Franz Ferdinand’s ‘Take Me Out’ went from Glasgow ‘grief hole’ to topping triple j’s Hottest 100

It’s all about that tempo switch. ‘Take Me Out’, the signature hit of Scottish band Franz Ferdinand, possesses one of the all-time great song introductions.

“So if you’re lonely,” frontman Alex Kapranos sings invitingly following a dramatic strum of wiry guitars. There’s a rising tension as he…