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“This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race” by Fall Out Boy

From the album Infinity on High (2007)

“This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race” by Fall Out Boy appears on 15 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 2006 and 2007. It was first released in 2007 on the album Infinity on High. Its best result is #18 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2007. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #31 alternative song of 2007 and #415 of the '00s.

15countdowns

11stations

#18best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

2006–2007years charted

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"This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" was the opening shot from Infinity on High, Fall Out Boy's third album, in 2007, and the band unveiled it on the American Music Awards stage before it reached radio. Patrick Stump wrote the music and Pete Wentz the words, the split they'd used since some of the songs on Take This to Your Grave, and Neal Avron, back after producing From Under the Cork Tree, ran the sessions, with Babyface also credited on production.

It's a strutting, swaggering stomp, Stump's voice leaping all over it while a gang of backing singers, Butch Walker among them, shouts along. Wentz admitted other tracks might have made bigger radio hits but said this one carried the right message. It became the band's international breakthrough and their highest-charting single, reaching number 2 on the Hot 100.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2006	58	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2006	107
2006	65	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 2006	91
2006	85	Live 105 San Francisco, CA	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2006	106
2006	48	89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON	89X Top 89 Songs of 2006	89
2007	45	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2007	107
2007	62	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 2007	91
2007	41	Live 105 San Francisco, CA	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2007	106
2007	18	Q101 Chicago, IL	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2007	101
2007	70	WFNX Boston, MA	WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2007	100
2007	46	89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON	89X Top 89 Songs of 2007	89
2007	36	CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON	102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2007	102
2007	22	CHOI Radio X Quebec City, QC	CHOI Top 101 Songs of 2007	101
2007	44	Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium	Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2007	60
2007	50	KWOD Sacramento, CA	KWOD Top 106 Songs of 2007	106
2007	51 (tie)	WBER Rochester, NY	WBER Listener Countdown 2007	129

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