Cage the Elephant released Thank You, Happy Birthday in January 2011, and its single, Shake Me Down, hit No. Stafford Hemmer / KALW Downtown San Francisco's Taylor Schmidt takes a break at McLaren Park before heading out on her next hiking and backpacking tour with her boyfriend. That might be what Taylor Schmidt feels whenever she hears it. Her good friend and hiking buddy Ben introduced her to his own obsession with Cage the Elephant, and Shake Me Down. "It's very indie, whimsical—like you listen to it at Dolores Park vibes," she explains.