"Doing It for the Money" | ||||
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Single by Foster the People | ||||
from the album Sacred Hearts Club | ||||
Released | April 27, 2017 | |||
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Length | 3:48 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
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"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.
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]
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Chart (2017–18) | Peak position |
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US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [5] | 37 |
US Rock & Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [6] | 23 |
Chart (2017) | Position |
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US Alternative Songs (Billboard) [7] | 48 |