Blog: Stereogum

Following " Day 'N' Nite " and the Kanye and Common-featuring "Make Her Say," "Pursuit Of Happiness" is Man On The Moon: The End Of Day 's third single and the first to feature the production of Ratatat and vocals of MGMT. (The Ratatat guys also produce and appear on "Alive.") It's a mellow positive track that lets us know, more or less, that it's all good: "I'm on the pursuit of happiness / And I know everything that shines ain't always gonna be gold..." A reference to Andrew VanWyngarden's body paint, perhaps? Not really. The real inspiration for [...]