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I've Got A Match

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song nameI've Got a Match
artistThey Might Be Giants
releasesLincoln, They'll Need A Crane (EP) [UK Release], Then: The Earlier Years
year1988
first playedJun. 26, 1987 (12 known performances)
run time2:36
sung byJohn Linnell; John Flansburgh backs

Trivia/Info

  • Hasn't been played live since August 28, 1989.
  • During live performances of "Ana Ng," John Flansburgh has been consistently singing "I don't want the world, I just want your half" to the tune of this song's "Love people are there, the smell of love is everywhere" since 1996.
  • The line "I've got a match: your embrace and my collapse" is a play on words of the schoolyard taunt, "I've got a match: Your face and my ass."

Song Themes

Animals, Bad English, Clothes, Coffee, Criminal Activities, Death, I Am, I've Got A, Lies, Deception, Love Gone Sour, Questions, Telephony, Transportation

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