You Make Me Smile - written by Matt and Justin in 1999 and was played at several Blue October concerts from 2000 to 2002. During 2003 and 2004 while Matt was not in the band, they never played the song. Justin and Matt played an acoustic version at one of Matt’s shows in San Marcos in Summer 2005, and Blue October has played the song at nearly every show from 2005 to 2007.
She’s My Ride Home - made its live debut in early 2004 and was played at several shows through the spring of 2004. It originally had different lyrics. An early version of the song appears in the soundcheck section of the Argue With a Tree DVD.
Into the Ocean - was not played at a live show until the Foiled shows in February 2006 and has been played at nearly every show since then. The music for the song is similiar to the music used for the 5591 song “Next Message” which was played at a show on December 7, 2002. What if We Could - Played at 5591 shows in 2002 and 2004. It has been played both acoustically and also as an electronica song. It was a slow quiet song that had a much different sound than the hard rocking Foiled version.
Hate Me - written in early 2005, it made it’s live debut September 18, 2005 at the Hurricane Benefit show in Dallas and has been played at every show since.
Let it Go - played at a few shows towards the end of the History for Sale tour in late 2004. Wasn’t played again until March 2007 (although it was played at some soundchecks early in the Foiled tour) and was played regularly until the end of the Foiled tour.
Congratulations - played at a few shows in late 2004 along with Let it Go. It originally had slightly different lyrics. Has not been played live since 2004.
Overweight - made its live debut at the 5591 show in August 2004 as a spoken word poem. Wasn’t played by the full band until Spring 2006.
X Amount of Words - was played at 5591 shows in 2002. Was played at nearly every show on the Foiled tour.
Drilled a Wire Through My Cheek - made its live debut at the 5591 show in August 2004 as a spoken word poem. Wasn’t played by the full band until the Foiled tour and was played at most shows in 2006 and 2007.
Sound of Pulling Heaven Down - performed a cappella throughout 2004 and 2005 as a tag to Come in Closer and was included in the Argue With a Tree album. Was played at most shows in 2006 and 2007.
Everlasting Friend - played at 5591 shows in 2002. Was played at many shows early in the Foiled tour but was played less towards the end of the tour.
18th Floor Balcony - played at shows in 2003 and 2004 and 2005. The balcony it was written about is in Kansas City. Played at almost every Foiled show.
It’s Just Me - never played at a Blue October show. The recording on the album (please correct me if I’m wrong as I don’t quite remember) was recorded in a lounge in Las Vegas in 2005.
Remember that Foiled was recorded in Summer 2005 and was supposed to be released in October 2005. Blue October played a tour in Fall 2005 in which they debuted Hate Me, and brought back You Make Me Smile, and also played 18th Floor Balcony and the short version of Sound of Pulling Heaven Down.
Even in early 2006 the release of the album was delayed again but the band already started their tour in February 2006 and started playing Into the Ocean, the full version of Sound of Pulling Heaven Down, and I Drilled a Wire Through My Cheek, and Everlasting Friend.
In March 2006 VH1 posted all the songs from Foiled on their website so even before the album was out, most fans had already heard the songs.
As the Foiled tour went into Full Swing, they started playing more songs from the album. The new version of She’s My Ride Home wasn’t played at a show until Summer of 2006, and Let it Go wasn’t played live until the show in Austin in March 2007 which was recorded for the Treat Your Baby Well live CD. Congratulations hasn’t been played live since 2004.
