| Alien Days | |
| Cover: | MGMT - Alien Days.jpeg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | MGMT |
| Album: | MGMT |
| Released: | April 20, 2013 |
| Genre: | Psychedelic rock, neo-psychedelia, psychedelic pop |
| Length: | 5:10 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Prev Title: | Congratulations |
| Prev Year: | 2010 |
| Next Title: | Your Life Is a Lie |
| Next Year: | 2013 |
"Alien Days" is the first single released from MGMT, the third album by MGMT, which was released as a cassette single on April 20, 2013. VanWyngarden explains the song as the feeling when "a parasitic alien is in your head, controlling things".[1] The music video of this song was filmed by indie director Sam Fleischner, which was the second video released for the promotion of the album.[2]
On March 30, 2012, the band premiered "Alien Days", at a show in Bogotá, Colombia,[3] at the Festival Estereo Picnic.
On March 11, 2013, MGMT confirmed on their Twitter account that a Record Store Day release would be a cassette tape (with download card) of the studio version of "Alien Days", which became available on April 20.[4] On March 22, 2013, RSD confirmed that this single will be a Record Store Day exclusive limited release.[5] On April 17, the band previewed the song in a stop motion video showing the unpacking of the cassette.[6]
On October 31 the band premiered video via Noisey.[7]