Clap Your Hands

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From the "No!" enhanced CD

Screenshot from the Here Come The ABCs video

song name	Clap Your Hands
artist	They Might Be Giants
album	TMBG Unlimited, No!, Here Come The ABCs, TMBG Clock Radio, A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants: Melody, Fidelity, Quantity
year	2002
first played	June 28, 2002 (188 known performances)
run time	1:22
sung by	John Flansburgh

Before this song was given lyrics, its riff was used in the eleventh episode of the first season of Malcolm In The Middle when Hal is trying to plug in his vinyl player. This version is on Music From Malcolm In The Middle (Leaked Soundtrack) as Four Track Mind.
Video animated by The Chopping Block (Included on No! enhanced CD.)
The video on the Here Come The ABCs DVD was done by Brandon Martinez & Michelle Hammond (ColourMovie) with additional animation by Steve Kusuma.
A video of the song was created for "BlueStock 2004" for Nick Jr.
Often used to open live shows, and previously noted in TMBG concerts as the "TMBG National Anthem".
Flansburgh likes to insert swear words in this seemingly children's song. "Oh shit, clap your hands!" and "Damn, y'all, stomp your feet!" regularly make it into live shows.
Was used in a series of 2003 Gap Kids commercials.
A clip of the song can be heard in the film Dumb and Dumberer.

Current Rating

Clap Your Hands is currently ranked #673 out of 802. (63 wikians have given it an average rating of 7.19)

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