MGMT Kids

Here’s the MGMT Kids original music video performed by the band in 2008. The director is Ray Tintori.

The videos MGMT Kids and MGMT Electric Feel helped launch their careers.

MGMT is an American band based in Brooklyn, NY and was founded by Benjamin Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden. After the release of their first album, that included MGMT Kids, the members of their live band, Matthew Asti, James Richardson, and Will Berman joined the core band in the studio. Formed at Wesleyan University and originally with Cantora Records, they signed with Columbia Records and Red Ink in 2006.

On October 5, 2007, Spin.com named the band “Artist of the Day. ”On November 14, 2007, Rolling Stone pegged them as a top ten “Artist to Watch” in 2008. The band was named ninth in the BBC’s Sound of 2008 Top Ten Poll. They were also named as Last.fm’s most played new artist of 2008 in their Best of 2008 lists. MGMT Kids was a big part of these awards.

The bands first album, Oracular Spectacular, featured MGMT Kids

Oracular Spectacular debuted at #12 on the UK album chart and number six on the Australian ARIA Charts, and hit number one on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart. It has also been named the 18th best album of the decade by Rolling Stone magazine. It was named the best album of 2008 by NME. The band also appeared prominently in Australia’s Triple J Hottest 100 2008 with MGMT Kids (#5), Electric Feel (#2), and “Time to Pretend” (#18).

The band was nominated for the 2010 Grammy Award for Best New Artist, and their track MGMT Kids was nominated for Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocals. These are the first Grammy nominations for the band. At the 2009 Grammy Awards, the Justice remix of MGMT Electric Feel won the Grammy for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical.

Their second album, Congratulations, was released on April 13, 2010 and in April, 2011 the band began working on their third album.

Here are some of the lyrics for MGMT Kids that are chanted throughout the song:
Control yourself.
Take only what you need from it.
A family of trees wantin’,
To be haunted.

The MGMT Kids video is the bands most popular.