 Genius Meanings
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MGMT – James
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This song is dedicated to James Richardson, a longtime band member of MGMT who helped record their 2010 album Congratulations.
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MGMT – James (Matthew Dear Remix)
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[Spoken Word] / -ay, that was James, that's very nice. That was by MGMT and that's not the single but it's the one I like best; I'll play the single, later when it's not uh- when
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MGMT – TSLAMP
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“TSLAMP” is an ode to how cellphones have detrimentally affected the way the human race interacts with each other. An average person spends five hours staring at their phone screen
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MGMT – Little Dark Age
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“Little Dark Age” is the first single from MGMT’s 4th album of the same name. Produced by Patrick Wimberly, the track was featured on Zane Lowe’s show “Today’s World Record”, and
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Sigala & James Arthur – Lasting Lover
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[Verse 1] / I don't know why I can't quite / Get you out my sight / You're always just behind / Each thought across my mind / Keep crawling back to where we last / Left our love on
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MGMT – Me and Michael
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“Me and Michael” is the fourth single from MGMT’s fourth studio album, Little Dark Age. It was released on February 7, 2018, alongside a conceptual music video which depicts Andrew
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MGMT – Bubblegum Dog
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“Bubblegum Dog” is the second single for MGMT’s fifth album Loss of Life. Originally recorded and later discarded during the Little Dark Age sessions, this track finally resurfaced
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MGMT – Phradie's Song
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Did I dream before? / It felt like I couldn't love anymore / Entire symphonies / A holy light was gifted to me / Any time the music plays (Any time) / And morning comes to wash it
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MGMT – Mother Nature
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“Mother Nature” is the first single from MGMT in 3 years, succeeding the two standalone singles 2019’s “In the Afternoon” and 2020’s “As You Move Through the World.” This vibrant
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MGMT – Time to Pretend
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MGMT have described the lyrics to “Time to Pretend” as:
We wrote “Time to Pretend” our senior year of college, and the music was inspired by a praying mantis we had in our house
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MGMT – She Works Out Too Much
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The song seems to be talking about a failed relationship between a man and a woman obsessed with working out.
Presented with sarcasm, there’s a woman’s voice all along the song
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MGMT – When You Die
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“When You Die” is the second single released on December 12, 2017 for MGMT’s fourth studio album Little Dark Age. The track was premiered through The New Yorker alongside its
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MGMT – Electric Feel
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“Electric Feel” is about sex and the “electric” sensations it provides. It also uses electricity to refer to love, and mentions how worldwide love would change the world.
It is
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MGMT – When You're Small
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“When You’re Small” is a slow and somber track that juxtaposes the experiences of being a well known and established artist versus the experience of being a small artist with
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MGMT – Hand It Over
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The third single from Little Dark Age, “Hand It Over” makes for a calmer, dreamier contrast against the more upfront title track and the upbeat single “When You Die”. Conversely
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MGMT – It's Working
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Andrew VanWyngarden talks about It’s Working:
“Lyrically, it’s about doing drugs. I didn’t realize it until now, but it’s kind of funny, because the first song on our first album
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MGMT – Song for Dan Treacy
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[Verse 1] / He spends his time / Or maybe half of his time / Or part of the time wandering / Around the creeks and cobble stones of Hackney lanes / With a tear in his eye / As the
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M83 – Midnight City
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“Midnight City” is off of M83’s sixth, and critically acclaimed album Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (Naive, 2011). The song’s catchiness quickly made it one of the most popular songs of
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MGMT – Siberian Breaks
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Siberian Breaks is the 6th song of MGMT’s 6th studio album, Congratulations.
On Record Store Day of 2010, the band released a limited-edition 12" blue marble vinyl single
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MGMT – Nothing Changes
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[Verse 1] / This is what the gods must have been talking about / When they told me, "Nothing changes" / Falling through the Pleiades straight into a cloud / Wishing all the stars
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MGMT (Ft. Christine and the Queens) – Dancing in Babylon
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[Verse 1: Andrew VanWyngarden, Christine and the Queens, Both] / Out on the street, the real heads / Trying to keep it low / Saw you move to the beat and I was blown away / That's
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MGMT – Brian Eno
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Brian Eno is an English musician, composer, record producer, and visual artist, known for his pioneering work in the field of ambient music. He is credited with coining the term
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Tommy James and the Shondells – On Behalf of the Entire Staff and Management
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On behalf of the entire staff and management / We'd like to present you with this token of our esteem / On behalf of the entire staff and management / We really feel that you
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MGMT – One Thing Left to Try
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[Verse 1] / One thing left to try, see if you can make it / Before you choose the night and the silence overtakes you / If you looked into the fire and you had that conversation
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MGMT – Little Dark Age (Ghost Vision Remix)
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[Verse 1] / Breathing in the dark / Lying on its side / The ruins of the day / Painted with a scar / And the more I straighten out / The less it wants to try / The feelings start
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MGMT – I Found a Whistle
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“I Found a Whistle” was written by Andrew WanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser. It appears as track 5 on their 2010 album “Congratulations” The song is a mellow, soft rock ballad about
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MGMT – Someone's Missing
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[Verse 1] / Someone's telling the toll to me / I'm cut and weeping like a rubber tree / But I don't care who's left behind / Lost revelations that I'll never find / [Chorus 1] / In
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MGMT – TSLAMP (Matthew Dear Remix)
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[Spoken Intro] / Here we are, at the apex of the dilemma. And to think, this little gadget, which you all dreamed of having as a child is now causing so much grief. It's like
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