Sean O'Keefe is an American record producer, mixer, and engineer based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. O'Keefe is best known for his work with Fall Out Boy, Hawthorne Heights, Til Morning and Plain White T's, and has also worked with artists such as Motion City Soundtrack, The Hush Sound, Less Than Jake, Company of Thieves, Punchline, Spitalfield, and You vs Yesterday. He graduated from New Trier High School.
O'Keefe is also a musician, having been a member of Chicago bands This Is Me Smiling and Danny and The Ketchups, in both of which he played the drums.
Commercial success O'Keefe's work has earned him three RIAA Gold Records (awarded for the shipment of 500,000units): Fall Out Boy's Take This to Your Grave (producer and mixer), Hawthorne Heights' The Silence in Black and White (producer and mixer), and the Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah" (co-producer and mixer). "Hey There Delilah" reached #1 on the US Billboard Hot100.
Selected production discography
Year Artist Title Label Role Achievements 2002 Knockout Searching For Solid Ground Fearless Records Producer, Mixer, Engineer 2003 Split Habit Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Double Zero Records Producer, Mixer, Engineer 2003 As Tall As Lions Lafcadio Triple Crown Records Producer, Mixer, Engineer 2003 Spitalfield Remember Right Now Victory Records Producer, Mixer, Engineer 2003 Motion City Soundtrack Schatzi Split Doghouse Records Producer, Mixer, Engineer 2003 Fall Out Boy Take This To Your Grave Fueled By Ramen Producer, Mixer, Engineer 700,000 sold,RIAA certified gold 2004 Duvall Oh Holy Night Asian Man Records Mixer 2004 Punchline Action Fueled By Ramen Producer, Mixer, Engineer 2004 Motion City Soundtrack Matchbook Romance Split Epitaph Records Producer, Mixer, Engineer 2004 Less Than Jake B Is for B-sides Warner Bros. Records Mixer 2004 Hawthorne Heights The Silence in Black and White Victory Records Producer, Mixer, Engineer 950,000 sold,RIAA certified gold 2004 Fall Out Boy My Heart Will Always Be The B-Side To My Tongue Fueled By Ramen Producer, Mixer 2005 The Juliana Theory Deadbeat Sweetheartbeat Abacus Records Mixer, Engineer 2005 This Is Me Smiling This Is Me Smiling Sony Records Producer, Mixer, Engineer 2006 Plain White T's Every Second Counts Hollywood Records Producer, Mixer, Engineer 750,000 sold,RIAA certified gold 2006 Plain White T's Hey There Delilah Fearless Records Co-Producer, Mixer #1 on US Billboard Radio Charts (Hot AC/Top 40) 2008 Punchline Just Say Yes Modern Short Stories Producer, Mixer, Engineer 2007 The Autumn Defense Once Around Yep Roc Engineer 2006 The Hush Sound Like Vines Fueled By Ramen Producer, Mixer, Engineer 2008 Rachael Yamagata Elephants...Teeth Sinking Into Heart Warner Bros. Records Engineer, Drums 2009 The Von Bondies Love, Hate and Then There's You Majordomo Engineer 2009 Company of Thieves Ordinary Riches Wind-Up Records Producer, Mixer, Engineer 2010 Skybox Morning After Cuts Indie Producer, Mixer, Engineer 2010 This Is Me Smiling Only Uphill Indie Mixer 2010 Gold Motel Gold Motel EP Indie Mixer 2010 Gold Motel Summer House Indie Mixer 2011 Mark Rose Wonderful Trouble Indie Producer, Mixer, Engineer 2013Five Years FurtherPerfection is LifelessIndieProducer, Engineer 2013 Mark Rose The Sound Of A Turnaround Indie Producer, Mixer, Engineer 2013 The Fold Moving Past Indie Producer, Mixer, Engineer 2014 From Thin Air Masquerade Indie Producer, Mixer, Engineer 2014 Real Friends Maybe This Place Is the Same and We’re Just Changing Fearless Records Mixer 2018Fall Out BoyLake Effect KidIsland Records and DecaydanceProducer, Mixer, Engineer2019AM TaxiShiver by MeMixer2020You vs YesterdayYou vs YesterdayIndieProducer, Mixer, Engineer2021Beach Bunny"Cloud 9" featuring Tegan and SaraMom + PopMixer2022Beach BunnyEmotional CreatureMom + PopProducer, Mixer, Engineer2024Beach Bunny"Vertigo"Mom + PopProducer
References
External links "I Was A Teenage Fall Out Boy" by Patrick Stump (10 Year Anniversary of Take This To Your Grave)