The Guitar

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Drawing, from the Apollo 18 promo, representing the song.

song name	The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)
artist	They Might Be Giants
album	Apollo 18, The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) (EP), Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants, A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants: Melody, Fidelity, Quantity, Rhino Hi-Five: They Might Be Giants (EP)
year	1992
first played	Jun. 27, 1992 (524 known performances)
run time	3:49
sung by	John Flansburgh; Laura Cantrell sings the "Lion Sleeps Tonight" chorus.

Trivia/Info

The theme from this song is borrowed from the Tokens hit, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". Even though these words never appear in the song, the record label insisted the subtitle appear in the song name. (source: Direct From Brooklyn DVD commentary)
The music video for the song features (extremely) brief cameos of Jon Spencer, Joshua Fried, and Robin Goldwasser.
Despite what you see in the video, John Linnell does not play bass guitar on this song.
Filming locations: 18 Havemeyer St, Brooklyn (John Linnell's former apartment); McCarren Park, Brooklyn (and surrounding streets in Northside); The Warsaw, Brooklyn
During live performances, the bridge is replaced with solos by Marty Beller, Danny Weinkauf, Dan Miller, or a future of sound prophecy performed by John Linnell. John Flansburgh is also known to stick his guitar into the audience during parts of the song.

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Animals, Music, Non-John Vocals, Precious Metal, Questions, Science, Songs With Handclaps, Space, Telephony, Title Not In Lyrics, TMBG Remakes

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