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Don't Worry Kyoko

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song nameDon't Worry Kyoko
artistThey Might Be Giants
releasesUnreleased
yearMid-1970s
run timeUnknown
sung byJohn Flansburgh, John Linnell

Trivia/Info

"What was the name of the first song you ever recorded?

We're not sure, but it might be a version of Yoko Ono's song "Don't Worry Kyoko, Mummy's Only Looking For A Hand In The Snow" that we recorded on Flansburgh's reel-to-reel when we were around 15. We sang with faux Rod Serling voices."
  • The song was written by Yoko Ono, and the original version appeared as the B-Side to John Lennon's "Cold Turkey" single in 1969, and later both sides of the single appeared (performed live) on Lennon's "Some Time in New York City" album.
  • The complete name of the song is "Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking For Her Hand In The Snow)". Yoko Ono wrote it for her daughter Kyoko, who had been taken by her father, Anthony Cox (Yoko's previous husband) when they disappeared. A few years after this was written Yoko and John Lennon attempted to counter-kidnap Kyoko, but that failed.
  • Flansburgh: "I found a tape of John and I performing a Yoko Ono song when we were 17 years old. It's pretty amazing in a weird way... but I don't think we're ready to go public with that." (ICE Newsletter, 1996)

Song Themes

Children, People (Real), Relatives, TMBG Remakes

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