2014Released
3:39

Did You Know?

Interesting facts and trivia about After the Disco. By Songfacts®.

This is the title track of the second album by Broken Bells, an Indie Rock project comprising vocalist James Mercer of The Shins and producer Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton. The LP was written with both Mercer and Danger Mouse in the room, and the division of labor was 50-50. "We both play the instruments, we both work out the melodies and we both write the lyrics," Burton told NME. "When it came to lyrics, we'd sit in the room and discuss it together. This record is really personal, especially for me, and James is somebody I really trust in that way."

Danger Mouse told Mojo magazine the After the Disco title is a reference to, "growing up, finally, and trying to be responsible about things." He added: "It's like when you're done partying, you wake up the next day and have to figure everything out. James and I lead very different lives, but we both share the same feelings: Are we really grown up? Is this what life is? Were both trying to figure that out."

Mercer told NME that this song is, "our attempt at something you'd hear on a dance floor."

Top Listeners

Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of After the Disco.
AKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
116BPM

Album

The album After the Disco is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released After the Disco.
Columbia
(P) 2014 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment

See your Spotify stats (with number of plays and minutes listened) and discover new music.

Music data, artist images, album covers, and song previews are provided by Spotify. Spotify is a trademark of Spotify AB.

5.8MArtists
73.5MSongs
12.3MAlbums
6.3KGenres
2.5MLabels
493KPlaylists