Sugar, We're Goin Down was released by Fall Out Boy in 2005 as the lead single from their album From Under the Cork Tree. It became the band's breakthrough mainstream hit during the peak of the mid-2000s pop-punk and emo wave, with heavy rotation on MTV and radio. The chorus has endured as a generational anthem, resurfacing years later in TikTok edits, meme videos and nostalgic compilations. Its continued use comes from instant recognizability, evoking teenage angst and early internet music culture for millennial and Gen Z audiences.