Lifted Up (1985)
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| name = Lifted Up (1985)
| cover = Passion Pit Lifted Up 1985.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = Passion Pit
| album = Kindred
| released = {{Start date|2015|2|16}}
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| length = {{Duration|m=4|s=23}}
| label = Columbia
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| prev_title = Cry Like a Ghost
| prev_year = 2013
| next_title = Where the Sky Hangs
| next_year = 2015
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"Lifted Up (1985)" is a song by American indietronica band Passion Pit from their third studio album, Kindred (2015). The song was written and produced by the band's frontman Michael Angelakos as well as Benjamin Levin (known as Benny Blanco) with Chris Zane and Alex Aldi providing co-production. It was released as the lead single from the album in February 2015.{{cite web|last1=Geslani|first1=Michelle|title=Passion Pit premieres new single "Lifted Up (1985)" — listen|url=https://consequence.net/2015/02/passion-pit-premieres-new-song-lifted-up-1985-listen/|website=ConsequenceOfSound|accessdate=February 26, 2015|date=February 16, 2015}} The song was later included in Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 as part of the game's soundtrack.
Background
Michael Angelakos wrote the song in gratitude for his wife for coming to him "at a point in my life where I really was pretty lost."{{cite web|author=|title=Passion Pit's Michael Angelakos: 'I Was Really Pretty Lost'|url=https://www.npr.org/2015/04/21/401257260/passion-pits-michael-angelakos-i-was-really-pretty-lost|work=NPR|accessdate=April 22, 2015|date=April 21, 2015}} She was born in 1985.
Music video
The song's music video features Angelakos alongside a crowd of partiers. For each verse, the crowd gets less and less chaotic; starting with white strobing lights as the partiers toss Angelakos around and make him feel claustrophobic. During the second verse, calmer, fazing blue lights fill the party with Angelakos looking more comfortable, but still slightly awkward around the partiers. During the final verse, the lights are orange and everyone is standing still with only Angelakos dancing happily in an almost euphoric trance. As the final chorus plays, everyone begins dancing as Angelakos is literally "lifted off the ground" and above the partiers. The video, and song, end with everything cutting to black.{{cite magazine|author=Jon Blistein|title=Passion Pit Singer 'Lifted Up' by Crowd in New Video|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/passion-pit-singer-lifted-up-by-crowd-in-new-video-20150326|magazine=Rolling Stone|accessdate=April 22, 2015|date=March 26, 2015}}
Formats and track listings
;Digital download
- "Lifted Up (1985)" – 4:23
Charts
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| {{single chart|CIS|196|artist=Passion Pit|song=Lifted Up (1985)|songid=63474|access-date=March 5, 2024|refname="CIS"|rowheader=true}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardrocksongs|31|artist=Passion Pit|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 22, 2015}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardalternativesongs|26|artist=Passion Pit|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 22, 2015}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardrockairplay|33|artist=Passion Pit|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 22, 2015}} |
References
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Category:Songs written by Michael Angelakos
Category:Songs written by Benny Blanco
Category:Columbia Records singles