Missed the Boat

Album: We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (2007)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song was the second single from Modest Mouse's 2007 album We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank. It peaked at #24 on Billboard's Hot Modern Rocks chart. The album was the first that Modest Mouse released with former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr in the band.
  • James Mercer from The Shins sings backup vocals on this song.
  • In 2007, Modest Mouse teamed up with Apple Inc. to ask fans to make their own videos for this song. The winning video was created by a team called Walter Robot and featured a robot who was directing himself in a video about a robot who runs away from home. Christopher Mills, who also directed the band's "Float On" video, directed the green screen sequences for the finished version.
  • This song appeared at the end of an episode of Scrubs called "My Waste of Time."
  • In May 2007, Modest Mouse performed this song on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

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