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Alphabet Of Nations
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| song name | Alphabet of Nations |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| album | Here Come The ABCs, TMBG Clock Radio |
| year | 2005 |
| first played | Aug. 17, 2004 (198 known performances) |
| run time | 1:26 |
| sung by | John Flansburgh, John Linnell |
Trivia/Info
- Oman, Qatar and Yemen are the only existing countries whose names begin with their respective first letters.
- Technically, there is no nation whose name begins with the letter 'X' or the letter 'W.' (Wales is a principality, Wallis is a territory of France, and Western Sahara is a disputed territory below Morocco). The fictional West Xylophone is used as a stand-in for both of these letters.
- At live shows (and perhaps in the studio version too), Dan Miller plays keyboard.
- Live performances sometimes include an additional bridge between the usual two, where Linnell lists a few more countries in this order: "Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Canada, Australia, Belgium, Chad, Afghanistan, Brunei, China, Denmark, Ecuador, Fiji, Guatemala."
- The video was created by Brandon Martinez and Michelle Hammod of ColourMovie.
Song Themes
Geography, Letters Of The Alphabet
Videos
- A sample can be found here
- Live on Conan (from crudpants.com)
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