"Hands Down" is a song by Dashboard Confessional

Dashboard Confessional

Dashboard Confessional is an American rock band from Boca Raton, Florida, led by singer-songwriter Chris Carrabba. The name of the band is derived from the song "The Sharp Hint of New Tears" from the debut album The Swiss Army Romance....

 that was originally recorded for the acoustic

Acoustic music

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 So Impossible EP in 2001

2001 in music

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, which told the story of a date that Chris Carrabba

Chris Carrabba

Christopher Ender Carrabba is the lead singer and guitarist of the band Dashboard Confessional, and is the vocalist for the American emo/indie rock band Further Seems Forever.-Biography:...

 had in his late teens/early twenties. It was re-recorded for the LP A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar

A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar

A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar is the third studio album recorded by the band Dashboard Confessional. The album was released on August 19, 2003 and has been certified gold by RIAA, meaning it has shipped over 500,000 copies in the United States....

in 2003

2003 in music

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 with a full band. Carrabba has said that this song is about the best date that he's ever had, and introduces it as such at concerts.

Track listing

UK Maxi Single

1. "Hands Down" 3:07
2. "I Do" 3:12
3. "Saints and Sailors" (MTV Unplugged Version) 2:33
4. "Hands Down" (Video CD-ROM)

Chart performance

Chart	Peak position
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Uses in Popular Culture

• The song was heard playing on the Pilot episode of One Tree Hill.
• The song is available as downloadable content for the music video game series Rock Band.
• The song is in the music video game Band Hero
  Band Hero
  Band Hero is a spinoff video game as part of the Guitar Hero series of music video games, released by Activision on November 3, 2009, for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and Nintendo DS consoles...