Studio Album · No. 5
Save Rock and Roll Songwriting Credits by Fall Out Boy
Produced by Butch Walker, Jake Sinclair, Illangelo · Engineered by Jake Sinclair
Holds writing credit on 11 of 11 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 11 / 11 documented
Scored across the 11 tracks with documented writers, by whether Fall Out Boy carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 11 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
Save Rock and Roll was Fall Out Boy's comeback after a hiatus, credited to the band with Pete Wentz on lyrics and Patrick Stump on music, plus producer Butch Walker. It pushed toward a bigger pop sound and features guests including Elton John on the title track.
Save Rock and Roll is the fifth studio album by Fall Out Boy, released in April 2013 on Island Records and produced by Butch Walker. It was the band's reunion album after the four-year hiatus, featuring guest appearances from Elton John, Courtney Love, Big Sean, Foxes, and 2 Chainz that gave the album a broader cultural reach than any previous release. Stump and Wentz wrote all material; 'My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up),' 'Alone Together,' and 'Just One Yesterday' were the principal singles. 'Light Em Up' was the commercial lead and spent four weeks at number one on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart; the album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 with 153,000 first-week sales and has been certified double platinum. Save Rock and Roll marked the most successful commercial return of any emo-era band reunion and confirmed that the hiatus had refreshed rather than ended the band's commercial viability. Save Rock and Roll's commercial and critical success established the template for legacy rock reunion albums of the 2010s, demonstrating that a band that had built its audience through emotionally direct songwriting could sustain commercial relevance through genuine creative engagement rather than simple nostalgia, and its guest collaborations set a precedent for the genre-crossing artistic ambition of the album's successors.