Alternate Titles

This page consists of initial, alternate or working titles that They Might Be Giants have given to their songs and albums over the years. Some of these titles were only slightly altered for release, while others were retitled completely.

See also Outtakes for songs that were initially considered for the band's album releases.

Alternate Song Titles

• Absolutely Bill's Mood - "I'm Insane"^[1]
• AKA Driver - "NyQuil Driver"^[2]
• All Alone - "Ballad Of The Sneeze"^[3]
• All The Lazy Boyfriends - "White Out"^[4]
• Always Be Giants - "Mystery Track"^[5], "Coca-Cola"^[6], "Coke Radio Ad"
• Another First Kiss - "First Kiss"
• A Ton Of Stuff - "Packing A Ton Of Stuff"^[7]
• The Biggest One - "Biggest One", "I'm The Biggest One"
• Budnitz - "Be Kind And Gentle"^[8]
• The Car Crash - "The Plane Crash"^[9]
• Cage And Aquarium - "(This Is The Spawning Of The) Cage And Aquarium"
• Clap Your Hands - "Four Track Mind"
• Cut The Strings - "String Theory"^[10]
• The Day - "Marvin Gaye"^[11]
• Don't Let's Start - "Don't Let's Start, I've Got A Weak Heart"^[12]
• Down To The Bottom Of The Sea - "Bathymetry For Two"^[13]
• Empty Bottle Collector - "Empty Bottle Blues"^[14], "Playground Pokemon"
• Everything Right Is Wrong Again - "Everything Right Is Wrong"
• The Famous Polka - "The Phone Inside The Ribcage Polka"^[15]
• For Science - "Girl From Venus"^[16], "(I Will Date The Girl From Venus) For Science"
• Fritalian - "¡Ándale!"^[17]
• Girls In Their Turning - "Convergence 2"^[18]
• Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal - "Sleeping My Way To The Top"
• Hot Cha - "Hot Cha!"^[19]
• How Now Dark Cloud? - "Lazy Eye"^[20]
• I'm Def - "I'm Deaf"^[21]
• I'm Sick (Of This American Life) - "I've Learned The Value Of Human Sacrifice"
• I've Got A Match - "I've Got A Match (Your Embrace And My Collapse)"
• Kids Are Different Now - "Substitute Teacher"^[22], "I'm The Substitute Now"^[23], "Unreliable Narrator"
• King Weed - "Beatles And Bugs"^[24]
• Letterbox - "The Letterbox Song"^[25]
• Love Is Eternity - "Love Is A Verb"
• McGyver - "All McGyver On It"^[26], "Get Your Pepper Talkin'"^[27]
• Moonbeam Rays - "Moonbeam Ray"^[28]
• Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes - "Nothing's Going To Change My Clothes"
• Number Three - "#3"
• Ooh La! Ooh La! - "Double Dutch"^[29], "Oooo Laaa Oooo Laaa"
• Operators Are Standing By - "Operators"^[30]
• Out Of Jail - "After School Special"^[31]
• Poison Flowers - "Fall Means Sadness"
• Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head - “(Put Your Hand Inside The) Puppet Head”
• Robert Lowell - "I Am 40: Memories of West St. and Lepke"^[32]
• Santa's Beard - "(I Saw My Baby Wearing) Santa's Beard"^[33]
• See The Constellation - "My Lone Constellation"
• Snowball In Hell - "Avalanche Or Roadblock", "I Was A Snowball In Hell"^[34]
• Space Suit - "I'll Remember 3rd Street"
• Spoiler Alert - "Party In The U.S.A."^[35]
• Swing Is A Word - "Swing Is A Word (Six Feet Down)"^[36]
• Thankful For Your Service - "3rd Amendment"^[37]
• Theme From Unlimited - "Snoops"
• They Got Lost - "TMBG Got Lost"^[38]
• Three Might Be Duende - "Duende"
• Toddler Hiway - "Toddler Hi-Way"^[39]
• Token Back To Brooklyn - "Subway Token To Brooklyn"
• Untitled - "13"^[40]
• We're The Replacements - "Hi, We're The Replacements"^[41]
• You'll Miss Me - "You Kill Me"

Alternate Album Titles

• Lincoln - "Lincoln Calling"^[42]
• John Henry - "They Might Be Giants Have Been Set Free"^[43]
• Factory Showroom - "At Large", "Boro-Wide", "Chimp"^[44]
• Mink Car - "Secret Mountain Laboratory", "Unreliable Narrator", "Yes"^[45]
• Severe Tire Damage - "Insect Hospital"
• Join Us - "Forest/Trees"^[46], "Necropolis"
• I Like Fun - "My Murdered Remains"