"Take a Walk" is a song by American indietronica band Passion Pit from their second studio album, Gossamer (2012).
The song was written and produced by the band's frontman Michael Angelakos, with Chris Zane providing co-production.
[1] "Take a Walk" was written by Michael Angelakos, lead singer and keyboardist of Passion Pit.
According to Angelakos, each verse of the song is based upon one of the men in his family who immigrated to the United States, and depicts a point in each of their lives in America.
[4] The video is seen from the perspective of a ball as it bounces across several locations in and around Philadelphia, including a suburban neighborhood (Plymouth Meeting), farmland (Maple acres farm), Fairmount Park, and various parts of the city.