Tongue Tied

Rabin produced and recorded it at Captain Cuts; Michael H. Brauer and Ryan Gilligan mixed it and Greg Calbi mastered. Zucconi told The A.V. Club it was written pretty fast while he was scoring a film, and told Submerge he took a break from a heavy scene and played a keyboard riff on the keyboard; he added drums and bass, the band played it in the yard and Hooper sang the first verse. Rabin told Spin it grew from a piano riff Zucconi brought to practice. It opens with its chorus and has a spoken-word interlude by Hooper, and BBC Music's Mischa Pearlman heard the lyrics as at odds with the bouncy tune; we found no statement from the band on their meaning. The album tracklist gives 3:38 and the infobox 3:40.

A 2011 Apple advertisement helped it onto the Hot 100, where it peaked at 42; it reached 3 on the rock and alternative chart, 16 in Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2011 and 84 in the UK, and is certified five-times platinum in the US and platinum in the UK. The video, directed by Jordan Bahat and released July 25, 2011, runs in reverse. Setlist.fm counts 376 performances.