When I Get Home, You're So Dead

"When I Get Home, You're So Dead" is a song by American rock band Mayday Parade. It is the group's debut single and was released on December 3, 2007 as the lead single from their debut studio album, A Lesson in Romantics.

Background

"When I Get Home, You're So Dead" premiered on the band's Myspace page on June 6, 2007. It was later released as the lead single from A Lesson in Romantics on December 3, 2007. The song originally was not intended to be on the album before Fearless Records encouraged the group to have it on the record. Lead vocalist Derek Sanders recalled, "I don't think that was something that we would have done. But Fearless really wanted us to do that." The song is about, "the anger the band fostered."

Composition and recording

"When I Get Home, You're So Dead" was written by Jason Lancaster, Derek Sanders, Jeremy Lenzo, Alex Garcia, Jake Bundrick and Brooks Betts while production was handled by Zack Odom and Kenneth Mount. The track runs at 146 BPM and is in the key of A minor.
The track was one of the first songs the band had ever wrote. It appeared on their debut EP, Tales Told by Dead Friends, recorded at the Earthsound Recording Studio in Valdosta, Georgia. It was re-recorded for their debut studio album at Tree Sound Studios in Atlanta, Georgia. Speaking about why the group chose to re-record the track with AbsolutePunk, the band stated, "When I get home was a song that got a great response from people all over the country so we decided to have that on the album so that kids could rock out to a new version we love playing that song, it's so energetic and a crowd favorite and we didn't want to stop playing it when the new CD came out."

Critical reception

New York Post stated that the song is, "the ultimate reminder that sometimes girls make boys cry, too." Joe DeAndrea of AbsolutePunk stated that the re-recorded version of "When I Get Home, You're So Dead" was "clearly better" than the original one that appeared on their debut EP.

Music video

The music video for "When I Get Home, You're So Dead" was directed by Marco de la Torre and was shot in September 2007. The music video premiered on November 14, 2007. In 2008, the music video was nominated for two MTV Video Music Awards for Best Rock Video and Video of the Year.

Credits and personnel

Mayday Parade

Derek Sanders – lead vocals
Jeremy Lenzo – bass guitar, backing vocals
Alex Garcia – lead guitar
Brooks Betts – rhythm guitar
Jake Bundrick – drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

Jason Lancaster – co-lead vocals and guitar

Production

Zack Odom – producer
Kenneth Mount – producer
Mark Needham – mixing
Steve Hall – mastering