It was released as the third and final single from their debut studio album Oracular Spectacular (2007) on October 13, 2008.

A track entitled "Kids (Afterschool Dance Megamix)" appears on the album Climbing to New Lows (2005).

The song was first played, by then students, Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, at an event at Wesleyan University in 2003.

[13] Rolling Stone's Kevin O'Donnell described the song as, "a noisy New Order-style synth jam.

"[14] Two months after exiting the UK Top 40, the song was featured in an advertisement for the BBC1 program Waterloo Road.

A Soulwax remix of the song was played heavily on UK radio ahead its official release as well.

[15] MGMT was involved in a legal dispute with the former President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy.