[1] On November 2, 2010, Record Store Day announced the limited edition 7" of the single as one of their Black Friday exclusives, containing the Erol Alkan rework of the song.

The video for "Congratulations" features the two lead members of MGMT, Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, journeying through the desert with a strange four-legged creature that Stereogum described as a "sad-eyed Duck-dog-o-saurus".

[5] Throughout the video, the creature gradually falls apart, losing a leg and then its beak, each body part sinking into the sand.

The video was filmed at Dumont Dunes in California’s Mojave Desert,[6] and was directed by Tom Kuntz and edited by Steve Gandolfi.

Vance Hartwell, of Legacy, said: "The puppet was made of materials including foam latex and fibreglass.