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| song name | The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| releases | Apollo 18, The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) (EP) (as the "UK Single Edit" on some European releases), Direct From Brooklyn 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 | June 27, 1992 (655 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); Warsaw at The Polish National Home, Brooklyn.
- During live performances, the bridge is replaced with a solo by either Marty Beller, Danny Weinkauf, or Dan Miller. Sometimes a future of sound prophecy is performed by John Linnell. John Flansburgh is also known to stick his guitar into the audience during parts of the song.
Song Themes
Animals, Music, Non-John Vocals, Numbers, Precious Metal, Questions, Science, Songs With Handclaps, Space, Telecommunication, Title Not In Lyrics, TMBG Remakes
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