Fall Out Boy Surprised By Mainstream Resurgence: 'We Thought That Was the End of Radio For Us'

One of pop's most unlikely comeback stories, Fall Out Boy, have successfully transitioned from their old punk roots to dance music, and stayed on top of the charts while doing so.

The group faded away after their 2008 album, Folie à Deux, failed to match sales numbers from their previous efforts. The boys who made "Dance Dance" and "Sugar, We're Going Down" were suddenly leading separate lives.

Until, that is, singer Patrick Stump wrote a heartbreaking blog post in the midst of his 2012 solo tour that referenced fans who said, "We liked you better when you were fat."

With nobody's career going anywhere, bassist Pete Wentz reache out to Stump, and the two decided to get the band back together.

"We asked ourselves, 'What would we want if the Smiths or someone like that reunited?' " Wentz told Rolling Stone. "We'd want a new album, new song, a tour right away and don't just go play state fairs."

But new tunes would mean a new sound.

"We thought that was the end of radio for us," Stump said. "We thought we would go out, play some shows and, you know, whatever. This is a disco era, so to hear our songs on the radio is kinda surprising."

Wentz is pretty pumped to still be making hits. Their 2013 song "My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)" hit No. 13 on the U.S. chart, and their current hit "Centuries" is still rising up the ranks.

"We'd survive without radio," Wentz said. "Batman can go out and fight without the f--king cape. But when he shows up, people want to see him wear the f--king cape. My mission statement has always been, 'I want to be the biggest.' Patrick's has always been, 'I want to be the best.' At some point, we realized they were two different versions of the same thing."

Check out the new tune below:

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