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About This Track
“Float On” is a single released by indie rock band Modest Mouse. It had also appeared on their album Good News For People Who Love Bad News.
The song was written by Dann Gallucci, Eric Judy, and Isaac Brock.
Asked about the song in an interview with The A.V. Club, Isaac Brock said that he consciously intended to write something that felt more positive than some of his previous work.
The song was released on February 14, 2004 and was the first Modest Mouse song to gain mainstream popularity. Nearly a half year 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’s Hottest 100 of All Time.
Not only the song, but the music video, featuring computer animation styled after pop-up books, bears a degree of resemblance to the video of Franz Ferdinand’s breakthrough single “Take Me Out”, which is animated in a similar style, though with different aesthetics. Both songs became popular at around the same time.
This song was covered by Australian artist Ben Lee for the 2006 motion picture John Tucker Must Die, and again by indie band Goldspot for the sixth soundtrack of The OC, released on December 5, 2006.
The song was written by Dann Gallucci, Eric Judy, and Isaac Brock.
Asked about the song in an interview with The A.V. Club, Isaac Brock said that he consciously intended to write something that felt more positive than some of his previous work.
The song was released on February 14, 2004 and was the first Modest Mouse song to gain mainstream popularity. Nearly a half year 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’s Hottest 100 of All Time.
Not only the song, but the music video, featuring computer animation styled after pop-up books, bears a degree of resemblance to the video of Franz Ferdinand’s breakthrough single “
Take Me Out”, which is animated in a similar style, though with different aesthetics. Both songs became popular at around the same time.This song was covered by Australian artist Ben Lee for the 2006 motion picture John Tucker Must Die, and again by indie band Goldspot for the sixth soundtrack of The OC, released on December 5, 2006.
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Shouts
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TheDynamicUno wrote:
If my car stereo scrobbled I would probably have thousands of listens for this!
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Emily318 wrote:
Aww :) I love them. And I always forget how much I love this song until I hear it <3
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crazykarma138 wrote:
i love this song. its so uplifting
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sls wrote:
Ha, I remember in the pre-last.fm days when the site was called Audioscrobbler (2004), this song was on top of the most-played tracks list like... forever. It was probably in the top 10 for the entirety of 2004 and 2005. Hmm... does anyone know of a place where I can scope out the last.fm/AS charts of years past?
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rogowar wrote:
It's a mood improver.
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lvkkss24 wrote:
Needed this :(
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Edwardscissors1 wrote:
I backed my car into a cop car the other day... Well he just drove off sometimes lifes okay. Modest mouse will always be my favorite band.
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Giusychevola wrote:
♥
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AnnChess wrote:
Always will be a classic. Seriously.
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EdgeLike wrote:
the perfect song to move your arms and legs crazy like to ♥
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charlotte12sky wrote:
I backed my car into a cop car the other day.
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DestielForever wrote:
song makes me all teary eyed :')
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charlotte12sky wrote:
Thsi song helps me so much!
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charlotte12sky wrote:
I wuv this song!
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Leonidas1353 wrote:
Love MM
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the_flava wrote:
not really matt. they're good but as good as pixies. thats a totally different level.
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matt1337c wrote:
This is this generations "Where is my mind?"
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glacialpace1 wrote:
This is the song Isaac wrote after real tragedy struck in his life. Definitely an essential MM track.
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Crazyjesse2 wrote:
I listen to this every time I need to feel happy :)
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youthcomingup wrote:
It took me a while to like this record for the very reason pavskies states. This song especially sounded like every other herky-jerky indie white boy hipster dance shit record that became so damn fashionable the first half of the decade. But I eventually came around and think it might be their 2nd or 3rd best album.
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