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A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More “Touch Me”

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“A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me”“ is the eleventh track from Fall Out Boy’s sophomore effort From Under The Cork Tree, which was was originally titled "A Little Less Molly Ringwald, A Little More Samantha Fox”. The original title referenced Molly Ringwald, who played the quiet and innocent Samantha Baker in Sixteen Candles, and the pop singer Samantha Fox, who performed the hit 1986 single “Touch Me (I Want Your Body)”.

John Cusack also appeared in Sixteen Candles, and has also been referenced in earlier Fall Out Boy songs such as “Honorable Mention”

“I could be your John Cusack”

The music video, directed by Alan Ferguson, features the band as a cast of vampire hunters in a town overrun by vampire gangs, with bassist Pete Wentz appears as a vampire that is tracking down the Dandies gang to get revenge for turning him.
The music video features numerous cameos from artists signed to the Decaydance label:

  • William Beckett of The Academy Is… appears as the lead vampire of the Dandies gang and as the one who turned Wentz
  • Mike Carden of The Academy Is… appears as a member of the Dandies, seen helping another vampire throw a human victim into a car
  • Travie McCoy of Gym Class Heroes, appears as one of the hood vampires, seen egging on a fight between another hood vampire and a punk vampire and flashes the Bartskull gang sign
  • Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco, appears as a member of the Dandies, seen hypnotising women to dance and then turn them
  • Spencer Smith of Panic! At The Disco, appears as a member of the Dandies, also seen hypnotising women to dance and then turn them

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Release Date
June 6, 2006
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