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| song name | Dead |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| releases | Flood |
| year | 1990 |
| first played | Nov. 25, 1989 (154 known performances) |
| run time | 2:58 |
| sung by | John Linnell |
Trivia/Info
- This was once memorably sung by Linnell by himself, at a show in which John Flansburgh fell ill. Forgetting a majority of the song, he was helped greatly by the ever-reliable audience, who even sang the back-up vocals.
- "I think I ripped the vocal interplay off from the Proclaimers." - Linnell in a 2009 interview with Rolling Stone
- Was covered by Steve Burns of Blue's Clues fame for the Hello Radio tribute album. You can watch the cover's music video here.
- Brooklyn-based TV on the Radio also covered this song for a live session on Napster.
Song Themes
Accidents, Age, Dancing, Death, Food, Heads, I Am, Not In 4-4 Time, Oxymorons, Paradoxes, And Contradictory Statements, Questions, Recursion, Recycled Material, Religion, Supernatural, Tongue-Twisters, Windows
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