Doing It for the Money

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"Doing It for the Money"
Single by Foster the People
from the album Sacred Hearts Club
ReleasedApril 27, 2017
Recorded2016
Genre
Length3:48
Label Columbia
Songwriters
Producers
  • Mark Foster
  • Isom Innis
Foster the People singles chronology
"Are You What You Want to Be?"
(2014)		"Doing It for the Money"
(2017)		"Loyal Like Sid & Nancy"
(2017)

"Doing It for the Money" is a song by American indie pop band Foster the People. Initially released on April 27, 2017, on their YouTube channel [1] as a part of their new EP (III), the song is featured as the second track on the band's third studio album, Sacred Hearts Club , and was released as the record's first single by Columbia Records.

Contents

Music video

The official video for "Doing It for the Money" was released August 11, 2017, [2] and was directed by Daniel Henry and produced by Molly Ortiz. The video utilizes Google's DeepDream Technology that "manipulates reality to create a sensory overload." [3] On the topic of the video, Henry stated that "In researching more about the DeepDream world, I loved the idea of letting the collective unconscious of the internet play a part in the forming the music video. At any moment you can freeze frame and start to see a cryptic narrative that unfolds in infinite degrees. You might see a dog, or a dinosaur, or a dead president in these hallucinations, or it could just be projections of our inner turmoil." [4]

Personnel

Foster the People

Additional personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2017–18)Peak
position
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 37
US Rock & Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [6] 23

Year-end charts

Chart (2017)Position
US Alternative Songs (Billboard) [7] 48

References

  1. ↑ "Foster The People – Doing It for the Money (Audio)". YouTube. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Foster The People – Doing It for the Money". YouTube. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "PREMIERE: Lose Your Mind with Foster the People and Their Psychedelic "Doing It For The Money" Video". Papermag.com. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Foster The People Release Video for "Doing It For The Money"". Alternativeaddiction.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Foster the People Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Foster the People Chart History (Rock & Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Alternative Songs – Year-End 2017". Billboard. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
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