Cupid

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An iconic Charles Atlas advertisement, likely 'that ad' mentioned in the song

song name Cupid
artist They Might Be Giants
releases Unreleased, Dial-A-Song, Power Of Dial-A-Song, Free When You Call From Work
year 1984
run time 1:06
sung by John Flansburgh


Trivia/Info

  • John Flansburgh on this song: "[We probably recorded it in] 1984. I think it was one of the burst of songs we did right as Dial-A-Song started up. We never played it live, but it was in rotation on the machine for a long time."[1] It was known to have aired on Dial-A-Song as early as 1989[2], and has not seen a release outside of the service.
  • "That ad" refers to a comic book ad for the Charles Atlas fitness program, in which a boy has sand kicked in his face.

Song Themes

Bad English, Body Parts, Death, Love Gone Sour, Oxymorons, Paradoxes, And Contradictory Statements, Titles And Honorifics, Transportation, Violence

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