{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use British English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox song | name = When You Die | cover = When_you_die.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = MGMT | album = Little Dark Age | released = December 12, 2017 | format = | recorded = 2017 | studio = | venue = | genre = {{hlist|Psychedelic pop|neo-psychedelia|gothic rock|hypnagogic pop}}
| length = 4:23 | label = Columbia |writer=| composer = {{hlist|Andrew VanWyngarden|Ben Goldwasser|Ariel Pink}} | lyricist = {{hlist|VanWyngarden|Pink}} | producer = {{hlist|MGMT|Patrick Wimberly|Dave Fridmann}} | chronology = MGMT | prev_title = Little Dark Age | prev_year = 2017 | next_title = Hand It Over | next_year = 2018 }}
"'''When You Die'''" is a song by American pop and rock band MGMT, and the second single from the band's fourth studio album ''Little Dark Age''. It was released worldwide on December 12, 2017, through Columbia Records.
==Recording== The song was recorded in 2017. It was co-written by Ariel Pink, who also plays guitar on the song.<ref name="Genius">[https://genius.com/Mgmt-when-you-die-lyrics MGMT – When You Die]. Genius. Retrieved March 9, 2018.</ref>
==Artwork== thumb|left|''The Heart of Man; Either a Temple of God, or a Habitation of Satan; Represented in Ten Emblematical Figures'', p.38<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/heartofmaneither00goss/page/38|title = The heart of man : Either a temple of God, or a habitation of Satan : Represented in ten emblematical figures, calculated to awaken and promote a Christian disposition|year = 1851}}</ref> The song's artwork is based on an illustration in ''The Heart of Man; Either a Temple of God, or a Habitation of Satan; Represented in Ten Emblematical Figures'', an 1851 book by German religious figure Johannes Evangelista Gossner.
==Music video== The music video was directed by Mike Burakoff and Hallie Cooper-Novack, and was released on December 12, 2017 through ''The New Yorker'' along with the audio release. The video stars Alex Karpovsky and Lucy Kaminsky, with Karpovsky playing a failing magician that appears to die and watch his death through a psychedelic trip presumably in purgatory.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gordon|first=Arielle|date=2017-12-12|title=MGMT – "When You Die"|url=https://www.spin.com/2017/12/mgmt-when-you-die/|website=SPIN}}</ref>
The video has been viewed 33 million times through the band's official Vevo account on YouTube.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmozGmGoJuw MGMT – When You Die]. YouTube. Retrieved September 13, 2024.</ref>
==Track listing== {{track listing | all_lyrics = Andrew VanWyngarden and Ariel Pink | all_music = VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser and Pink | headline = Digital download and stream | title1 = When You Die | length1 = 4:23 }}
==Personnel== '''MGMT''' * Andrew VanWyngarden – vocals, guitar, percussion, producer * Ben Goldwasser – synthesizer, vocals, flute, producer
'''Additional Personnel''' * Ariel Pink – guitar, background vocals * Patrick Wimberly – percussion, production, engineering * Dave Fridmann – production, engineering, mixing * Connan Mockasin – background vocals * Sébastien Tellier – background vocals
==Charts== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- !Chart (2017) !Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Billboardrocksongs|35|artist=MGMT|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 7, 2018}} |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:2018 songs Category:2018 singles Category:MGMT songs Category:Song recordings produced by Patrick Wimberly Category:Songs written by Andrew VanWyngarden Category:Songs written by Benjamin Goldwasser Category:Death in music Category:Ariel Pink