{{about|the 2013 song by MGMT|the day relating to the ''Alien'' media series|Alien (franchise)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2013}} {{Infobox song | name = Alien Days | cover = MGMT - Alien Days.jpeg | alt = | type = single | artist = MGMT | album = MGMT | released = April 20, 2013 | recorded = February 2011 (demo) September 2011 - June 2012 | studio = | venue = | genre = Psychedelic rock, neo-psychedelia, psychedelic pop | length = 5:10 | label = Columbia | writer = Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser | producer = | prev_title = Congratulations | prev_year = 2010 | next_title = Your Life Is a Lie | next_year = 2013 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|FbK5idPn1mc|"Alien Days"}}}} }}

"'''Alien Days'''" is the first single released from ''MGMT,'' the third album by MGMT, which was released as a cassette single on April 20, 2013. VanWyngarden explains the song as the feeling when "a parasitic alien is in your head, controlling things".<ref>{{cite web|author=David Browne |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mgmt-get-even-weirder-on-synth-heavy-third-album-20130129 |title=MGMT Get Even Wilder on Synth-Heavy Third Album &#124; Music News |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=January 29, 2013 |accessdate=June 19, 2013}}</ref> The music video was filmed by indie director Sam Fleischner, which was the second video released for the promotion of the album. This was the first single released by MGMT since 2010's Congratulations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whoismgmt.com/us/news/mgmt-set-release-self-titled-album-september-17 |title=MGMT SET TO RELEASE SELF-TITLED ALBUM ON SEPTEMBER 17 &#124; the Official MGMT Site |accessdate=2012-06-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628070550/http://www.whoismgmt.com/us/news/mgmt-set-release-self-titled-album-september-17 |archivedate=June 28, 2013 }}</ref>

==History== MGMT demoed the song in February 2011. On March 30, 2012, the band premiered "Alien Days", at a show in Bogotá, Colombia,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/21483126|title=MGMT @ Bogotá|publisher=UStream|date=March 31, 2012|accessdate=March 31, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922043656/http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/21483126|archive-date=September 22, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> at the Festival Estereo Picnic.

On March 11, 2013, MGMT confirmed on their Twitter account that a Record Store Day release would be a cassette tape (with download card) of the studio version of "Alien Days", which became available on April 20.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/whoisMGMT/status/311164863915376640 |title=Twitter / whoisMGMT: 4/20/13: Record Store Day |publisher=Twitter.com |date= |accessdate=June 19, 2013}}</ref> On March 22, 2013, RSD confirmed that this single will be a Record Store Day exclusive limited release.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/5810 |title=Record Store Day 2013 Releases |publisher=Record Store Day|date=March 22, 2013|accessdate=March 23, 2012}}</ref> On April 17, the band previewed the song in a stop motion video showing the unpacking of the cassette.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYlq5gPpj6U |title=MGMT - "Alien Days" Record Store Day Cassingle |website=YouTube}}</ref><br /> On October 31 the band premiered video via Noisey.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://noisey.vice.com/music-video/premieres/mgmt-alien-days-1 |title=MGMT - "Alien Days" (Official Video) &#124; Music Video Premieres &#124; Noisey |access-date=November 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104030634/http://noisey.vice.com/music-video/premieres/mgmt-alien-days-1 |archive-date=November 4, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

==Track listing== {{track listing | headline = Cassette Single<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYlq5gPpj6U |title=MGMT – "Alien Days" Record Store Day Cassingle |publisher=YouTube |date=April 17, 2013 |accessdate=June 19, 2013}}</ref> | title1 = Alien Days | note1 = Side A | length1 = 5:10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/whoismgmt/alien-days |title=Alien Days by whoismgmt on SoundCloud – Hear the world's sounds |publisher=Soundcloud.com |date= |accessdate=June 19, 2013}}</ref> | title2 = Message 7 from Hearty White | note2 = Side B | length2 = 5:15 }}

==Personnel== * Andrew VanWyngarden – vocals, guitar, bass, drums * Ben Goldwasser – synths and samples * Trevor – Child vocals{{Ref label|note_a1|A|}}

===Notes=== {{Refbegin}} *'''A''' {{Note|note_a1}}Trevor is the son of Cool Little Music Shop's owner at Fredonia, NY where the band purchase some of their instruments. {{Refend}}

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==External links== *[http://www.whoismgmt.com/ Official website]

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