"Mess Around" | ||||
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Single by Cage the Elephant | ||||
from the album Tell Me I'm Pretty | ||||
Released | October 29, 2015 | |||
Recorded | Spring 2015 at Easy Eye Sound, Nashville, Tennessee | |||
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Length | 2:53 | |||
Label | RCA | |||
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Producer(s) | Dan Auerbach | |||
Cage the Elephant singles chronology | ||||
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"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".
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.