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It's Not My Birthday

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song nameIt's Not My Birthday
artistThey Might Be Giants
releasesThey'll Need A Crane (EP), Ana Ng (Single) [UK Release], Don't Let's Start (LP), Miscellaneous T, Then: The Earlier Years, Podcast 28A
year1989
first playedJun. 26, 1987 (58 known performances)
run time1:52
sung byJohn Linnell

Trivia/Info

  • From the Then liner notes: "The lyrics for It's Not My Birthday have defied simple interpretation, probably out of irresponsibility or laziness on the part of its young author."
  • The line, "I'll never see that recipe again," references the 1968 Richard Harris single, MacArthur Park, which contained the line, "I'll never have that recipe again," in reference to a melting cake.
  • All instances of this song contain a quiet thump about 10 seconds into the track. This was not fixed for Then: The Earlier Years, which removed an artifact from The Biggest One.

Song Themes

Colors, Drinking, Food, Holidays, Jail And Imprisonment, Oxymorons, Paradoxes, And Contradictory Statements, Questions, References To Other Songs Or Musicians, Relatives, Tongue-Twisters, Transportation, Water, Weather

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