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| song name | Science Is Real |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| releases | Here Comes Science, Podcast 55 |
| year | 2009 |
| first played | October 1, 2009 (9 known performances) |
| run time | 1:54 |
| sung by | John Flansburgh |
Trivia/Info
- One of the only somewhat controversial songs in the They Might Be Giants catalog, because of the lyric "I like the stories about angels, unicorns and elves". An Examiner article shows how online discussions on Amazon regarding the song were stirring up controversy even prior to the album's release, because of the affirmation to children that angels are fictional and are to be seen in the same light as unicorns and elves.
- John Linnell, answering the question "Your lyrics talk about evolution being real and how stories about angels and unicorns are just that, stories. Did you worry that this might alienate some listeners?" (Nature interview, August 26, 2009):
John Flansburgh took the bull by the horns by writing that song and addressing that situation, which is that religion cannot take the place of science. It's not something you can tiptoe around. It's important that everybody gets what the discussion is about. If we're talking about the history of Earth, we can't rely on religious tradition to tell us all the information. He says it in the song: as beautiful as the stories are, they don't tell us everything we need to know. It's an old complaint on the part of scientists, but it bears repeating.
- A t-shirt was released in September 2009 on the theymightbegiants.com store for this song, featuring fake cover artwork for a non-existent single (see right). The cover artwork is a direct parody of The Louvin Brothers' 1960 Satan is Real album cover (see lower-right), and mimics almost every feature of the original cover, including the addition of a fictional Chemistry Records logo.
- Video directed by David Cowles and Andy Kennedy.
Song Themes
Animals, Backwards, I Am, Mythology, Questions, Religion, Supernatural, Science, Space, Stories
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