Band
Most frequent collaborator: Neal Avron · 46 tracks
Holds writing credit on 97 of 97 tracks
Yes, and the writing splits cleanly between two members. Pete Wentz writes the lyrics and Patrick Stump composes the music and melodies, so the band holds a writing credit on nearly every track, from 'Sugar, We're Goin Down' to 'Centuries.' A few later songs add outside writers through samples, but the core songwriting is theirs.
Across all 97 tracks: how many Fall Out Boy wrote alone, how many they co-wrote, and how many were written by others. The bracket marks every track they hold any writing credit on.
Share of all 97 tracks where they are personally credited, by role.
Percentage of all 97 tracks, across every album, where each member holds a credit - split by role.
| Member | Period | Lyrics | Music | Production | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Stump | 2001-present | 100% |
100% |
1% |
100% |
| Pete Wentz | 2001-present | 100% |
100% |
0% |
100% |
| Joe Trohman | 2001-present | 0% |
100% |
0% |
100% |
| Andy Hurley | 2001-present | 0% |
100% |
0% |
100% |
Fall Out Boy's writing credit per album, in release order. Hover any bar for the album.
Where Fall Out Boy sits on the scale from a pure performer (0%, sings songs written by others) to a complete author (100%, writes everything). The bright marker is their catalogue authorship score, plotted against other artists on the site.
Reference artists spread across the scale, closest by genre and era.
None of the signature songs above fall in this category.
Fueled by Ramen
Island Records
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Island Records / DCD2 Records
Fueled by Ramen
No albums from this decade.
Bubble size = tracks worked on together. NA Neal Avron · BW Butch Walker · JS Jake Sinclair · SO Sean O'Keefe · BO Brendan O'Brien · BU Brendon Urie
Data Insight
Fall Out Boy's member credit table is unique: it shows Pete Wentz with near-100% lyricist credit and near-0% composer credit, and Patrick Stump with the exact inverse. No other band on this site splits the creative roles this cleanly. The data makes visible what fans have always known: Wentz is the writer, Stump is the musician, and together they are greater than the sum of their parts.
Quick Facts
Creative Fingerprint
A two-man songwriting split as clean as any on the site: Pete Wentz writes the lyrics and Patrick Stump writes the music, so between them the band holds nearly all of its own writing.
The Story
Fall Out Boy is an American rock band formed in Wilmette, Illinois in 2001. The band (Patrick Stump on vocals and guitar, Pete Wentz on bass, Joe Trohman on guitar, and Andy Hurley on drums) built their reputation on the Fueled by Ramen pop-punk circuit before crossing over to mainstream success with From Under the Cork Tree in 2005. What makes Fall Out Boy structurally unusual among rock bands is the near-total division of creative labor between two members: Pete Wentz writes the lyrics for virtually every song, while Patrick Stump composes the music and melody. The result is a songwriting partnership as symbiotic as Lennon/McCartney but with an even sharper division of roles.