Award-winning producer, singer, and songwriter Babyface has written and produced countless number-one R&B hits throughout his career and has won 12 Grammy Awards. His talents in R&B music are undeniable, but this fun fact might shock you. Babyface worked with Fall Out Boy in 2007 on their top-charting single “Thnks fr th Mmrs.” Read more about this seemingly random collaboration inside.
Babyface is literally ranked number 20 on NME’s 50 of The Greatest Producers Ever list, and in most R&B fans’ hearts, he’s always been number one.
Though the iconic producer and songwriter have worked with several 90s R&B A-listers including Toni Braxton, TLC, and Boyz II Men, Fall Out Boy set out on a mission to work with Babyface because of one of his lesser-known projects.
“He did the soundtrack to [the 2001 film version of] ‘Josie and the Pussycats,’ and it’s amazing,” Fall Out Boy’s bassist Pete Wentz told MTV in an article from 2005. “So we’re going to have him do it, and have someone who’s really into heavy music engineer it. We haven’t confirmed him but we’re looking to tap him for the job and we will be demoing a couple of songs with him for sure.”
The popular rock group realized how bizarre it might be to request the hitmaker for a Fall Out Boy project, but they were passionate about working with Babyface.
“I swear to God, he’s going to do at least six songs with us,” Wentz continued.
The film was a major influence on their hit “Thnks Fr The Mmrs,” which was one of the two singles Babyface produced on Fall Out Boy’s 2007 album Infinity On High. how the movie influenced the band’s 2007 hit “Thnks Fr Th Mmrs.”
“After From Under The Cork Tree, we went and saw the movie Josie And The Pussycats,” Wentz shared on his radio show. “Me and Patrick were at it, and I was like, ‘Whoa, who wrote the music for this? Because it sounds like punk music written by somebody who’s never heard punk…
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