If You Can't Hang Explained

If You Can't Hang
Cover:If You Can't Hang.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Sleeping with Sirens
Album:Let's Cheers to This
Studio:Interlace Audio, Portland, Oregon
Genre:
    • Pop punk emo
Label:Rise
Prev Title:Fire
Prev Year:2011
Next Title:A Trophy Father's Trophy Son
Next Year:2011

"If You Can’t Hang" is a song by American rock band Sleeping with Sirens. The song is from the band's second studio album, Let's Cheers to This. It was released as the album's third single on September 14, 2011. One of the band's most successful songs, the single was certified platinum by the RIAA in May 2022.

Composition

"If You Can't Hang" is about three different relationships and the lessons learned from them. Quinn came up with the pre-chorus while waiting before a show in San Francisco, with the rest of the song following shortly after.[1] The track runs at 192 BPM and is in the key of D minor.[2] The band performed the song live at the 2014 Alternative Press Music Awards.[3]

Reception

"If You Can't Hang" has been seen as a highlight track from Let's Cheers to This. Oliver Thompson of "Dead Press!" said "This continues into the incredibly catchy 'If You Can't Hang…', whose chorus is catchier than the common cold."[4]

Music video

The music video for "If You Can't Hang" was released on September 14, 2011.[5] The video was directed by Thunder Down Country and showcases the band playing in a room.[6] [7]

Personnel

Sleeping with Sirens

Additional contributors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TRACK-BY-TRACK: Sleeping With Sirens – Let's Cheers To This. Dead Press!. Redrup, Zach. May 27, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20181110000115/http://www.deadpress.co.uk/track-by-track-sleeping-with-sirens-lets-cheers-to-this/. November 10, 2018. August 13, 2021.
  2. Web site: Key and BPM of If You Can't Hang by Sleeping with Sirens. Musicstax.com. May 10, 2011. November 26, 2022.
  3. Web site: APMAs 2014: Sleeping With Sirens - If You Can't Hang. YouTube. November 26, 2022.
  4. Web site: Thompson. Oliver. Album: Sleeping With Sirens - Let's Cheers to This. Dead Press!. May 10, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20181110040523/https://www.deadpress.co.uk/album-sleeping-with-sirens-lets-cheers-to-this/. November 10, 2018. April 13, 2021.
  5. Sleeping With Sirens release video for If You Can't Hang. Alternative Press. Brian Kraus. September 22, 2011. November 26, 2022.
  6. Web site: If You Can't Hang (2011) by Sleeping With Sirens. November 26, 2022.
  7. Web site: Sleeping With Sirens - If You Can't Hang (Official Music Video). YouTube. 9 March 2021.
  8. Sleeping With Sirens Chart History (Hard Rock Digital Song Sales). Billboard. February 19, 2021.

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