Centuries

Fall Out Boy vocalist Patrick Stump originally came forward with this fist-pumper while the band were on the Monumentour concert tour with Paramore. The band then worked on the tune with lead vocalist of glam-punk band Semi Precious Weapons Justin Tranter and Indian-American songwriter Raja Kumari. J.R. Rotem, who helmed Jason Derulo's debut album, added his production talents. "We never had a plan to jump right back into it after the whirlwind year we've had… but sometimes the song calls you," bassist and lyricist Pete Wentz said. "We started writing 'Centuries' while we were on tour. Traveling the world for the last year we have seen, and been a part of, the landscape and fabric of music - from tiny sweaty clubs in Australia to insanely huge festivals in the UK. It felt impossible not to react to it, to be inspired and to want to scream back."

The song was released as the lead single of Fall Out Boy's sixth studio album. Speaking about the evolution of Fall Out Boy's writing process, Stump told KROQ's Kat Corbett: "We used to really, really stress ourselves out and really just, kind of, you know, I used to mad scientist forever in the studio. Just hours upon hours of just tweaking things. And the more that I do it, the more that I realize that when you're inspired it's just going to happen and you're going to be really fast. When you're not inspired, you're kind of beating a dead horse. So, we wait to have a song that has something inspiring and exciting to us. In this case, 'Centuries,' and then we just kind of take it from there and get the record moving for us."

Speaking with Kerrang! Pete Wentz described the idea of the song as a "David vs. Goliath story." He added, "It is us passing along the story of how we feel right before we step on stage, trading feeling small and human for all the sweat and grit and sheer power of belief it takes to stare down a giant."