Pretty Handsome Awkward

"Pretty Handsome Awkward"
Single by The Used
from the album Lies for the Liars
Released	September 10, 2007
Format	Digital download CD single DVD single 7-inch vinyl
Recorded	2006–2007
Genre	Hard rock, pop rock, heavy metal
Length	3:32
Label	Reprise
Songwriter(s)	Quinn Allman Jeph Howard Bert McCracken
Producer(s)	John Feldmann
The Used singles chronology
"The Bird and the Worm" (2007) "Pretty Handsome Awkward" (2007) "Blood on My Hands" (2009)
"The Bird and the Worm" (2007) "Pretty Handsome Awkward" (2007) "Blood on My Hands" (2009)
Transformers: The Album track listing
12 tracks  "What I've Done" "Doomsday Clock" "This Moment" "Before It's Too Late (Sam and Mikaela's Theme)" "Pretty Handsome Awkward" "Passion's Killing Floor" "What's It Feel Like to Be a Ghost?" "Second to None (ft. Mike Shinoda)" "End of the World" "Retina and the Sky" "Technical Difficulties" "Transformers Theme"

"Pretty Handsome Awkward" is the second single from The Used's third studio album, Lies for the Liars. The song impacted radio on August 21, 2007.^[1] It is also featured on the Transformers movie soundtrack^[2] as well as a downloadable track on Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.^[3] The single peaked at No. 37 on the U.S. Hot Modern Rock Tracks. It was rumored that the track was written about My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way, but Bert McCracken said that this is not true.^[4]

Track listings

Digital Download

CD single

DVD single

7" picture disc

Promo CD

Music video

The video starts with footage from the 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards of the band and Chadam walking down the street, with screaming fans on the sidewalks, and an interviewer asks "You guys gonna get all wasted tonight? Up to your normal antics?" Bert responds, "Nah, we're a little partied out, we'll probably try to take, take it easy and chill out afterward," after which a huge party is shown with the aforementioned antics being performed throughout. Jeph Howard also appears as a cross-dressed prostitute in the video. In one of the videos, he flashes the camera. At the end, the piece of dialogue at the beginning is repeated with this added afterward by the reporter: "What are you guys wusses or somethin'?".^[5]

Charts

References

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics