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Whistling In The Dark

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song nameWhistling in the Dark
artistThey Might Be Giants
albumFlood
year1990
first playedNov. 25, 1989 (117 known performances)
run time3:25
sung byJohn Linnell

[edit] Trivia/Info

  • Trumpet: Frank London
  • Trombone: Rick McRae
  • On most live versions of the song, John Flansburgh discards his guitar (usually during the accordion solo of the previous song, "Hearing Aid") and picks up a large chest-mounted bass drum, which he strikes zealously through the song.
  • Also the name of a 1941 comedy Whistling In The Dark.

[edit] Song Themes

Criminal Activities, Heads, Jail And Imprisonment, Mind Control, Hypnotism, Oblique Cliches Or Idiom, Violence, Tongue-Twisters

[edit] Videos

 
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