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On August 25, MGMT released a music video for "Congratulations", the third video of their second album. [32] MGMT was one of the third tier bands for the 2010 Coachella Festival in Indio, California. The event draws nearly 120,000 attendees annually. On October 31, 2010, the band performed for the Voodoo Experience in New Orleans, Louisiana.
On June 3, 2009, MGMT released the official music video for "Kids". It was directed by Ray Tintori, who directed MGMT's previous videos for "Time to Pretend" and "Electric Feel." The video was released to the Oracular Spectacular version. The animated sequence in it was animated by Christy Karacas, director of the Superjail!
In early 2010, MGMT collaborated with rapper Kid Cudi and electronic rock duo Ratatat on the single "Pursuit of Happiness", which reached number 59 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified platinum by the RIAA: [10] two different music videos were recorded for the song.
MGMT, an American rock band formed by singers Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser in 2002, is perhaps best known for its indie sleaze anthems like “Kids” and “Time to Pretend.”
MGMT: 3:04 "She Works Out Too Much" 2018 Little Dark Age: 4:38 "Siberian Breaks" 2010 Congratulations: 12:09 "Someone's Missing" 2010 Congratulations: 2:29 "Something To Do With Prince" 2013 Spectrum / Spacemen 3 / MGMT Split 7" 4:35 Originally released by Sonic Boom on the B-Side of a 7 inch vinyl "Song for Dan Treacy" 2010 Congratulations: 3:38
"Electric Feel" became MGMT's first Australian ARIA top 50 hit, as well as their first New Zealand RIANZ top 40 hit. In the United States, the song originally peaked at number 20 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, but reached a new peak of number 14 almost three years after the original peak, due to a resurgence in sales from exposure on The Voice.
Congratulations is the second studio album by American rock band MGMT. [1] It was initially made available for free streaming through the band's website on March 20, 2010, prior to its official release on April 13 through Columbia Records. [2]
The song was heavily influenced by English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD). [2] Talking to Q, the band discussed the origin of the titular "Michael" with Ben Goldwasser saying the original refrain was written as "me and my girl," but decided it was "so boring and cheesy" and decided to change it into "me and Michael."