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“Doing It For The Money” by Foster The People
From the EP III (2017)
“Doing It For The Money” by Foster The People appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 2017. It was first released in 2017 on the EP III. Its best result is #48 on the X96 Top 50 Songs of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #224 alternative song of 2017.
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"Doing It for the Money" first surfaced in April 2017 on Foster the People's YouTube channel, part of the III EP, before landing second in the running order of Sacred Hearts Club, the group's third album, and becoming its first single on Columbia. Mark Foster sings it and stacks up piano, synthesizer and even tubular bells, with Isom Innis on more synths and Ryan Telder on backing vocals. Foster, Innis, Telder and Adam Schmalholz share the writing; Foster and Innis produced it with Josh Abraham and OliGee, Lars Stalfors added production, and Manny Marroquin mixed.
The video, directed by Daniel Henry and out that August, ran its footage through Google's DeepDream technology for a deliberate sensory overload. Henry liked the idea of the internet's collective unconscious shaping the images: freeze any frame and a dog or a dinosaur might swim into view.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 53 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2017 | 91 |
| 2017 | 48 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2017 | 50 |
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