Time to Pretend

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“Time to Pretend”
“Time to Pretend” cover
Single by MGMT
from the album Oracular Spectacular
Released March 3, 2008 (UK)
Format 7", CD
Genre Indie rock/pop, Electronica, Synth pop
Length 4 min 19 s
Label Columbia Records[1]
MGMT singles chronology

Time to Pretend
(2008)		 Electric Feel
(2008)

Time to Pretend is the debut single (in the UK) from MGMT's debut album Oracular Spectacular.

The single is released as a 7" and CD featuring the b-sides Weekend Wars and Metatonia, respectively[2].

It was the iTunes Single of the Week for the second week of January, 2008. It was made available as a free download on iTunes during that time. MGMT performed the song on The Late Show with David Letterman on January 8, 2008. The song subsequently hit #38 on the Mediabase Alternative chart [3].

The track was originally recorded for the Time To Pretend EP (2005). It was re-mastered for the Oracular Spectacular album.

It was featured in the the 2008 film 21 and in the Season 1 finale of Gossip Girl. It was also the final song played on the second season of popular UK teen drama Skins, after the song reached a new peak in the UK charts.

Contents

[edit] Track Listing

[edit] 7" single

  1. "Time to Pretend"
  2. "Weekend Wars"

[edit] CD single

  1. "Time to Pretend"
  2. "Metanoia"

[edit] Quotes

  • "Time to Pretend is a space-rock gem that mocks the clichéd coke-and-hookers rock-star lifestyle, over big synth whooshes." - Kevin O'Donnell, Rolling Stone[4]

[edit] Music Video

  • Time to Pretend (official - YouTube)[5]. Tiscali Music gave the video a rating of 10 out of 10[6].

[edit] Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Mediabase U.S. Alternative Chart[7]. 19
Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks[8] 23
UK Singles Chart[9]. 35
Irish Singles Chart[10]. 45
Billboard European Hot 100 Singles[8] 99

[edit] Appearances

  • Soundtrack for the movie 21 released in 2008 (fact-based story about six MIT students who were trained to become experts in card counting).
  • The last episode of Skins Series Two (2008) uses the song in its final scene.
  • Episode eighteen of Gossip Girl.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Keaveny, Shaun. Record of the Week. BBC Radio. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
  2. ^ MGMT Ready UK Debut Single Time To Pretend. Angry Ape. Retrieved on 2008-02-05.
  3. ^ Mediabase US Alternative Radio Airplay Monitor Accessed on 5 February 2008
  4. ^ O'Donnell, Kevin. Artist to Watch: MGMT. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2007-11-14.
  5. ^ Time To Pretend video. YouTube. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
  6. ^ Time to Pretend: video review. Tiscali Music. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
  7. ^ Mediabase US Alternative Radio Airplay Monitor Accessed on 31 March 2008
  8. ^ a b Hot Modern Rock Tracks. Billboard. Retrieved on 2008-03-12.
  9. ^ UK Singles Chart. The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved on 2008-03-12.
  10. ^ Irish Singles Chart 13th March 2008. Retrieved on 2008-04-03.

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