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Mess Around (Cage the Elephant song)

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Length
  
2:53

Label
  
RCA

Released
  
October 29, 2015 (2015-10-29)

Recorded
  
Spring 2015 at Easy Eye Sound, Nashville, Tennessee

Genre
  
Alternative rock garage rock psychedelic rock surf rock

Writer(s)
  
Jared Champion Brad Shultz Matt Schultz Daniel Tichenor

"Mess Around" is a song by American rock band Cage the Elephant. It was produced by Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys and was released as the lead single from the band's fourth studio album Tell Me I'm Pretty on October 29, 2015. It topped the Billboard Alternative Songs chart in the United States, becoming the band's sixth overall chart-topper. In 2016, it was featured in Acura's Summer of Performance Event TV spot, "Weekends: RDX".

Music video

The official music video for "Mess Around" was released on October 29, 2015. The video consists of footage from films by French filmmaker Georges Méliès, including A Trip to the Moon and The Impossible Voyage.

References

Mess Around (Cage the Elephant song) Wikipedia