The composition Take Me Out by the indie rock band Franz Ferdinand, included in the band’s debut album, caused bewilderment among many music lovers who could not understand what the text was about. Questions arise already on the name of the song. It can be interpreted differently even in English, not to mention the translation into Russian.
History of creation
Fortunately, for some time now there is no need to guess about the meaning of the song Take Me Out. No one can explain it better than the author, so let’s quote Alex Kapranos from an interview with New Musical Express magazine:
This song is about a tense relationship between two people, in a sexual sense. About a situation where two people are in love with each other but neither of them admit it, like they refuse to go along with it, just to end the tense situation. But we also used the phrase “get me out” to refer to the tension between two snipers taking aim at each other, and to make it clear that you’d rather get shot than keep the tension going.
Take Me Out was released as the second single from the band’s debut album, Franz Ferdinand. On the UK Singles Chart, the song climbed to number three, and on the Billboard Hot 100, she was content with number 66.
In the list of the 500 greatest songs of all time, which Rolling Stone magazine updated in 2010, Take Me Out is ranked 327th.
Video clip
Alex Kapranos described the music video for Take Me Out as follows:
It is a montage of images: ourselves, pictures and things taken from other places and put together in a strange, abstract way. That’s what creates the weird, ridiculous style of the video.
Sources of inspiration for the creation of the video were films of the thirties, including Soviet propaganda films. In addition, some ideas were borrowed from propaganda posters that were so loved in various periods of the history of the USSR.
In general, see for yourself what happened.
Interesting Facts
- The cover of the Take Me Out single was created in the likeness of the famous poster that Alexander Rodchenko drew for the documentary film “A Sixth Part of the World” (1926) directed by Dziga Vertov.
Lyrics Take Me Out Franz Ferdinand
So if you’re lonely
You know I’m here waiting for you
I’m just a crosshair
I’m just a shot away from you
And if you leave here
You leave me broken
Shattered I lie
I’m just a crosshair
I’m just a shot
Then we can die
I know I won’t be leaving here with you
I say don’t you know?
You say you don’t know
I say take me out
I say you don’t show
Don’t move, time is slow
I say take me out
I say you don’t know
You say you don’t go
I say take me out
If I move, this could die
Eyes move, this could die
I want you to take me out
I know I won’t be leaving here
I know I won’t be leaving here
I know I won’t be leaving here
I know I won’t be leaving here with you
I say don’t you know?
You say you don’t know
I say take me out
If I wink, this can die
If I want, this can die
I want you to take me out
If I move, this could die
If eyes move, this could die
Come on, take me out
I know I won’t be leaving here
I know I won’t be leaving here
I know I won’t be leaving here
I know I won’t be leaving here with you
Translation of the song Take Me Out Franz Ferdinand
What if you’re lonely
Know I’m waiting for you here
I’m just a cross in the optical sight
I’m only a shot away from you
And if you leave here
You leave me broken
I lie broken
I’m just a cross in the optical sight
I’m just a shot
And then we can die
I know I won’t leave here with you
I say, “Don’t you know?”
You say “You don’t know”
I say take me away
I say, “You don’t show up.
Don’t move, time passes slowly.
I say take me away
I say “You don’t know”
You say “You don’t go”
I say take me away
If I move it might die
Eyes moving, this could die
I want you to take me away
I know that I won’t leave here
I know that I won’t leave here
I know that I won’t leave here
I know I won’t leave here with you
I say, “Don’t you know?”
You say “You don’t know”
I say take me away
If I blink this could die
If I weaken this may die
I want you to take me away
If I move it might die
If the eyes move, this could die
Come on take me away
I know that I won’t leave here
I know that I won’t leave here
I know that I won’t leave here
I know I won’t leave here with you
