Song · MGMT
“Flash Delirium” by MGMT
From the album Congratulations (2010)
“Flash Delirium” by MGMT appears on 10 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2010 and 2014. It was first released in 2010 on the album Congratulations. Its best result is #20 on the WEXT Top 97 of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #146 alternative song of 2010 and #3,995 alternative song of all time.
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"Flash Delirium" was the first single from Congratulations, MGMT's second album, and it was never meant to be a single at all. The band had planned to release no singles at all so the record would stand as one piece, so at first they called this a mere taster and gave it away as a free download on their website, before it reached iTunes in March 2010.
Andrew VanWyngarden wrote the words and the music with Ben Goldwasser, and the lyric takes a swipe at social networking and the way it pulls people out of real life. VanWyngarden sings and plays drums, bass and flute, Goldwasser handles organ, piano, sampler and synthesizer, and Matt Asti and Will Berman fill in guitars, bass and drums, with Jennifer Herrema adding vocals. Dave Fridmann mixed it, and it later landed on the FIFA 11 soundtrack.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 43 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2010 | 101 |
| 2010 | 31 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2010 | 101 |
| 2010 | 67 | KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA | KSLG Top 94 Slugtunez of 2010 | 94 |
| 2010 | 20 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 97 of 2010 | 97 |
| 2010 | 21 | WLOY Baltimore, MD | WLOY Top 50 of 2010 | 50 |
| 2010 | 55 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2010 | 104 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1912 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1347 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1314 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1303 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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