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{{Notability|music|date=July 2009}}
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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = Dark Blue
| name = Dark Blue
| Cover =
| cover =
| Caption =
| alt =
| Artist = [[Jack's Mannequin]]
| type = single
| from Album = [[Everything in Transit]]
| artist = [[Jack's Mannequin]]
| B-side =
| album = [[Everything in Transit]]
| Released = January 2005
| released = June 27, 2006
| Format =
| recorded = 2005
| Recorded =
| studio =
| Genre = [[Alternative rock]]
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|[[Alternative rock]]|[[emo]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/features/best-2005-emo-songs|title=10 EMO SONGS FROM 2005 THAT NEVER LEFT YOUR PLAYLIST|work=[[Alternative Press magazine|Alternative Press]]|accessdate=August 8, 2023}}</ref>}}
| Length = 4:11
| Label = [[Maverick Records]]
| length = 4:14
| label = [[Maverick Records]]
| Writer = [[Andrew McMahon]][[Felix Fedora]]
| writer = [[Andrew McMahon]]
| Producer =
| producer = Jim Wirt
| prev_title = The Mixed Tape
| Certification =
| Last single = "The Mixed Tape" <br> (2005)
| prev_year = 2005
⚫
| next_title = [[The Lights and Buzz]]
| This single = "'''Dark Blue'''" <br> (2005)
| next_year = 2005
⚫
| Next single = "[[The Lights and Buzz]]" <br> (2005)
| Misc =
}}
}}


"'''Dark Blue'''" is the second single by [[Jack's Mannequin]] released from their first studio album, ''[[Everything in Transit]]''. It was released in January 2005.
"'''Dark Blue'''" is the second single by [[Jack's Mannequin]] from their first studio album, ''[[Everything in Transit]]''. In May 2013, nearly eight years after its 2005 release, "Dark Blue" went [[Gold record|gold]].<ref>{{citation|url= http://propertyofzack.com/post/49821683725/jacks-mannequins-dark-blue-goes-gold |title = Jack's Mannequin's "Dark Blue" goes Gold |accessdate = 2013-06-07 |author = PropertyofZack}}</ref>


==Song==
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The single was played on the television series ''[[One Tree Hill (TV series)|One Tree Hill]]''.
When interviewed by Suburban Horror, McMahon stated that the song was his favorite from the ''Everything In Transit'' album.
<blockquote> It was as the last song I wrote on the record. I always find that my favorite song is the last one that I worked on. I think that song for me sums up the record in a lot of ways. I wrote it to do that...<ref>{{citation |url = http://www.suburbanhorror.com/interviews/andrew-interview.php |title = Interview With Andrew McMahon by Suburban Horror |accessdate = 2013-06-07 |author = McMahon, Andrew |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080922073436/http://www.suburbanhorror.com/interviews/andrew-interview.php |archive-date = 2008-09-22 |url-status = dead }}</ref></blockquote>


==Music video==
The music video was directed by Brett Simon, and features a traditional 1950s [[dance marathon]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.videostatic.com/content/new-release-jacks-mannequin-brett-simon-director|title= NEW RELEASE: Jack's Mannequin - Brett Simon, director|date= September 21, 2006|access-date= September 12, 2022|work= VideoStatic}}</ref> The video begins with an ecstatic crowd competing in the marathon with the band playing the song in the centre of the gazebo. It then proceeds to show the crowd growing steadily exhausted, with many contestants disqualified for falling down. Observers take bets on who will win the competition. As the video draws to a conclusion and there are only two couples remaining, the girl of couple 55 slumps to the ground and they place second. The winning couple is cheered by a large crowd, while couple 55 are escorted to the edge of the ship by a pair of guards. They then proceed to jump from the edge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hratlkw7p74|title=YouTube|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
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*The song was played live in an episode of ''[[One Tree Hill (TV series)|One Tree Hill]]''.
*Stephenie Meyer included the song in the inspiration playlist for her novel ''Breaking Dawn'', the fourth installment of her widely popular Twilight series.
*The song also features in the trailer's for Andrew McMahon's documentary, ''Dear Jack''. The documentary explores McMahon's battle with leukemia and was due to be released in late 2009.
*In May, 2013, almost 8 years after the single's original release in support of "Everything in Transit", Dark Blue achieved a [[Gold record|gold certification]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}


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Latest revision as of 15:11, 8 August 2023

"Dark Blue"
Single by Jack's Mannequin
from the album Everything in Transit
ReleasedJune 27, 2006
Recorded2005
Genre
Length4:14
LabelMaverick Records
Songwriter(s)Andrew McMahon
Producer(s)Jim Wirt
Jack's Mannequin singles chronology
"The Mixed Tape"
(2005) 		"Dark Blue"
(2006) 		"The Lights and Buzz"
(2005)

"Dark Blue" is the second single by Jack's Mannequin from their first studio album, Everything in Transit. In May 2013, nearly eight years after its 2005 release, "Dark Blue" went gold.[2]

Song

[edit]

When interviewed by Suburban Horror, McMahon stated that the song was his favorite from the Everything In Transit album.

It was as the last song I wrote on the record. I always find that my favorite song is the last one that I worked on. I think that song for me sums up the record in a lot of ways. I wrote it to do that...[3]

Music video

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The music video was directed by Brett Simon, and features a traditional 1950s dance marathon.[4] The video begins with an ecstatic crowd competing in the marathon with the band playing the song in the centre of the gazebo. It then proceeds to show the crowd growing steadily exhausted, with many contestants disqualified for falling down. Observers take bets on who will win the competition. As the video draws to a conclusion and there are only two couples remaining, the girl of couple 55 slumps to the ground and they place second. The winning couple is cheered by a large crowd, while couple 55 are escorted to the edge of the ship by a pair of guards. They then proceed to jump from the edge.[5]

[edit]
  • The song was played live in an episode of One Tree Hill.
  • Stephenie Meyer included the song in the inspiration playlist for her novel Breaking Dawn, the fourth installment of her widely popular Twilight series.
  • The song also features in the trailer's for Andrew McMahon's documentary, Dear Jack. The documentary explores McMahon's battle with leukemia and was due to be released in late 2009.
  • In May, 2013, almost 8 years after the single's original release in support of "Everything in Transit", Dark Blue achieved a gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America.

References

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  1. ^ "10 EMO SONGS FROM 2005 THAT NEVER LEFT YOUR PLAYLIST". Alternative Press. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  2. ^ PropertyofZack, Jack's Mannequin's "Dark Blue" goes Gold, retrieved 2013-06-07
  3. ^ McMahon, Andrew, Interview With Andrew McMahon by Suburban Horror, archived from the original on 2008-09-22, retrieved 2013-06-07
  4. ^ "NEW RELEASE: Jack's Mannequin - Brett Simon, director". VideoStatic. September 21, 2006. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
  5. ^ "YouTube". YouTube.[dead YouTube link]
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