Float On (Modest Mouse song)

"Float On"
Single by Modest Mouse
from the album Good News for People Who Love Bad News
B-side"I've Got It All (Most)"
ReleasedMarch 8, 2004 (2004-03-08)
Genre
Length3:28
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Dennis Herring
Modest Mouse singles chronology
"Heart Cooks Brain"
(1999)
"Float On"
(2004)
"Ocean Breathes Salty"
(2004)
Music video
"Float On" on YouTube

"Float On" is a song by American rock band Modest Mouse, released on March 8, 2004, as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004). The song topped the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 2005. 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.

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