Sessions were held with Timbaland, with whom the band produced the song "Throw It On Me", but took place too late for any of the resulting tracks to be on the album.

The band revealed in an NME interview that one song, "Puppet on a String", has just "piano and hand claps".

were produced by Pharrell Williams of the Neptunes,[12] and "Try It Again" features the cheerleading squad from the University of Mississippi.

[13] The song "Fall Is Just Something Grownups Invented" was used for autumn promotions on the US television channel Cartoon Network in 2007.

Clips from this song appeared in a Nike commercial (2007-08-14th US, and 2007-09-24th UK) prior to the single's release date on 8 October 2007.