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Chronology:Don't Let's Start

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Song nameRun timeReleasesYearDifferences from other versions
Don't Let's Start (1985 Demo Tape Version) 1:14 1985 Demo Tape; Then: The Earlier Years 1985 Apart from this sounding like a work-in-progress version of the The Pink Album version, it also features far less lyrics than it's album conterpart (No verses, only the choruses and the bridge).
Don't Let's Start 2:36 They Might Be Giants, A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants: Melody, Fidelity, Quantity 1986  
Don't Let's Start (WFMU Demo) 2:39 The Frank O' Toole Show 1987 The ending contains Linnell singing "Woooo".
Don't Let's Start (Single Mix) 2:35 Don't Let's Start (EP); Don't Let's Start (LP); Miscellaneous T; Then: The Earlier Years, Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants 1987 The main difference between this mix and the They Might Be Giants (debut album) version is in the "I don't want to live in this world anymore" section. This version adds a bass synth that plays underneath Linnell's vocal. Overall, the instrumentation in this mix is a little more spaced out, and the mix contains more reverb.
Don't Let's Start (Live NYC) 2:42 Live!! New York City 10/14/94, WLIR 92.7 Bootleg '98 1994