I Write Sins Not Tragedies

Musically, the song has been described as pop-punk, emo, alternative rock, baroque pop, and pop rock. ==Title==

The title of the song, while not mentioned in the lyrics, refers to Douglas Coupland's novel Shampoo Planet, wherein the main character, Tyler Johnson, says: "I am writing a list of tragic character flaws on my dollar bills with a felt pen. I am thinking of the people in my universe and distilling for each of these people the one flaw in their character that will be their downfall – the flaw that will be their undoing. What I write are not sins; I write tragedies." ==Music video==

"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" is Panic! at the Disco's first single to have a music video, and the video was published on Fueled by Ramen's YouTube channel on July 18, 2006. ("The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage" was the first single, but no video was filmed.) The video for the song takes place at a strange, circus-themed wedding played by the Lucent Dossier Vaudeville Cirque. The video starts as the bride, played by Jessica Preston Gatena, and groom, Daniel Isaac McGuffey, are about to be married. Her family dress and behave formally, but they are revealed later to have fallen asleep and have eyes painted on their eyelids. The groom's family are lower-class entertainers and carnival folk, who interrupt the wedding. The ringmaster, played by vocalist Brendon Urie, acts as narrator and disrupts the events. After an argument between the two families, the bride runs out and is followed by one of her guests. The ringmaster drags the groom outside by his tie, where his fiancée is kissing the guest who followed her out of the church. The groom straightens up, looking shocked, and Urie and the groom bow to the camera. The ringmaster is revealed to be the groom's alter ego. The music video, filmed by director Shane Drake, won the award for Video of the Year during the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards. This marked the first occasion since the 1989 VMAs that the winner of Video of the Year did not win in any other categories. The video was also ranked No. 7 on VH1's list of the Top 100 Videos of 2006. The video was shot in December 2005. According to vocalist Brendon Urie, he and guitarist Ryan Ross suffered from the flu while filming the video clip. In August 2011, the video won Best VMA-Winning Video of All Time, in a worldwide poll on MTV's website. == Credits and personnel ==

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of ''A Fever You Can't Sweat Out'' and Apple Music. Panic! at the Disco • Brendon Urie – lead vocals and guitar, songwriter, bass guitar (uncredited) • Ryan Ross – background vocals, keyboards, songwriter • Spencer Smith – drums, songwriter • Brent Wilson – bass guitar (disputed) Additional personnel • Matt Squire – producer, mixing engineer, recording engineer, engineer • Heather Stebbins - cello • Samantha Bynes - violin ==Charts==

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