""The Take Over, the Breaks Over"" (rendered with quotation marks as part of its title on the album track listing) is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy and the fourth single from their third studio album Infinity on High (2007).

[1] The music composition was inspired by vocalist and guitarist Patrick Stump's love of David Bowie, specifically the song "Rebel Rebel"; the lyrics were penned by bassist Pete Wentz.

[3] It was also nominated for Best International Video – Group at the ceremony but lost to Linkin Park's "Bleed It Out".

[4] For the music, vocalist/guitarist Patrick Stump undertook his usual role as the band's primary composer.

[6] Despite spending six weeks in the UK Top 75, ""The Take Over, the Breaks Over"" became the band's first single to fail to chart in the UK Top 40 since all the singles from Fall Out Boy's 2003 Take This to Your Grave album failed; it peaked at No.

Alan Ferguson directed the music video for the song, having worked with the band previously.

Sheira Rees-Davies and Luke Joerger handled production duties.

The camera zooms into his mind (which, as it is doing so, is set to some of Fall Out Boy's earlier songs such as "Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy", "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" and "Dance, Dance", to where Alex Wolff (from The Naked Brothers Band) is posing as Pete with Hemingway, as if being a younger Wentz.

As they sing the chorus, strange things begin to happen such as Patrick growing a steak body and a cat head, along with breakdancing mailmen and cat ladies appearing (including dancer Olivia Cipolla).