The subject also hit close to home for the band. I was scared to see where the pattern was headed if we didn’t start changing the way we were bringing up the next generation.” He wanted to raise awareness of gun violence among disaffected youth. It was terrifying how mental illness among youth had skyrocketed in the last decade. I wanted to understand the psychology behind it because it was foreign to me.
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He posted the song on his website as a free download in early 2010, and after Nylon magazine used it in an online advertising campaign, and an influential German music blogger shared it on his website, the song grew in popularity.įoster later told CNN.com “ I wrote ‘Pumped Up Kicks’ when I began to read about the growing trend in teenage mental illness. The demo he recorded was ultimately the version of the song the band released.
He also electronically altered his vocals, giving them a menacing, almost creepy vibe. Mark Foster wrote and recorded the song in about five hours, playing all the instruments himself and arranging and editing it using music software. “Pumped Up Kicks” has a breezy and upbeat synth-driven melody accompanied by cheerful whistling, in sharp contrast to the dark lyrics describing the thoughts of a troubled and delusional youth who’s contemplating shooting up his high school. The track was later included on both their self-titled EP and their marvelous debut album Torches. It peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, spending eight weeks at that spot, and was the #1 song of 2011 on the Alternative chart. The second song by them on this list (“Coming of Age” ranks at #65), “Pumped Up Kicks” was their debut single, and became their breakthrough hit and one of the most popular songs of 2011. The song at #23 on my list of 100 Best Songs of the 2010s is “ Pumped Up Kicks” by Los Angeles-based alternative pop-rock band Foster the People.
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