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"When You Die" is a song by American pop and rock band MGMT, and the second single from the band's fourth studio album Little Dark Age. It was released worldwide on December 12, 2017, through Columbia Records.

"When You Die"
Single by MGMT
from the album Little Dark Age
ReleasedDecember 12, 2017
Recorded2017
Genre
  • Psychedelic pop
  • gothic rock
  • neo-psychedelia
LabelColumbia
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
  • VanWyngarden
  • Pink
Producer(s)
MGMT singles chronology
"Little Dark Age"
(2017)		 "When You Die"
(2017)		 "Hand It Over"
(2018)

Recording


The song was recorded in 2017. It was co-written by Ariel Pink, who also plays guitar on the song.[1]


Artwork


The Heart of Man; Either a Temple of God, or a Habitation of Satan; Represented in Ten Emblematical Figures, p.38[2]
The Heart of Man; Either a Temple of God, or a Habitation of Satan; Represented in Ten Emblematical Figures, p.38[2]

The song's artwork is based on an illustration in The Heart of Man; Either a Temple of God, or a Habitation of Satan; Represented in Ten Emblematical Figures, an 1851 book by German religious figure Johannes Evangelista Gossner.


Music video


The music video was directed by Mike Burakoff and Hallie Cooper-Novack, and was released on December 12, 2017 through The New Yorker along with the audio release. The video stars Alex Karpovsky and Lucy Kaminsky, with Karpovsky playing a failing magician that appears to die and watch his death through a psychedelic trip presumably in purgatory.[3]

The video has been viewed 29 million times through the band's official Vevo account on YouTube.[4]


Track listing


All lyrics are written by Andrew VanWyngarden and Ariel Pink; all music is composed by VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser and Pink.

Digital download and stream
No.TitleLength
1."When You Die"4:23

Charts


Chart (2017) Peak
position
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[5] 35

References


  1. MGMT – When You Die. Genius. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  2. "The heart of man : Either a temple of God, or a habitation of Satan : Represented in ten emblematical figures, calculated to awaken and promote a Christian disposition". 1851.
  3. Gordon, Arielle (12 December 2017). "MGMT – "When You Die"". SPIN.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. MGMT – When You Die. YouTube. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  5. "MGMT Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 7, 2018.

На других языках

- [en] When You Die

[ru] When You Die

«When You Die» (с англ. — «Когда ты умрёшь») — песня американского дуэта MGMT в жанрах альтернативного рока, инди-попа и психоделии. Второй сингл с четвёртого студийного альбома Little Dark Age, выпущенный 12 декабря 2017 года лейблом Columbia Records через цифровую дистрибуцию. Была впервые исполнена 5 мая 2017 на концерте Beale Street Music Festival вместе с другими песнями из будущего альбома: «Little Dark Age», «James» и «Me and Michael».


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