Siberian Breaks - Ed Banger All-Stars Remix

MGMT's Andrew VanWyngarden told Spin Magazine about this 12-minute-long epic track: "It's kind of like eight different songs strung together into one, and the general theme is about surfing in the Arctic Circle by Russia."

Spin asked VanWyngarden if he's always been an avid surfer. He replied: "When we were making the first record I didn't surf. But for whatever reason, I was dreaming about waves and surfing for about a year straight. So that made it into the lyrics and the imagery of the record. Then about a year ago, when we were recording Congratulations in Malibu, I started surfing. Now I try to do it whenever I can. I'm going to Costa Rica to surf this Sunday. I love it and it's definitely a theme on Congratulations."

VanWyngarden told Artist Direct the story of the song: "Similar to the other songs on the album, we were writing it, and it started growing and taking shape as a longer song. It wasn't something where we set out from the beginning to write a really long song. It started with a simple chord progression for the first verse, and it kept developing after that. It never felt too long. I think some people are somehow offended by its length, but we wanted it to be a sweep of a song at this walking pace. A lot of the lyrics are about surfing and more cosmic stuff."