Float On (Modest Mouse song)
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| Single by Modest Mouse | ||||||||||
| from the album Good News for People Who Love Bad News | ||||||||||
| Released | February 14, 2004 | |||||||||
| Format | 7", CD | |||||||||
| Recorded | Fall 2003 | |||||||||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||||||||
| Length | 3:28 | |||||||||
| Label | Epic | |||||||||
| Producer | Dennis Herring | |||||||||
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"Float On" is a single released by indie rock band Modest Mouse. It also appears on their album Good News for People Who Love Bad News. The song was written by Dann Gallucci, Eric Judy and Isaac Brock. It was nominated for a Grammy in 2005.
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[edit] Background
Asked about the song in an interview with The A.V. Club,[1] Brock said that he consciously intended to write something that felt more positive than some of his previous work:
| “ | It was a completely conscious thing. I was just kind of fed up with how bad shit had been going, and how dark everything was, with bad news coming from everywhere. Our president [George W. Bush] is just a fucking daily dose of bad news! Then you've got the well-intentioned scientists telling us that everything is fucked. I just want to feel good for a day. | ” |
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—Isaac Brock, The A.V. Club |
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The song was released on February 14, 2004 and was the first Modest Mouse song to gain mainstream popularity. Nearly six months after its release, it became the band's first #1 hit on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. In Australia, the song was ranked #11 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004. In July 2009, it was also voted in at #94 in Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time. In December 2009 Rolling Stone named it the 39th greatest song of the 2000s.[2]
[edit] Covers
The song was covered by Ben Lee, whose version can be heard on the soundtrack for the 2006 American film John Tucker Must Die.[3]
It was also covered by Goldspot, whose version later appeared on the American television series The O.C.[4] "Weird Al" Yankovic covered this song for the polka medley "Polkarama!" from his 2006 album Straight Outta Lynnwood.
[edit] Other uses
"Float On" is a playable track in the video games Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour.
"Float On" is also sampled and interpolated in Lupe Fiasco's song "The Show Goes On" from his album Lasers.
"Float On" was used in a commercial for OnStar.
[edit] Track listing
The following tracks appeared on the single:
- "Float On" – 3:32
- "I've Got It All (Most)" – 3:06
[edit] References
- ^ Modell, Josh (April 7, 2004). "Modest Mouse interview". The A.V. Club (The Onion). http://avclub.com/content/node/23015. Retrieved Oct 19, 2009.
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- ^ "John Tucker Must Die(2006) - Soundtracks". IMDb. 2010-04-07. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455967/soundtrack. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
- ^ Lester, Paul (2007-07-06). "No 139: Goldspot". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/jul/06/popandrock4. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
| Preceded by "Slither" by Velvet Revolver |
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single July 31, 2004 |
Succeeded by "Just Like You" by Three Days Grace |
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