Missed the Boat

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"Missed the Boat"
Single by Modest Mouse
from the album We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
ReleasedMay 1, 2007
GenreIndie rock
Length4:24
LabelEpic Records
Songwriter(s)Isaac Brock, Jeremiah Green, Eric Judy, Joe Plummer, Johnny Marr, Tom Peloso
Producer(s)Dennis Herring
Modest Mouse singles chronology
"King Rat"
(2007)
"Missed the Boat"
(2007)
"We've Got Everything"
(2007)
Music video
"Missed the Boat" on
YouTube

"Missed the Boat" is a song by American

Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart.[1]

James Mercer of The Shins sings backup vocals on "Missed the Boat".[2]

Music video

In 2007, Apple Inc. and Modest Mouse asked fans to direct and film a video for the song.[3] 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, that is Christopher Louie and Bill Barminski, shows a robot who directed himself in a video about a robot who runs away from home.[4]

Another video, shown on

Fuse TV
, features segued segments of other submitted videos, with the winning video only appearing for five seconds.

Chart performance

Chart (2007) Peak
positions
U.S. Billboard
Hot Modern Rock Tracks[1]
24

Popular culture

This song appears in the Scrubs episode "My Waste of Time" at the end of the show.

References

  1. ^ a b References for chart positions:
    • "Modest Mouse: Artist Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2007-06-30.
  2. Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original
    on January 9, 2007.
  3. ^ Make Your Own Modest Mouse “Missed The Boat" Contest Official Rules Archived 2007-05-21 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Modest Mouse - Missed The Boat Vote Archived 2007-10-13 at the Wayback Machine

External links