24 Facts About OK Go

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OK Go is an American rock band originally from Chicago, Illinois, now based in Los Angeles, California.

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2.

OK Go was introduced to the band's manager by Giants' singer John Flansburgh, who initially wanted to co-manage the group himself.

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On October 12,2008, OK Go announced that the members had finished writing new songs for its third album and were in the studios in upstate New York with producer Dave Fridmann .

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4.

On January 8,2010, OK Go appeared on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien and performed a song from the album, "This Too Shall Pass".

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That night OK Go performed a single from its newly independent record on Late Night with Jimmy Kimmel.

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6.

Since the "This Too Shall Pass" Rube Goldberg Machine video, OK Go has employed a similar brand partnership model in projects with Range Rover, Yahoo, Cisco, Samsung, Google Chrome, Jose Cuervo, and Chevrolet.

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In December 2012, OK Go released a collection of rare songs, B-sides and covers called "Twelve Days of OK Go".

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8.

On May 6,2014, OK Go announced that its fourth studio album, Hungry Ghosts, would be released in October 2014.

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On July 20,2016, OK Go released "I Don't Understand You, " a stand-alone single that was a collaboration with Perfume.

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10.

On November 24,2016, OK Go released the music video for "The One Moment", featuring multiple seemingly unconnected events filmed in the span of a few seconds.

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11.

OK Go has earned considerable fame for the band's creative and often low-budget music videos, most of which have been promoted through Internet video sharing sites like YouTube.

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12.

In 2007, OK Go wrote the fight song for the Chicago soccer team, Chicago Fire S C The song was offered on the team's official website as a free download.

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13.

Also in 2007, OK Go covered the Pixies "Gigantic" for American Laundromat Records Dig for Fire: A Tribute to Pixies CD.

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In 2011, OK Go were featured in the meta-documentary The Greatest Movie Ever Sold by Morgan Spurlock with the song "The Greatest Song I Ever Heard".

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In March 2015, OK Go made a cameo appearance in the music video for "Pick Me Up" by Japanese electropop group Perfume, following Perfume's cameo appearance at the beginning of OK Go's "I Won't Let You Down".

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16.

OK Go has allowed its music on benefit albums, most notably Dear New Orleans, a 31-song online compilation that benefits a variety of New Orleans organizations.

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17.

On January 18,2017, two days before Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States, OK Go released a cover of the politically charged Morrissey song "Interesting Drug".

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18.

In recent years, OK Go has worked on OK Go Sandbox to create music videos and educational tools with the Playful Learning Lab .

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19.

From 2002 to 2005, OK Go toured across North America and Europe on tours with the Vines, Phantom Planet, Superdrag, the Music, Fountains of Wayne, Kaiser Chiefs, the Redwalls, Brendan Benson, and She Wants Revenge.

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20.

On October 20,2005, OK Go appeared on Good Morning America to teach and perform the dance from the "A Million Ways" video.

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21.

On February 4,2008, OK Go headlined a fundraiser for the Barack Obama presidential campaign at Bowery Ballroom in New York City on the night before the Super Tuesday elections.

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22.

From 2009 to 2011, OK Go headlined an extensive tour across North America, Europe, South America, and Asia in support of Of the Blue Colour of the Sky, including festival appearances at Kanrocksas Music Festival, Festival Cultura Quente, and Positivus Festival .

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23.

On May 6,2010, The Baltimore Sun reported that OK Go was selling USB flash drives with recordings of each show on the Spring 2010 U S Tour.

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24.

On January 31,2012, OK Go appeared on the children's television show Sesame Street in a video called "3 Primary Colors" meant to teach the young audience about red, yellow, blue, and the colors made when you mix them.

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