it." Recording The song was recorded at Gula Studion in Malmö, Sweden with producer Tore Johansson. The tempo changes were recorded live in the studio. The sound of the cymbal being caught as soon as it was hit was influenced by rock music such as Queen. Producer Johansson said: "there was no editing other than that we compiled the best take. We didn't do any tricks of doing that on a different take and then doing the rest of the track." Johansson used multiple echo effects to achieve a "marching, machinery, industrial feel... It's very organic, but we wanted it to sound like you're in a big workshop or something." Music video The music video for the song was directed by Jonas Odell. It includes the band amid a Dadaist animation involving quirky vintage figures and machinery reminiscent of Terry Gilliam's cartoon segments for Monty Python. The video is a blend of the live-action band superimposed into a 3D environment with animated 2D elements. Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos described the video's influences as Dada, the films of Busby Berkeley, and Soviet propaganda, and praised Odell's direction. Kapranos commented: Basically it's a pop video and it should entertain you, but not just once – there're certain things you stare at in life that are just fascinating to look at like a fish tank or an open fire, they're actually quite simple things but there's something fascinating about them. And I think pop videos should be like that too. There should be something there that just makes you want to come back and look at it. Accolades The song received high critical acclaim upon its release in January 2004. Drowned in Sound called it "a work of sheer clanging wonder". In March 2005, Q magazine placed "Take Me Out" at number 41 on its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. In September 2005, the same magazine named it the 34th greatest track ever performed by a British band. Q made another list for its television channel, also named Q, of 100 greatest Indie Anthems, where "Take Me Out" appeared at number six. In May 2007, NME magazine placed "Take Me Out" at number 16 on its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever, whereas MTV2 placed it at number seven on its version of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever, which was loosely based on NMEs list. In October