They Might Be Giants

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They Might Be Giants
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Lincoln
  US 89 December 24, 1988 (19 weeks)
Flood
  UK 14th 
gold
gold
04/07/1990 (12 weeks)
  US 75 
platinum
platinum
02/10/1990 (22 weeks)
Apollo 18
  US 99 04/11/1992 (6 weeks)
John Henry
  US 61 10/01/1994 (4 weeks)
Factory showroom
  US 89 10/26/1996 (2 weeks)
Severe Tire Damage
  US 186 08/29/1998 (1 week)
Mink Car
  US 134 09/29/2001 (1 week)
The Spine
  US 130 07/31/2004 (1 week)
The Else
  US 118 07/28/2007 (2 weeks)
Here come the 123's
  US 172 02/23/2008 (1 week)
Here comes science
  US 91 09/26/2009 (4 weeks)
Join Us
  US 32 08/06/2011 (1 week)
Nanobots
  US 58 03/23/2013 (2 weeks)
Glean
  US 67 05/09/2015 (1 week)
Why?
  US 181 12/12/2015 (1 week)
Phone power
  US 122 07/05/2016 (1 week)
I like fun
  US 108 02/03/2018 (1 week)
Singles
Birdhouse in Your Soul
  UK 6th 03/03/1990 (15 weeks)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
  UK 61 06/02/1990 (3 weeks)
Boss of me
  UK 21st 07/28/2001 (5 weeks)

They Might Be Giants (often abbreviated as TMBG ) is a US-based alternative - band consisting of the duo John Flansburgh and John Linnell , also known as the two Johns and John and John .

Career

The band was formed in 1982 in the Brooklyn neighborhood of New York and named after the Anthony Harvey film of the same name . They achieved notoriety through their answering machine campaign “Dial a Song”. To do this, they played their songs on an answering machine, where they could be heard by phone. They Might Be Giants later became the first major band to release their songs on MP3.

TMBG are best known for their songs Don't Let's Start from the album They Might Be Giants , Ana Ng from the album Lincoln and Birdhouse in Your Soul from the album Flood . In Europe they are best known for the theme song from the TV series Malcolm in the middle , Boss of Me , for which the band also received a Grammy in 2002 . TMBG titles were occasionally used in cartoon series like Tiny Toons or The Simpsons . In 2011/2012, the intro of the piece No One Knows My Plan from the album John Henry was the theme song for the program Die Kaya-Show with Kaya Yanar on RTL .

A rockumentary of the band ran in 2002 under the title Gigantic in American cinemas .

Discography

Albums

  • They Might Be Giants (also known as The Pink Album ) (1986)
  • Lincoln (1988)
  • Don't Let's Start (1989)
  • Flood (1990)
  • Miscellaneous T (1991)
  • Apollo 18 (1992)
  • John Henry (1994)
  • Live!! New York City 10/14/94 (1994)
  • Factory Showroom (1996)
  • Then: The Earlier Years (1997)
  • Severe Tire Damage (1998)
  • Live (1999)
  • Long Tall Weekend (1999) (download only)
  • Mink Car (2001)
  • No! (2002)
  • They Got Lost (2002)
  • Dial-A-Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants (2002)
  • The Spine (2004)
  • Here Come the ABCs (2005)
  • Venue Songs (2005) (download only)
  • The Else (2007)
  • Here Come the 123s (2008)
  • Here Comes Science (2009)
  • Join Us (2011)
  • Nanobots (2013)
  • Glean (2015)
  • Why? (2015)
  • Phone Power (2016)
  • I Like Fun (2018)

EPs and singles

  • Don't Let's Start (1987)
  • (She Was A) Hotel Detective (1988)
  • They'll Need a Crane (1989)
  • Purple Toupee (1989)
  • Birdhouse in Your Soul (1990)
  • Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (1990)
  • The Statue Got Me High (1992)
  • I Palindromes I (1992)
  • The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) (1992)
  • Why Does the Sun Shine (1993)
  • O Christmas Tree (1993)
  • Back to Skull (1994)
  • SEXXY (1996)
  • Working Undercover for the Man (2000)
  • Boss of Me (2000)
  • Man, It's So Loud in Here (2000)
  • Music from Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
  • They Might Be Giants in Holidayland (2001)
  • Indestructible Object (2004)
  • The Spine Surfs Alone (2004)

Video albums

  • 2009: Here Come The Abcs (US:goldgold)
  • 2010: Here Comes Science (US:goldgold)
  • 2011: Here Come The 123s (US:goldgold)

swell

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: UK chart positions / US chart history
  2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK US

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