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2017 song

"Don't Take the Money"
A picture of Jack Antonoff wearing a white T-shirt and a Star of David necklace. He rests his hand on his chin. An elderly woman places her hands on his hair, with her face out of frame.
Single by Bleachers
from the album Gone At present
B-side "Don't Take the Coin" (Acoustic)
Released 30 March 2017 (2017-03-30)
Genre
  • Pop
  • synth-popular
Length 3:35
Label RCA
Songwriter(s)
  • Jack Antonoff
  • Ella Yelich-O'Connor
Producer(s)
  • Antonoff
  • Greg Kurstin
  • Vince Clarke
Bleachers singles chronology
"Entropy"
(2015) 		"Don't Take the Money"
(2017) 		"Hate That Y'all Know Me"
(2017)
Music video
"Don't Take the Money" on YouTube

"Don't Have the Money" is a song recorded by American indie pop act Bleachers from their second studio album Gone Now (2017). Frontman Jack Antonoff co-wrote the song with New Zealand vocaliser Lorde, while production was handled by Antonoff, Greg Kurstin and Vince Clarke. Information technology was released on 30 March 2017, by RCA Records as the album's lead single. "Don't Take the Money" is a popular and synth-popular song with influences from 1980s music. Co-ordinate to Antonoff, the song'south title is a phrase he uses frequently in a motivational context virtually coming together a time to come lover.

"Don't Accept the Money" received positive reviews from music critics, with several critics complimenting its product. Its audio was compared to the works of American musician Bruce Springsteen. Commercially, it peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart, and number fifteen on the Rock Airplay nautical chart. An accompanying music video was directed by American extra and filmmaker Lena Dunham, Antonoff's girlfriend at the time of the video's release; it was released on 2 May 2017. The video shows Antonoff as a shortly-to-be groom as he fights to stay with his lover Giulia. Antonoff promoted the rail by performing it live on television on several occasions.

Groundwork and composition [edit]

A picture of Lorde on stage wearing a pink dress and flower crown as plays a MIDI controller.

"Don't Accept the Money" features backing vocals from New Zealand singer and co-writer Lorde

"Don't Take the Money" was co-written by Jack Antonoff, the sole fellow member of Bleachers, and New Zealand singer Lorde (credited under her nascence name Ella Yelich-O'Connor)[1] with product input from Antonoff, Greg Kurstin and Vince Clarke.[2] Lorde provides uncredited backing vocals on the final chorus.[3] The pair wrote the song during a belatedly nighttime studio session. Antonoff proceeded to work for a year on the track "twisting it around".[four] According to Antonoff, the song'southward championship is a phrase he frequently repeats to himself; it is not nearly "actual money" but rather a motivation phrase used in different contexts.[1] The track was inspired by Lena Dunham, Antonoff's girlfriend at the time.[4] In an interview with Newsweek, Antonoff too said that the song's title means "don't sell out"; the expression describes a lover continuing a relationship despite its misfortunes.[5] The artwork for the song is a shot of Antonoff and American actress and drag queen Flawless Sabrina, with her face out of frame.[6]

"Don't Take the Money" is composed in the key of D-apartment major with a tempo of 110 beats per minute. Its chord progression follows a basic sequence of D ♭ –G ♭ –B ♭ one thousand–G ♭ .[7] Information technology is a pop[viii] and synth-pop song,[nine] with influences of 1980s music.[10] Antonoff revealed in an interview with Vulture that the Linn drums from Queen's 1984 vocal "Radio Ga Ga" served equally inspiration for the rails's percussion.[11] Co-ordinate to NME writer Jamie Milton, the song'southward lyrics detail adversity "through the lens of a relationship"; the pre-chorus represents a "flaming row" while the chorus "keeps the couple caught up in it together."[12] Mike Wass of Idolator compared the rails to songs from John Hughes picture show soundtracks while Nylon compared its sound to the music of American vocaliser Bruce Springsteen.[13] Newsweek 's Tufayel Ahmed called "Don't Take the Money" an "'80s synth-pop nirvana".[5]

Release and reception [edit]

A mean solar day before the release of "Don't Take the Money", Antonoff announced via Instagram a scavenger hunt on Wedlock Square, Manhattan of flash drives labeled with the song's title, which included a file of the track. The flash drives were hidden within several piñatas resembling the singer, along with bats to crush the piñatas with.[14] The single was officially released the following 24-hour interval on 31 March 2017 through RCA Records.[fifteen] A 12" record express release of the single features an acoustic version of the track every bit its B-side.[16] It was released on June 30, 2017, through the Bleachers webstore.[17]

"Don't Take the Money" received mostly positive reviews from music critics, with several critics complimenting its production. It was also compared to the music used in films by American filmmaker John Hughes.[xviii] PopMatters writer Ethan King called it the "album'south all-time", praising Antonoff for "combining an infinitely re-playable loonshit-pop with an emotional gush."[19] In his album review, Pitchfork writer Sam Sodomsky called "Don't Take the Money" a "worthy [addition] to his catalog".[20] Kayleigh Hughes of Consequence of Sound named it the album'southward essential rail, praising the song for its "romantic pleading, noble agony, and pure unabashed effusion" equally well as its "'80s theatricality".[21] Commercially, "Don't Accept the Coin" charted at number iii on the Billboard Culling Songs chart.[22] It also peaked on the Stone Airplay and Hot Rock Songs charts at number xv and 16, respectively.[23] [24] On the Adult Pop Songs, the track peaked at number 22.[25]

Music video [edit]

Two women (one in a wedding dress, the other in black commando clothing) hold hands as they run to a wedding getaway car. The setting shows a typical neighborhood at dusk hours.

In this scene, 2 female models run towards a nuptials getaway motorcar. The video's portrayal of gender was praised past critics.[26]

The accompanying music video for "Don't Have the Coin" was directed past American extra and filmmaker Lena Dunham.[27] The video was shot in New Bailiwick of jersey and premiered on Bleachers' YouTube channel on 2 May 2017.[28] Aside from Antonoff, the clip features Italian twin models Giulia and Camila Venturini likewise as American actress and artist Alia Shawkat.[29] Some of the actors in the video are genderqueer.[30]

The video begins with an audio interlude of a groom (played by Antonoff) speaking to a union officiant (played by Shawkat);[31] he expresses worries of marrying the bride (Giulia) due to her limited knowledge of English.[28] The scene afterward transitions to Antonoff dressed in a bedazzled crewman'south compatible every bit he sits down in a bright aureate background with two identical twins (Giulia and Camila).[32] VCR footage of flower children and the groom's parents is and then interspliced with hullo-def scenes of the same wedding.[27] Giulia walks down the altar as the chorus begins.[29]

In the post-obit scene, figurines on the wedding block are shown with blue disco brawl heads. The guests of the wedding are revealed to be hot pink mannequins.[33] The music stops equally Antonoff lifts the helpmate's veil; the marriage officiant reads the ceremony script from a xanthous New Bailiwick of jersey phone book.[34] She looks up to encounter Giulia'southward lover (played by Camila), revealed to be a Russian spy,[28] appear from the bushes dressed in commando article of clothing and a mesh elevation.[34] Dialogue captions are shown during Giulia and Camila's scene. Camila punches Antonoff who falls on acme of several mannequins; she proceeds to punch and spit on him several times. She drags his trunk through the wedding alley and kicks him into a pool.[34] Giulia and Camila then run off together and drive a wedding ceremony getaway auto. The last scene shows Antonoff passed out in a pool with a bloody nose.[35]

The music video received positive reviews from critics. Its visuals were compared to the films of American director Wes Anderson.[27] Uproxx writer Alex Galbraith stated that the clip "perfectly [captured] the disaffected looks on everyone only Antonoff's faces" as well every bit "chintzy and over-the-top decorations of his phase wedding".[34] Lauren O'Neill of Noisey praised the video'due south cast, calling it a "perfectly sparkly music video feel".[27] Fourth dimension 's Cady Lang noted that Dunham "borrowed heavily from bright, saturated, '80s-style aesthetics to keep the concept fun," in contrast with the video'due south plot twist.[32] Writing for Rolling Stone, Sarah Grant commented that the video matched the vocal'due south tonality; Grant also noted that the inclusion of a "Russian spy lovers twist" was a "comedic, good-natured nod" to the pair'south support for aforementioned-sex marriage.[28] Stereogum author Tom Breihan called it a "vivid, colorful video" and praised its progressive portrayal of gender.[26]

Alive performances [edit]

Bleachers first performed "Don't Accept the Money" on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on 17 April 2017. According to Spin, Antonoff was backed by a band and wore a New York Mets T-shirt.[36] Stereogum writer Tom Breihan said that although Lorde was not present on phase to perform the track, Antonoff "made up for it with gawky nerd charisma and thousand-gesture intensity".[37] The song was also performed at The Ellen Degeneres Show nether a "color pastel stage"; Antonoff took off his glasses midway through the operation and started "roaming all over the identify."[38] Bleachers served as a musical guest on Tardily Night with Seth Meyers backed by two drummers; DIY called it a "slightly more meditative, laid-back version of the rail" but praised the act's versatility.[39] Antonoff performed the track live on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on 6 June 2017; Breihan from Stereogum called it a "rousing, muscular version of the vocal".[forty] "Don't Take the Money" was as well performed live at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards. Towards the end of the performance, Antonoff "started knocking over equipment on stage".[41] Antonoff and Lorde performed the song as function of a MTV Unplugged session;[42] a live-album was released on ten November 2017 with Lorde credited as a performer.[43]

Credits and personnel [edit]

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Gone Now.[44]

  • Jack Antonoff – vocals, songwriter, producer
  • Ella Yelich-O'Connor – groundwork vocals, songwriter
  • Greg Kurstin – producer, engineer
  • Vince Clark – producer
  • Julian Burg – additional engineer
  • Alex Pasco – additional engineer
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing

Track listings [edit]

Digital download[45]
No. Title Length
1. "Don't Take the Money" iii:35
12" vinyl[17]
No. Title Length
1. "Don't Have the Coin" three:35
2. "Don't Take the Coin" (Audio-visual)

Charts [edit]

Certifications [edit]

References [edit]

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External links [edit]

  • "Don't Have the Money" on YouTube

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Take_the_Money

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