Hold Me Like a Grudge

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"Hold Me Like a Grudge"
Single by Fall Out Boy
from the album So Much (for) Stardust
ReleasedMarch 24, 2023 (2023-03-24)
Genre
Length3:35
Label
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s) Pete Wentz
Producer(s) Neal Avron
Fall Out Boy singles chronology
"Heartbreak Feels So Good"
(2023)
"Hold Me Like a Grudge"
(2023)
"We Didn't Start the Fire"
(2023)
Music video
"Hold Me Like a Grudge" on YouTube

"Hold Me Like a Grudge" is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy, released on March 24, 2023, through Fueled by Ramen and DCD2. It was released as the third single from the band's eighth studio album, So Much (for) Stardust , the same day as the album.

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Background

On March 13, 2023, the band announced that "Hold Me Like a Grudge" would be the next single of the album. Two days later, a clip of the song was shared. [1] On March 23, the band premiered the song on The Tonight Show . [2]

Composition

"Hold Me Like a Grudge" has been described as disco-funk [3] [4] and pop rock, [5] "with [a] hip-swinging-bassline". [4]

Accolades

Awards and nominations for "Hold Me Like a Grudge"
OrganizationYearCategoryResultRef.
MTV Video Music Awards 2023 Best Alternative Nominated [6]

Music video

On March 24, the same day the album was released, the band released a music video for "Hold Me Like a Grudge". The video is a continuation of the music video for the band's song, "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race". [7] [8] Pete Wentz called it "the most ambitious music video that we’ve attempted to make in the past 10 years." [7]

Personnel

Fall Out Boy

Additional personnel

Charts

Release history

Release history for "Hold Me Like a Grudge"
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousMarch 24, 2023 [2]
United StatesJune 6, 2023 Alternative radio [14]

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