10 Essential Classic Fall Out Boy Songs

10. Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet

Despite what many fans might tell you, Fall Out Boy’s 2008 album Folie À Deux is a great collection of songs, which were written with high levels of collaboration between Stump and Wentz. One of the highlights of the album is Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet, a slightly haunting and often crushing story of what Stump describes as "infidelity and deception". Understandably originally titled Does Your Husband Know?, it is the only Folie track to be referenced amongst previous singles on later track What A Catch, Donnie (by Elvis Costello).

What makes this song so engaging is its constant shift in style. Starting on a funky swagger with deep vocals and a horn section, it crescendos on the pre-chorus with heavy guitars and the "husband" interrogative, before lifting into an almost peaceful chorus of promise. Headfirst concludes in epic fashion with a heavy chorus complete with emotional vocals and layered, harmonised guitar licks. It's an exhausting ride through a rollercoaster of feelings.