L.G. Fuad

"L.G. FUAD"—which stands for "Let's Get Fucked Up and Die"—grew out of a night on Motion City Soundtrack's 2003 UK tour with the All-American Rejects, in which the latter band's merchandise manager was severely inebriated.[1] He stood on the merchandise stand and shouted what became the song's refrain. All involved found great humor in the "mantra", which went on to be printed on business cards as a joke.[1] The song takes from the Promise Ring's song "Forget Me" and its lyrical mention of forget-me-nots and marigolds.[2] The song was recorded at Seedy Underbelly Studios, a suburban home converted into a studio in the city's Valley Village region.[3] The song's title, and the non-capitalization of "Fuad", is a reference to L.L.Bean: "The band might disagree with my recollection of things, but I swear I was trying to reference the L.L.Bean catalogues my sister subscribed to that were all over the apartment we shared," Pierre wrote on Twitter in 2019.[4]

The song's music video was directed by Josh Thacker. It was released with the deluxe edition of Commit This to Memory, first issued on June 19, 2006, and included on the accompanying Hooray for the Madness DVD.[5]

Adapted from Commit This to Memory's liner notes.[6]