Congratulations (MGMT song)

"Congratulations"
Single by MGMT
from the album Congratulations
ReleasedNovember 26, 2010
Genre
Length3:55
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
MGMT singles chronology
"It's Working"
(2010)
"Congratulations"
(2010)
"Alien Days"
(2013)
Music video
"MGMT - Congratulations" at YouTube

"Congratulations" is a song by the American rock band MGMT, released as the fourth and final single and the title track from their second studio album Congratulations (2010) on November 26, 2010. The single was released as a limited edition 7" vinyl record with a special 20-page illustrated booklet.[1] On November 2, 2010, Record Store Day announced the limited edition 7" of the single as one of their Black Friday exclusives, containing the Erol Alkan rework of the song.[2] A music video for the song was released on August 25, 2010. "Congratulations" was released to radio on September 28, 2010.[3]

The song was featured during the credits of the 2010 Oscar award-winning documentary Inside Job.[4] American hip hop recording artist Kid Cudi, sampled the song for his third album Indicud (2013), on the song "Immortal".

  1. ^ "User account | the Official MGMT Site". Archived from the original on 2012-09-18. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
  2. ^ "Page | RECORD STORE DAY".
  3. ^ "FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock". Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated. Archived from the original on March 22, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  4. ^ Ferguson, Charles (2010). "Closing credits". Inside Job (Motion picture). Sony Pictures Classics.