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"Pumped Up Kicks" is a song by American indie pop band Foster the People. It was released as the band's debut single in September 2010, and the following year was included on their EP Foster the People and their debut album, Torches. "Pumped Up Kicks" became the group's breakthrough hit and was one of the most popular songs of 2011.
Torches is the debut studio album by American indietronica band Foster the People, released on May 23, 2011, by Startime International and Columbia Records.In 2010, the group parlayed the popularity of frontman Mark Foster's song "Pumped Up Kicks" into a record deal with Startime International, and wrote the album to back the song's popularity.
Pumped Up Kicks" finished 2011 as the sixth-best-selling digital song of the year, with 3.84 million copies sold. [33] The band was named in a lawsuit filed by Brandon Dorsky on May 24, 2011, alleging a breach of an oral contract between him and Foster, and that Dorsky had named the band. [5] The case was settled for an undisclosed amount in ...
"Helena Beat" was written by the group's lead songwriter Mark Foster to embody the attitude of the drug culture within Hollywood.Foster says the lyrics—particularly the line "Yeah yeah and it's okay, I tie my hands up to a chair so I don't fall that way"—are meant to express the nonchalant attitude that people have to their destructive tendencies.
Matthew Thomas Masurka (born May 12, 1983), [1] better known by his stage name Gigamesh, is a Minneapolis-based American music producer and DJ.Gigamesh is most recognized for having produced Mike Posner's track "Cooler Than Me" [2] as well as for his remix of Foster the People's single "Pumped Up Kicks" (which currently has over 172 million plays on YouTube).
The album was praised for its experimentation, while being criticized for a lack of consistency. Critics also noted a failure to recapture the band's old sound, often noting their breakthrough hit "Pumped Up Kicks" in reference. Numerous critics also praised the lyrical content and musical departure from their two previous albums.
Link followed this a few weeks later with a medieval-style instrumental version of Foster the People's "Pumped Up Kicks", which Canadian YouTuber [5] Hildegard von Blingin' (a play on the name of the medieval composer Hildegard von Bingen) [6] then re-released with an added vocal track using a medieval-style adaptation of the original lyrics.
"Pumped Up Kicks" Foster the People: 8 Safe Top 9 I'm with the Band! "Rhiannon" Fleetwood Mac: 6 Safe Top 8 Back to the Start Solo "Blue-Eyed Lie" Jessica Meuse 1 Safe Duet "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" with Caleb Johnson: Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty: 5 Top 8 [a] Songs from the 1980s: Solo "Call Me" Blondie: 6 Safe Duet "Islands in the Stream ...