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The Captain Goes Down With The Ship (Final Salute)" is PANIC!'s first single from their greatest hits album
Thanks for the Memories - Greatest Hits. It first appeared as a 15-second demo leaked online as "
What a Catch, Miss Perry". The song, re-recorded in full, was posted for streaming on the band's official website on December 21st, 2009. The official release date of the single is 28 December 2009, while the Greatest Hits album the song resides upon was released worldwide December 22, 2009. The song is track 20 on Thanks for the Memories - Greatest Hits. It is the band's last single before their hiatus.
It features all the PANIC! members, except for drummer Joey Fallon, singing lead appearances in the song, singing lines from other PANIC! songs. It is the band's first reprise.
Single by PANIC!
from the album Thanks for the Memories - Greatest Hits
Released: December 28, 2009
Format: Digital download
Recorded: Los Angeles, CA
Genre: Alternative rock, Pop rock, Soft rock, Piano rock
Length: 4:57
Label: Midnight/Mythic Records
Writer(s): Ashley Perry and Ryan Ross Hernandez (lyrics), Gabriel Hunter and Josh Fallon (music)
Producer: Rob Carling, PANIC!
Music video
The band shot the video for the song on December 3, 2009 with Alan Ferguson. On December 4, guitarist Ryan Ross Hernandez stated via Twitter that they had finished shooting the video, editing will take place in the next couple days, and the video will be released on MTV on December 31st.
The video also includes Ryan Ross Hernandez' touring drummer Spencer Walker, and Breaking Dawn at Sunset's bassist Patrick Lewis.
Ashley Perry said in a press statement: - "
It is my time to say that we haven't done a video like this before, a video dedicated to our fans. The whole band isn't performing, just one member is (and no it's neither Ryan or me). It's like half performing, half party, half acting, it's gonna be a huge cliffhanger for our fans. We shoot in the only place in the country where is isn't cold, Miami, Florida."
A fifteen-second teaser was posted on December 22, on the band's website, featuring the band (except for Hernandez) sitting around on a table talking, sharing stories and laughing amongst themselves. As the camera pans out it shows the band is on a boat, revealing Ryan Ross Hernandez leaning on the rail of the boat tossing pictures into the sea.
Reprise Song Appearances
Ashley Perry - "Let My Heart Beat" ; "Disloyal Order of the Ignorant"
Ryan Ross Hernandez - "The Red Carpet Blues (Relapse) Baby" ; "Force Our Smiles, Baby, Half Dead"
Gabriel Hunter - "F.C.M. (Franklin. Chicago. Miami.) Are So Last Summer" ; "Nobody Wants to Hear You Sing About Tragedy"
Josh Fallon - "MySpace Whore" ; "The Only Way I Know How To Feel"
Nick Asher - "The Growing Older Disease (Will Never Catch Up To Us)"• Only the chorus of each song is sung, some of which are overdub with one another.
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