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32 Footsteps

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song name32 Footsteps
artistThey Might Be Giants
releases1985 Demo Tape, They Might Be Giants, Then: The Earlier Years
year1985
first playedJun. 26, 1987 (32 known performances)
run time1:36
sung byJohn Linnell; John Flansburgh joins in at the "-ing -ang -ingalong" part

Trivia/Info

  • The count-up at the end was a spontaneous occurrence by Flansburgh while recording. It starts at 1:28 with the number 28 and ends at 1:31 with the number 31.
  • The "bing-bang-bingalong" part is simply the syllables "-ing -ang -ingalong" attached to successive consonants in the alphabet, from B to P. Every third one of these sung also has "-ay" after the "-ing -ang -ingalong," and each one of these -ay words all turn out to be real words ("day," "hay," "lay," and "pay").

Song Themes

Clothes, Counting, Letters Of The Alphabet, Lies, Deception, Love Gone Sour, No, Nonsense Words, Numbers, Oxymorons, Paradoxes, And Contradictory Statements, Questions, Talking, Not Singing, Transportation

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