Album · Panic! at the Disco
A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out by Panic! at the Disco
A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out is an album by Panic! at the Disco, released in 2005. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 37 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “I Write Sins Not Tragedies”, on 22 lists with a best position of #9.
A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, Panic! at the Disco's debut, came out on Pete Wentz's Decaydance imprint and Fueled by Ramen on September 27, 2005, a year or so after the Las Vegas kids got together. Wentz, the Fall Out Boy bassist, found them through demos they'd posted online, and a month after finishing high school they were in College Park, Maryland, recording at SOMD! Studios with producer Matt Squire.
Brendon Urie sings with theatrical gusto, Ryan Ross writes the words and plays guitar, Spencer Smith drums, and the record splits down the middle: the first half is pop-punk juiced up with electronic beats, the second swaps the synths for a vaudevillian baroque pop swirl of more traditional instruments. The titles are as long as the hooks are sharp. "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" went top ten on the Hot 100 and made them stars. Critics were split, but fans weren't: it's the band's best-selling release, eventually quadruple platinum.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Write Sins Not Tragedies | 22 | #9 | – | 2006–2026 | |
| 2 | The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide is Press Coverage | 8 | #4 | – | 2006 | |
| 3 | Lying is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off | 7 | #47 | – | 2006–2022 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.