"A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More 'Touch Me'"
Single by Fall Out Boy
from the album From Under the Cork Tree
Released	July 6, 2006
Format	Digital download, CD, 7"
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	2:49
Label	Island
Writer(s)	Pete Wentz Patrick Stump
Chart positions
#65 (Billboard Hot 100) #38 (UK Singles Chart)
Fall Out Boy singles chronology
"Dance, Dance" (2005)	"A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More 'Touch Me'" (2006)	"This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" (2006)

"A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More 'Touch Me'" (just "Sixteen Candles" in the UK) released in 2006, is a single by Fall Out Boy, the third taken from their 2005 album, From Under the Cork Tree. Though the song hasn't overcome the popularity that previous singles "Sugar We're Goin' Down" and "Dance, Dance" achieved, it has received moderate playtime on both pop and rock stations and the video reached #1 on TRL on both May 5 and May 8, 2006. Image File history File links LittleLessSixteenCandles. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Fall Out Boy (commonly abbreviated as FOB) is a pop punk/alternative rock band from Wilmette, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago, Illinois) that formed in 2001. ... From Under the Cork Tree is the critically acclaimed third album by Fall Out Boy and their major label debut on Island Records, released on May 3, 2005 (see 2005 in music). ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... // A digital download (also known as a digital single or a paid digital download) is an official and legal music single available for purchase through an online store. ... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit České Dráhy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers Datorförening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s... The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour as a 33 ⅓ LP vinyl record A gramophone record (also phonograph record, or simply record) is an analogue sound recording medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove starting near the periphery and ending near the center of the disc. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music[1] or simply alternative) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... ... Patrick Stump, born Patrick Martin Stumph on April 27, 1984 in Glenview, Illinois, is an American musician, composer and producer. ... A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ... Fall Out Boy (commonly abbreviated as FOB) is a pop punk/alternative rock band from Wilmette, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago, Illinois) that formed in 2001. ... Dance, Dance is the second single from Fall Out Boys album From Under The Cork Tree. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... This Aint a Scene, Its an Arms Race is the first single from pop punk[1] band Fall Out Boys album Infinity on High. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Fall Out Boy (commonly abbreviated as FOB) is a pop punk/alternative rock band from Wilmette, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago, Illinois) that formed in 2001. ... From Under the Cork Tree is the critically acclaimed third album by Fall Out Boy and their major label debut on Island Records, released on May 3, 2005 (see 2005 in music). ... Sugar, Were Goin Down is one of the singles from Fall Out Boys album From Under the Cork Tree. ... Dance, Dance is the second single from Fall Out Boys album From Under The Cork Tree. ... Total Request Live (commonly known as TRL) is the flagship television series on MTV that features popular music videos. ... May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (126th in leap years). ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Track listing

• CD One

1. A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More 'Touch Me' (2:49)
2. So Sick (BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge)

• CD Two

1. A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More 'Touch Me' (2:49)
2. Roxanne (3:12)
3. Our Lawyer Made Us Change The Name Of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued (Sessions @ AOL) (3:08)

• 7"

1. A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More 'Touch Me' (2:49)
2. Of All the Gin Joints In All The World (Zane Lowe Session) (3:11)

Trivia

• A little less sixteen candles is a reference to Molly Ringwald, and Touch Me refers to the Samantha Fox album.
• Panic! At The Disco's Brendon Urie provided the back-up vocals for A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More Touch Me, as well as appearing in the video as a Dandy.

Molly K. Ringwald (born February 18, 1968) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. ... Released in 1986, Samantha released her first single Touch Me(I Want Your Body). ... This article is about the English model and singer; for the American erotic actress, see Samantha Fox (porn star). ...

Music video

Pete Wentz mixing blood in the video as a vampire.

The video mainly features the band members resisting a gang of vampires attacking the town. Pete Wentz also appears to be a vampire, contributing to the bizarre theme of the video. It ends with a climactic showdown between the band and the vampires, resulting in Wentz being arrested and his subsequent realization that all the police officers are also vampires. Many of its scenes are parodies from various horror films, for example, the opening scene is a take-off from the cult-classic film, The Lost Boys and the video is largely a homage to The Blade Trilogy. At one point in the video Pete Wentz is holding his friend's dog. Unknown to most people, it is based loosely on the vampire novel "Sunglasses After Dark." When the 'vampire hunters' are driving up in the beginning of the fight scene, the symbol on the car is that of Pete Wentz' brand-Clandestine Industries Image File history File links Falloutboy_sixteencandles_videoscreen1. ... ... Further reading Christopher Frayling - Vampyres: Lord Byron to Count Dracula 1992. ... ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

The video features cameos from members of several bands and people associated with Fall Out Boy. They include:

• William Beckett of The Academy Is... as the leader of the Dandies. He's the one who changed Pete, according to flashbacks in the video.
• Michael Carden of The Academy Is... as one of the Dandies. He is seen helping another vampire toss someone against a car.
• Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco as one of the Dandies. He is seen mainly using powers of mesmer to hypnotize young women into making them dance with him before changing them.
• Travis McCoy aka Schleprok of Gym Class Heroes as one of the Vampires from the Hood. He is seen giving the Clandestine gang sign(appropriately shaped like a bat) and egging on a fight between another Vampire from the Hood and a punk vampire.
• Charlie a.k.a WarCheif, Fall Out Boy's security manager, appears in the video as a priest. This is his second appearance in a Fall Out Boy video, his first being in "Dance, Dance" as a teacher clearing out the men's room.
• Dirty, Fall Out Boy's special effects/lighting guy, shows up in the video gathering information for Patrick. He is attacked and killed by one of the punk vampires.

William Eugene Beckett Jr. ... The Academy Is… is a rock band based in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. ... The Academy Is… is a rock band based in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. ... Brendon Boyd Urie (b. ... Panic! at the Disco is an alternative rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada. ... Travis McCoy (Schleprok) at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ on June 18th, 2005. ... Schleprok, a. ... Gym Class Heroes is an alternative hip hop band from Geneva, New York. ... Dance, Dance is the second single from Fall Out Boys album From Under The Cork Tree. ...

Chart status

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ...

External links

• Fall Out Boy official website
• Fall Out Boy Forum