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and recorded by American

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. The song also features vocals from Roiland. It was released onto music streaming platforms and made available for digital download on August 27, 2017. The song was created for the American animated comedy series ''

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'', and was played during "Rest and Ricklaxation", the sixth episode of the series' third season.

Background

The song played twice during " Rest and Ricklaxation", the sixth episode of the third season of ''Rick and Morty''. The title characters,

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and Morty, hear and enjoy the song as it plays over a radio. The song also played during the episode's credits.

Critical reception

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'' commented that the song was "perhaps the most bizarre comedic counterweight" of the episode, and added that "the minimal R&B-leaning song is actually pretty fun musically, like a ridiculous mix of

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. The main draw, though, are the lyrics, which are almost exclusively about grabbing 'Terry fold flaps,' 'flappy folds,' 'foldy flaps,' and other variations on the theme." ''

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'' called the song "semi-sweet, questionable, and strangely soothing."

Chart performance

Roiland had posted tweets expressing his hope for the song to chart and gain radio airplay. The song debuted at #1 on the Comedy Digital Song Sales chart dated September 16, 2017, after a sum of 2,000 downloads. According to

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, the song accumulated 1.1 million U.S. streams and sold 1,000 downloads in the week ending September 7, 2017. As a result, the song debuted at #33 on the ''

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'' Hot Rock Songs chart dated September 23, 2017.

Track listing

Personnel

– lyrics, vocals, artwork *

– additional vocals, songwriting *Phil Levine – drum engineering and mixing *Troupe Gammage – mixing, mastering

Charts

References

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