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Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal

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song nameHey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had a Deal
artistThey Might Be Giants
releasesPurple Toupee (EP), Don't Let's Start (LP), Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal (Promo), Miscellaneous T, Then: The Earlier Years, Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants, Podcast 24A
year1989
first playedFeb. 2, 2008 (34 known performances)
run time3:48
sung byJohn Linnell

Trivia/Info

  • From the Then liner notes: "'Hey Mr. DJ' was the final evolution of a song we started writing long ago called 'Sleeping My Way to the Top', which we had planned to perform while lying in a pair of hammocks strung across the stage."
  • This song self-references many TMBG songs ("Well, I told you about the world, its address", etc.). In doing so, it mimics "Glass Onion" by The Beatles, in which several songs of their own are referenced ("I told you about Strawberry Fields", "I told you about the fool on the hill", etc.).
  • Has been covered by Common Rotation.
  • Even though this song was released in 1989, the band never played it live until 2008!

Song Themes

Bad English, Children, Criminal Activities, Games, Gratitude, Lies, Deception, Money, Oblique Cliches Or Idiom, Occupations, People (Imaginary), Recycled Material, References To Other Songs Or Musicians, Self-Reference, Sex, Titles And Honorifics, Tongue-Twisters

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