Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy

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"Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy"
Single by Fall Out Boy
from the album Take This to Your Grave
Released	2003
Recorded	2003
Genre	Pop punk
Length	3:11
Label	Fueled by Ramen
Producer(s)	Sean O'Keefe
Fall Out Boy singles chronology
	"Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy" (2003)	"Dead on Arrival" (2003)

"Grand Theft Autumn/Where is Your Boy" is one of Chicago alternative rock band Fall Out Boy's first singles, taken from their 2003 album, Take This to Your Grave. Though it never achieved much success on the radio charts, it remains one of their more popular songs, as it did draw in a large amount of digital downloads. The more mainstream success that Fall Out Boy received with their release of their 2005 album From Under the Cork Tree also strengthened the song's popularity.

The song is about a boy and a girl who are very good friends. The boy is in love with the girl and feels that her boyfriend is not right for her. He questions her boyfriend's loyalty and says that he does not treat her right. He(the singer of the song) wants to be her boyfriend and is upset that she does not notice his feelings for her, even though he wrote her this song. He knows that he is not good enough for her, but in the song he tells her that he is working on it and someday she will realize he is right for her.

The song itself was released on 7" Yellow Vinyl - a split 7" with My Awesome Compilation.

[edit] Video

The video begins with a close-up of Patrick as he begins to sing, then cuts to show the rest of the band performing outdoors in the snow. Throughout the rest of the video, shots of the band are interlaced with the storyline of the video. The first scene of the storyline shows a boy with a hand-held camera walking in the woods going to a home, where he then spies on a girl who just woke up and is getting dressed. She turns towards the window, causing the boy to think he is caught in the act of spying making him start to run for his van. As he reaches the van and opens the door, the girl is there and shows she is interested in him. They start to make out which leads to a blackout to give the impression it was a dream, but is quickly revealed it had happened as she is recorded one last time on the boy's camera. The video ends with another close-up of Patrick singing the words "This part of town" and the ending note.

A new "Millennium Version" of the song was included in the 2005 re-release of Take This to Your Grave (Director's Cut).

The girl from that film-clip is also featured for about 5 seconds in the filmclip to "This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race".

Fall Out Boy
Patrick Stump | Peter Wentz | Joe Trohman | Andy Hurley
Discography
Albums: Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend | Take This to Your Grave | From Under the Cork Tree | Infinity on High
EPs: Split EP | My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue | Leaked in London
Singles: Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy | Dead on Arrival | Saturday | Sugar, We're Goin Down Dance, Dance | A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More 'Touch Me' | This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race | The Carpal Tunnel of Love | Thnks fr th Mmrs