The Proclaimers – “You Built Me Up” (video) (Premiere)

You might know the Proclaimers as the brotherly duo that wrote that one song that Ted and Marshall from How I Met Your Mother are obsessed with. Late ’80s hits notwithstanding, as of late the notable fact about Charlie and Craig Reid is that they’re still active and well on the music scene; their latest LP, Let’s Hear It for the Dogs, is being released soon. In the meantime, you can stream the video for “You Built Me Up”, a track off that record. (As the album’s title implies, there is a dog involved.) “You Built Me Up” bears all the requisite Proclaimers traits: catchiness, quirk, and an inviting geniality that has made them the feature of sing-alongs for decades now. For these traits they’ve culled a distinctive fanbase, including David Tennant, who says of the Reids, “My favorite band of all time. They write the most spectacular songs — big-hearted, uncynical passionate songs.”

Charlie tells PopMatters: “The video for our new song from Let’s Hear it for the Dogs was filmed in the same room that used to take the picture for the album cover: The Skybar Penthouse in Edinburgh. Great mornings work with sunshine through the window and a dog for company.”

Let’s Hear It for the Dogs is out on 27 April via Cooking Vinyl in the UK and 5 May via Compass in the US.