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“Sit Next to Me” was released on July 17, 2017, as the last promotional single of Foster the People’s third album "Sacred Hearts Club".
The song is about frontman Mark Foster trying to reach a girl, maybe an ex-lover, and trying to set things right by letting the relationship flow naturally between the pair.
A video for the song was released on November 10, 2017 featuring Instagram posts from influencers and celebrities.
Mark Foster spent a lot of time in bars while recording in Los Angeles and ended up feeling jaded by the superficiality. In 2018 he said:
"Everyone was trying to look cool, say the right thing and be at the center of the universe. It was like a fashion show. In that environment, I felt alone in a room packed with people."
The yearning for someone authentic to enter the bar and sit next to Foster inspired the song’s title.
According to Mark Foster in 2018 on the song’s slow-burning success:
"It’s kind of crazy to me that it’s been on the radio for so long and it keeps continuing to grow. I guess it’s a sleeper. I think you have to hear it multiple times before it really gets inside of you. It’s not annoying. It’s not raising its hand saying “check me out!” It’s not “Versace! Versace Versace!” Also, we’re in summer and it’s a breezy song. It’s different from everything else that people are hearing on pop radio in a way that is probably refreshing. That’s my favorite thing in the world, making radio bend to me. It’s such a good feeling to write something that resonates and breaks the mold of the status quo. That’s what happened with “Pumped Up Kicks” and it’s happening again with “Sit Next to Me.” I love timeless pop."
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