Franz Ferdinand promises new album ‘can compete’ with Take Me Out as classic hits 1,000,000,000 streams
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In 2004, Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand struck gold with their single Take Me Out — 20 years on and they still love their classic tracks. The song, penned by frontman Alex Kapranos and former bandmate Nick McCarthy, has just broken the 1,000,000,000 stream mark on Spotify.
![[Franz Ferdinand Performs At The OVO Hydro]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-1440624196.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Take Me Out might not have reached number one at the time but it has firmly claimed a place as a 00s indie classic to the band’s delight. Alex and bassist Bob Hardy, told Metro their new album, The Human Fear, ‘had to compete’ against such a certified banger.
![[Mandatory Credit: Photo by Tom Oldham/Pymca/REX/Shutterstock (3495152a) Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand plays at TCT show, Albert Hall, 2005 STOCK]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_232601765-71d6.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
The band tested out singles live with fans on their greatest hits tour, and the 52-year-old singer excitedly told us this new music ‘holds its own’. The Human Fear is the first studio album from the Do You Want To icons in seven years but Franz Ferdinand have never actually stopped.
![[Premium Mandatory Credit: Photo by Richard Young/REX/Shutterstock (495598bd) Franz Ferdinand NATIONWIDE MERCURY MUSIC PRIZE AT THE GROSVENOR HOTEL, LONDON, BRITAIN - 07 SEP 2004]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_232601770-9eda.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Sure they took some breaks over the years but founding trio Alex, Bob, and Julian Corrie have never officially disbanded. Alex, 52, believes this could be the secret to why they’ve never fallen out of love with their songs, even after playing them hundreds of times.
![[Mandatory Credit: Photo by Matias Basualdo/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock (14887977p) Franz Ferdinand vocalist Alex Kapranos looks on with bassist Bob Hardy during the Fauna Primavera Festival in Santiago, Chile. Chile Music Festival, Santiago, Metropolitana - 09 Nov 2024]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_232601750-e3ce.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
‘I think if, if we’d split up and then come back and reformed and we were just playing those old songs, I think I would probably resent them,’ Alex confessed. Franz Ferdinand ‘really enjoy’ bringing out their biggest hits because they are ‘in the context of the new songs’ like Audacious or Hooked.
![[Franz Ferdinand Performs At Collins Barracks]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-1642988016.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
