||
Producer(s) | James Paul Wisner | |||
Dashboard Confessional singles chronology | ||||
|
"Screaming Infidelities" is the first single from Dashboard Confessional's 2001 album The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most . The song was written by lead singer Chris Carrabba. It was originally recorded for the band's 2000 debut album, The Swiss Army Romance .
A live version of the song appears on the band's 2002 MTV Unplugged 2.0 album. The song was also featured in the 2002 MTV movie, Wasted. [3]
"Screaming Infidelities" is considered the band's breakout single. [4] The song peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart in May 2002.
A music video for the song was released in 2002 and was directed by Maureen Egan and Matthew Barry. [5] [6] The video won the MTV2 award at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards, beating out Norah Jones, the Strokes, Musiq Soulchild, the Hives, and Nappy Roots. [7] Carrabba said that winning the award ranked among his biggest accomplishments in a year marked by crowning achievements. [8]
Alternative Press said of the song: "CC's manifestation of honest emotion remains far more sincere than the sub-par mewling of wafer-heads currently wasting oxygen in independently owned coffeehouses." [9]
Variety ranked it as one of the best emo songs of all time in 2022. [10]
Chart (2002) | Peak position |
---|---|
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [11] | 22 |