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| 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 | June 27, 1992 (497 known performances) |
| run time | 3:49 |
| sung by | John Flansburgh; Laura Cantrell sings the "Lion Sleeps Tonight" chorus. |
[edit] 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)
- Video 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
[edit] Song Themes
Animals, Music, Non-John Vocals, Precious Metal, Presidents, Questions, Science, Songs With Handclaps, Space, Telephony, TMBG Remakes
[edit] Videos
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Current Rating The Guitar is currently ranked #264 out of 797. (218 wikians have given it an average rating of 8.59)
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