"Missed the Boat" is a song by American
indie rock
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band
Modest Mouse and is the sixth track on their 2007 album, ''
We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank''. The song was released as the second
single
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Arts, entertainment, and media
* Single (music), a song release
Songs
* "Single" (Natasha Bedingfield song), 2004
* "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008
* "Single" (William Wei song), 2016
* "Single", by ...
from that album and peaked at #24 in ''
Billboard's''
Hot Modern Rock Tracks
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chart.
[References for chart positions:
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James Mercer of
The Shins
The Shins is an American indie rock band formed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1996. The band is the project of singer-songwriter James Mercer, who has served as the band's sole constant member throughout numerous line-up changes. The band's cu ...
sings backup vocals on "Missed the Boat".
Music video
In 2007,
Apple Inc.
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and Modest Mouse asked fans to direct and film a video for the song. The contest ended on May 22, 2007. Christopher Mills, who also directed the "
Float On" video, directed the green screen sequences used in the contest. The winning video, directed by
Walter Robot
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, that is Christopher Louie and
Bill Barminski
Bill Barminski (born November 26, 1962) is an American self taught artist and filmmaker born in Chicago, Illinois. His work has been part of creative projects such as Banksy's Dismaland, Beyond The Streets and ''The Cunning Little Vixen'', a new m ...
, shows a robot who directed himself in a video about a robot who runs away from home.
Modest Mouse - Missed The Boat Vote
Another video, shown on MTV2 and Fuse TV
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, features segued segments of other submitted videos, with the winning video only appearing for five seconds.
Chart performance
Popular culture
This song appears in the '' Scrubs'' episode "My Waste of Time" at the end of the show.
References
External links
Modest Mouse
at MySpace
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Modest Mouse songs
2007 songs
Songs written by Johnny Marr
Songs written by Isaac Brock (musician)
Songs written by Jeremiah Green
Songs written by Eric Judy
Songs written by Joe Plummer
Songs written by Tom Peloso
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