Editing OK Go (section)

===''OK Go'' (2001–2004)===
{{Main|OK Go (album)}}
In April 2001, the band signed with Capitol Records,<ref name="reader_margasak" /> forgoing offers from bigger labels because they believed that, as the first signing by newly hired label president Andy Slater,<ref name=billboard_cover>{{cite web|last=Wood|first=Mikael|title=OK Go: The Billboard Cover Story|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/958830/ok-go-the-billboard-cover-story|work=Billboard Magazine|access-date=June 19, 2013|date=March 26, 2010}}</ref> they would get more attention and support.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Definitive OK Go|url=http://georgetownvoice.com/2003/02/13/the-definitive-ok-go/|work=The Georgetown Voice|access-date=June 19, 2013|date=February 13, 2003}}</ref>

The band recorded its [[OK Go (album)|self-titled debut album]] at the Capitol Studios in Los Angeles. OK Go's original plan was to do minor tweaks to its original demo recordings; instead, the band rerecorded everything and added five new songs, including the first single "Get Over It,"<ref name=reader_margasak /> which later appeared in ''[[Triple Play Baseball]],'' ''[[Madden NFL 2003]],'' and ''[[Guitar Hero 5]]'' video games.<ref name=show2008>{{cite web|title=The Show 2008: OK Go|url=http://www3.nd.edu/~theshow/okgo.php|work=The Show|access-date=June 22, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211223850/http://www3.nd.edu/~theshow/okgo.php|archive-date=December 11, 2013}}</ref> 

The label delayed the album's release from its original June 2002 date to September 17.<ref name="reader_margasak" /> To promote the album, the label sent out miniature ping pong tables to press outlets,<ref name="pollstar" /> a reference to the "Get Over It" video directed by [[Francis Lawrence]], while the band toured with acts including [[The Vines (band)|the Vines]], [[Phantom Planet]], [[Superdrag]], [[the Donnas]], [[Fountains of Wayne]], and [[Mew (band)|Mew]],<ref name="reader_margasak" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Glauber|first=Gary|title=OK Go: self-titled|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/okgo-st/|work=Pop Matters|access-date=June 22, 2013|date=October 4, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbackstl.com/backstage-pass/concert-reviews-backstage-pass/the-donnasok-go/|title=The Donnas/OK Go|last=Laura|first=Hamlett|date=February 18, 2003|work=Playback:STL|access-date=June 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420003231/http://www.playbackstl.com/backstage-pass/concert-reviews-backstage-pass/the-donnasok-go/|archive-date=April 20, 2016|url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fountains Of Wayne at Paradise Rock Club|url=http://www.songkick.com/concerts/804586-fountains-of-wayne-at-paradise-rock-club|work=Songkick|access-date=June 22, 2013|date=November 10, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=OK Go at King Tuts Wah Wah Hut|url=http://www.songkick.com/concerts/13766999-ok-go-at-king-tuts-wah-wah-hut|work=Songkick|access-date=June 22, 2013|date=June 11, 2003}}</ref> and played festival shows including Leeds in 2002 and 2003, and NoisePop, Reading, Witnness, and T in the Park in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|title=Leeds Festival 2002|url=http://www.songkick.com/festivals/58/id/710910-leeds-festival-2002|work=Songkick|access-date=June 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=NoisePop 2003|url=http://www.songkick.com/festivals/3276/id/6174561-noise-pop-2003|work=Songkick|access-date=June 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Reading Festival 2003|url=http://www.songkick.com/festivals/57/id/703034-reading-festival|work=Songkick|access-date=June 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Leeds Festival 2003|url=http://www.songkick.com/festivals/58/id/711301-leeds-festival|work=Songkick|access-date=June 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Witnness Festival 2003|url=http://www.songkick.com/festivals/8391/id/2303011-witnness-festival-2003|work=Songkick|access-date=June 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=T in the Park Festival 2003|url=http://www.songkick.com/festivals/1926/id/661693-t-in-the-park-2003|work=Songkick|access-date=June 22, 2013}}</ref>

In the United States, the album reached #1 on the [[Top Heatseekers|''Billboard'' Heatseekers Chart]] and #107 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200 Chart]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url = http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/63000/billboard-bits-jim-brickman-ndegeocello-ok-go | title = Billboard Bits: Jim Brickman, Ndegeocello, OK Go | date = May 6, 2005 | magazine = Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.100xr.com/artists/O/OK_Go.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151018073800/http://www.100xr.com/artists/O/OK_Go.htm|url-status = usurped|archive-date = October 18, 2015| title = OK Go | publisher = 100xr.com}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, the first single "Get Over It" debuted at no. 27,<ref name="Get Over It chart">{{cite web | url = http://acharts.us/song/8615 | title = OK Go – Get Over It | type = Music Charts | publisher = αCharts | location = United States}}</ref> in the [[UK singles chart]] on March 16, 2003, and the band performed it on that week's edition of ''[[Top of the Pops]]''. Also that week, the single's [[music video|video]] was named video of the week by ''[[Q magazine]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/rage/archive/s2966930.htm|title=OK Go Guests and Specials|work=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]]|date=July 31, 2010|access-date=November 25, 2017}}</ref>