Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)

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"Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)"
Single by Fall Out Boy
from the album Mania
ReleasedJanuary 11, 2018
Genre
Length3:37
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Fall Out Boy singles chronology
"Hold Me Tight or Don't"
(2017)
"Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)"
(2018)
"City in a Garden"
(2018)
Music video
"Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)" on YouTube

"Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)" is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy, released on January 11, 2018, through Island Records and DCD2. It was released as the fifth single from their seventh studio album, Mania . A music video was released with the single. [1]

Contents

Composition

Sophie Trenear of The Edge described the song as having a "steadfast pop-punk chorus, [2] while Jake Richardson of Loudwire called the song a "modern emo-pop number". [3] Sarah Beckford of Reflektor noted that "Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)" is "on the lighter pop-rock side" of Mania. [4]

The song bears a resemblance to The Clash's song "Straight to Hell", [5] as well as British rapper M.I.A.'s song "Paper Planes". [6]

Promotion

TV performances

The band performed the song live on Good Morning America on January 22, 2018, along with "Hold Me Tight or Don't", another single from Mania. [7] On April 17, 2018, the band performed the song on The Late Late Show with James Corden in promotion for the Mania Tour. [8]

Music video

The music video, directed by Jason Lester, was released to Fall Out Boy's Vevo channel on the same day the song was released. [1] It portrays a parody of an infomercial, with the members of Fall Out Boy playing the song and auctioning off items from their past, such as the severed hand from the Young Blood Chronicles musical film. A phone number appears several times in the video. When called, the number allows you to fake "buy" the items on the video. [9] [10]

Reception

Despite the mixed reception of Mania, "Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)" received positive reviews from critics. Anna Gaca of Spin called it the best song on Mania, while feeling it was reminiscent of "The Kids Aren't Alright" from American Beauty/American Psycho . [11] Miles Ricketts of Varsity, in a negative review of Mania, felt that the song was "a comforting reminder" of the band's potential, while praising vocalist Patrick Stump's performance. [12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Patrick Stump, Joe Trohman, Pete Wentz, Andy Hurley

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)"3:37

Personnel

Fall Out Boy [13]

Production [13]

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [14] 18

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  5. Simpson, Dave (January 19, 2018). "Fall Out Boy: Mania review – songs to appal and appease the hardcore". The Guardian . Retrieved February 2, 2023. "I'll stop wearing black when they make a darker colour," Patrick Stump sings on Wilson (Expensive Mistakes), which blasts the Clash's Straight to Hell kind of shimmer through a processor stuffed with female whoah-whoahs.
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  12. Ricketts, Miles (January 27, 2018). "Fall Out Boy M A N I A review: "genuinely annoying"". Varsity. Retrieved February 2, 2023. Deep in there, the real Fall Out Boy and their suppressed ability to produce a genuinely good tune must be straining for freedom. On MANIA it surfaces in the form of 'Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)', a comforting reminder of their potential, with a soaring chorus distinct from the other disappointingly cynical ones, and a performance from Stump thankfully not distorted with a vicious assault of grating vocal modulations.
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