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The New Yorkbased indie rock trio were almost done making their fifth album,Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons.
Makino originally envisioned it being done by a choir with lots of children, but they couldnt afford that.
Just over two-and-a-half minutes long, it was named For the Damaged Coda.
Once thats done, you realize, Wow, this is actually going to go out there.
And beyond that, basically its out of your hands.
Makino says she only vaguely remembers being approached to approve it.
In the following weeks, For the Damaged Coda was streamed and downloaded so many times that itreached No.
15 onBillboards Hot Rock Songs chart, 17 years after it was first released.
For the Damaged Coda alsobecame a meme, playing over clips ofFortnitefails and dopey characters getting clowned onSpongeBob SquarePants.
In each case, this placement has resulted in an outsize spike in interest in the song.
But getting a song onRick and Mortyin 2014 arguably was more important for them.
Now its the bands second-most streamed song on Spotify after the Buzz Bin staple, Feed the Tree.
Theres less genre-identification and time-identification, Donnelly says of the listening habits of younger music listeners.
for a scene in the second season in which Rick attempts suicide and fails.
The group didnt know about the show and didnt see the email for a while before they responded.
It almost seems like it could easily have not happened, says Asya.
33 onBillboards Hot Rock Songs chart.
in their setlists since they know people probably came to see them play it.
Still they were surprised when they got the check after the Do You Feel It?
We actually thought there was a problem.
We thought it was a glitch, says Chloe.
We saw the amount and we emailed the company, Okay guys, we think something maybe went wrong.
We got this big chunk of money and we want to check in to know whats up with that.
They also havent been able to book any bigger venues because of the songs notoriety.
