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TIL That in 2005, Fall Out Boy Tried to Release a Song About the Trappings of Fame Titled “I’m David Ruffin and These are the Temptations” Until Their Lawyers Intervened. The Song was Renamed “Our Lawyers Made Us Change the Name of This Song So We Wouldn’t Get Sued”

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