Float On (Modest Mouse song)


"Float On" is a song by American rock band Modest Mouse, released on February 14, 2004, as the lead single from their fourth studio album Good News for People Who Love Bad News. The song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 2005.

Background

Asked about the song in an interview with The A.V. Club, 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 six months after its release, it became the band's first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. It debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 70 and peaked at No. 68. In Australia, the song was ranked No. 11 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004. In 2013 Triple J created a new list of the Hottest 100 songs of the past 20 years, Float On appeared at No. 45. In July 2009, it was also voted in at No. 94 in Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time. In December 2009 Rolling Stone named it the 39th greatest song of the 2000s.
The song is in the key of F# major. The music video is portrayed in the style of a pop-up book with the band wearing turn of the century style clothing and in an underwater scene with flotsam suits.

Covers

The song was covered by Ben Lee, whose version can be heard on the soundtrack for the 2006 film John Tucker Must Die.
It was also covered by Mark Kozelek and Goldspot, whose version later appeared on the television series The O.C.
The song's melody was sampled by Lupe Fiasco in 2010 for the song "The Show Goes On".

Track listing

The following tracks appeared on the single:
  1. "Float On" – 3:32
  2. "I've Got It All " – 3:06

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