The Carpal Tunnel of Love

"The Carpal Tunnel of Love"
Single by Fall Out Boy
from the album Infinity on High
Released	February 5, 2007 (United States)
Format	Digital single
Recorded	2006
Genre	Post-hardcore, emo, pop punk
Length	3:23
Label	Island
Writer(s)	Pete Wentz, Patrick Stump
Producer	Neal Avron
Fall Out Boy singles chronology
"This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" (2007) "The Carpal Tunnel of Love" (2007) "Thnks fr th Mmrs" (2007)

"The Carpal Tunnel of Love" is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy from their 2007 album Infinity on High. It was originally leaked online by the band, and later given to iTunes as a digital download before Infinity on High was released. In addition, a web-exclusive video was released, but later saw televised airplay on Music Choice On-Demand. The song debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at number No. 81 on the strength of digital downloads and moderate airplay, also coming in at No. 67 on the defunct-Pop 100.

The song was not a true single release, but was simply a track given out online early by the band to give fans a taste of the album. For this reason neither the song nor its video were included on the band's 2009 Believers Never Die - Greatest Hits greatest hits album. The first true single from the album was "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" and the second is "Thnks fr th Mmrs".

A Happy Tree Friends music video for this song was created. Fall Out Boy was animated as bears in the music video.

"The Carpal Tunnel of Love" has been referred to as "a prime slab of what the boys have become famous for: highly caffeinated pop-punk mixed with a little white-boy soul and some hard-core yelping." The song features Stump singing in a falsetto in the chorus over Trohman’s "crunchy" guitars, as well as a breakdown in which Wentz employs death growl-style vocals.

The song was featured in the Sony video game, MLB 07: The Show.

Lyrical content

Some elements of the lyrics were alleged to have been "stolen" from the works of Give Up the Ghost/Some Girls singer and lyricist Wesley Eisold, who sued the band for copyright infringement after the song was released. Eisold was credited as "inspirador" in the album liner notes in all versions of the albums. Fall Out Boy settled out of court. The song title is a combination of carpal tunnel syndrome and the well known "Tunnel of Love" ride.

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	81
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	67
U.S. Billboard Digital Songs	61

External links

• "The Carpal Tunnel of Love" on Fall Out Boy's website (click "audio" and "video" for content)