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[[File:okgo-hereitgoesagain_7854.jpg|frame|link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA]] OK Go is an [[Alternative Rock]]/[[Power Pop]] band. The band formed in 1998, and have gone from being an also-ran in the early 2000's "Return of Rock" that also spawned [[The Strokes]] and [[The White Stripes]] to being internationally famous for their inventive music videos which are often complex, [[The Oner|shot in one take]] and on a low budget.

Their most recognized song is "Here it Goes Again", famous for the music video where the four members performed a choreographed dance over several sets of treadmills (see right). More recently, "This Too Shall Pass" gained a degree of notoriety thanks to its [[Rube Goldberg Device|Rube Goldberg machine]] video.

The group currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

The band's albums are:
* ''OK Go'' (2002)
* ''Oh No'' (2005)
* ''Of the Blue Colour of the Sky'' (2010)

Their videos include:
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BxfpbyV-uc&ob=av2e Get Over It]" (2002)
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1_CLW-NNwc&ob=av2e A Million Ways]" (2005)
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mItuZ8i4wH8&ob=av2e Invincible]" (2006)
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA Here It Goes Again]" (2006)
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i00GDT9FuFM&ob=av2e Do What You Want]" (2006)
** An [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDEYl9uRNsk alternate video] for "Do What You Want" was shot before the better known one, largely comprising of footage from their tour.
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12zJw9varYE WTF?]" (2009)
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNeItlrTdvY official commentary video]
* "This Too Shall Pass" (2010):
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJKythlXAIY Marching band version]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w Rube Goldberg Machine version]
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2fpgpanZAw End Love]" (2010)
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHlJODYBLKs White Knuckles]" (2010)
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkYfB1C0Zgc Last Leaf]" (2011)
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur-y7oOto14 All Is Not Lost]" (2011)
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiMZa8flyYY The Muppet Show Theme]" (2011)
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MejbOFk7H6c Needing/Getting]" (2012)
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb4lgOiHBZo Skyscrapers]" (2012)
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=== This band provides examples of the following tropes ===
* [[Adorkable]]: The entire band.
* [[Bald of Awesome]]: Tim. This, along with his glasses and handlebar mustache have become something of a signature look for him.
* [[Black Sheep Hit]]: Their first major hit was "Get Over It" which is ''much'' different than their other material
* [[Blatant Lies]]: In "Oh Lately It's So Quiet" there's a lyric "I don't think much about you anymore"... even though the entire song is him wondering what his ex is up to.
* [[Bow Ties Are Cool]]: The band members wear them in several videos.
* [[Call Back]]: One of the sample messages for their [http://allisnotlo.st interactive video for "All Is Not Lost"] is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w "Let it go, this too shall pass."]
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]:
** End Love:
*** Tim: pink/orange (?)
*** Damian: yellow
*** Andy: red
*** Dan: blue
** This Too Shall Pass:
*** Tim: red
*** Damian: blue
*** Dan: green ([[Just for Pun|get]] [[Dan Green|it?]])
*** Andy: yellow
** "Needing/Getting", same color scheme as "This Too Shall Pass".
** The booklet for ''Of The Blue Color Of The Sky''. Each track represents a different color in the various graphs.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu44JRTIxSQ Their whole video for] [[Sesame Street]]. Well it is meant to be teaching kids about the Three Primary Colors.
* [[Dream Team]]: Lead singer Damian Kulash recorded 6 songs with [[Amanda Palmer]], [[Ben Folds (Music)|Ben Folds]] and [[Neil Gaiman]] in 2011 as [[Non Indicative Name|8 in 8]]<ref>They were trying to make 8 songs in 8 hours, but ended up doing 6 in 12.</ref>.
** "Tomorrow's [[Supergroup]] today."
* [[Dream Within a Dream]]: The ending of the Muppet Show Theme video.
* [[Everything Is an Instrument]]: Toyed with briefly in the second video for "This Too Shall Pass", but taken [[Up to Eleven]] in the video for "Needing/Getting", in which the song is played by a car driving on a rally course, with various appendages attached to strike different instruments and objects as it passes by.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: In their video for the cover of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiMZa8flyYY The Muppet Show Theme Song], they have [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHK0JVAqQgE Animal holding up Dan] during the sequence where [[The Muppet Show|the Muppets]] are using the band like puppets.
** It also has a shot of the band on treadmills, though not lined up in the same setup as "Here it Goes Again".
* [[New Sound Album]]: ''Of The Blue Colour of The Sky'' is a lot more electronic and down-tempo than their previous sound.
* [[No Budget]] / [[Off the Shelf FX]]: The guys take special pride in using cheap things like furniture from Ikea ("White Knuckles") or gaffer's tape and things found at the 99 cents store ("WTF") in their videos.
* [[The Oner]]: The music videos for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bav63MWNUKg "A Million Ways"], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5zWaTEVkI "Here It Goes Again"], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12zJw9varYE WTF?], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w This Too] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJKythlXAIY&feature=related Shall Pass]<ref>The second, more famous video ''does'' feature two post-production cuts to help the video synch up to the song, but the contraption ''was'' really run all the way through on the take used.</ref>, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHlJODYBLKs White Knuckles]; they're masters at this technique.
* [[Product Placement]]: Many of the inventive music videos that have made the group famous were underwritten by different sponsors, most notably the Chevy Sonic featured in the "Needing/Getting" video. Since the sponsors tend to lay off on the [[Executive Meddling]] and just let OK Go do their thing, this is arguably one of the more positive examples of the trope.
* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]: Bunny, Damian's dog, who has been featured in their videos, "White Knuckles" and "The Muppet Show Theme Song" and is Surprised Dog on youtube.
* [[Rube Goldberg Device]]: in their "This Too Shall Pass" music video.
* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: "Invincible".

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