List Of Songs Featured On Dial-A-Song
- For songs featured on Dial-A-Song in 2015 and 2018, see Dial-A-Song (2015) and Dial-A-Song (2018).
The following is a (likely incomplete) list of songs featured on Dial-A-Song during its original run from 1983 to 2006:
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Songs unique to Dial-A-Song[edit]
These are songs that were not re-recorded after Dial-A-Song, or were otherwise later changed significantly (with music and/or lyrics completely replaced). Some of these recordings received CD or MP3 releases eventually through Then: The Earlier Years, TMBG Unlimited or the They Might Be Giants Podcast.
- Brainwashing Our Fighting Boys
- Bread Hair
- Coffee Table Of Love
- Concrete And Clay
- Confusing The Mind
- Counterfeit Fake
- Cupid
- Exploding Invitation
- Fake Out In Buenos Aires
- Fat Danny Aykroyd
- Freebird
- Freebird (Alternate Version)
- Heptone
- Hiya Hi
- Hi Honey I'm Home
- How Much Cake Can You Eat?
- I Find It Hard To Believe
- I Need Some Lovin'
- I Palindrome I (Dial-A-Song)
- I Palindrome I (Dial-A-Song 2)
- I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You
- I Wouldn't Be Mad
- The King Of Wingo
- Live In Nashville
- Live In Nashville (Part 2)
- Live Like Pigs
- Mainstream U.S.A.
- Mario Speaks
- Mrs. Cinderella
- Next Plane To London
- No Answer
- Now That I Have Everything
- Outboard Part Of Man
- Penguine
- Rat Patrol (Dial-A-Song)
- Reminder
- Self-Made Millionaire
- She's Actual Size (Demo 1)
- Side 2
- Somebody's Body
- The Sun Is On Fire
- Swing Is A Word
- To The Bubblecraft!
- Too Real
- Trucker's Coffee
- Tumbleweed
- Twisting (Remix)
- We Found You
- We Just Go Nuts At Christmastime
- What Is Everyone Staring At?
- When Tornadoes Take Over The World
- Wreck It Apart
Alternate versions of songs[edit]
These were (typically) early versions of songs that later became studio tracks.
- A Self Called Nowhere (Dial-A-Song)
- Alienation's For The Rich (Demo)
- Ana Ng (Demo)
- Ant (Dial-A-Song)
- Au Contraire (Demo)
- The Bells Are Ringing (Demo)
- Birdhouse In Your Soul (Demo)
- Cabbagetown (Demo)
- Cowtown (Original Demo)
- Cowtown (1985 Demo 2)
- Dead (Dial-A-Song)
- Destination Moon (Dial-A-Song)
- Dirt Bike (Dial-A-Song)
- Doctor Worm (Dial-A-Song)
- Don't I Have The Right? (Dial-A-Song)
- Don't I Have The Right? (Dial-A-Song 2)
- Don't Let's Start (WFMU Demo)
- Doris Cunningham (Extended)
- Drink! (Demo)
- Drink! (Dial-A-Song)
- The Edison Museum (Dial-A-Song)
- The End Of The Tour (Dial-A-Song)
- Everything Right Is Wrong (1984 Demo)
- The Famous Polka (Demo)
- Feel Good Sublet (Dial-A-Song)
- Finished With Lies (Demo 1)
- Finished With Lies (Nicolo Demo)
- For Science (Demo)
- Four Of Two (Demo)
- Half A Boy (Dial-A-Song)
- Hall Of Heads (Dial-A-Song)
- Hearing Aid (Dial-A-Song)
- Hell Hotel (1983 Demo)
- Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought We Had A Deal
- Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal (Dial-A-Song)
- Hovering Sombrero (Demo)
- Hovering Sombrero (Nicolo Demo)
- How Can I Sing Like A Girl? (Demo)
- Hypnotist Of Ladies (Dial-A-Song)
- I Can't Hide From My Mind (Dial-A-Song)
- I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die (Demo)
- I Should Be Allowed To Think (Dial-A-Song)
- If I Wasn't Shy (Dial-A-Song)
- It's Not My Birthday (Demo)
- I'll Sink Manhattan (Dial-A-Song)
- I'm Your Boyfriend Now (Demo)
- Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Dial-A-Song)
- I've Got A Fang (Demo)
- Kids Are Different Now (Spoken Word)
- Lie Still, Little Bottle (Demo)
- Lie Still, Little Bottle (Dial-A-Song)
- Love Is A Verb
- Lullaby To Nightmares (Dial-A-Song)
- Maine (Dial-A-Song)
- Mammal (Dial-A-Song)
- Man, It's So Loud In Here (Nicolo Demo)
- Meet James Ensor (Dial-A-Song)
- Mr. Klaw (Demo)
- My Evil Twin (Dial-A-Song)
- My Lone Constellation
- Nixon's The One (Dial-A-Song)
- Number Three (1985 Demo)
- O, Do Not Forsake Me (Richard Reagan Demo)
- Ondine (Dial-A-Song)
- On The Drag (Demo)
- Operators Are Standing By (Dial-A-Song)
- Particle Man (Dial-A-Song)
- Pencil Rain (Dial-A-Song)
- Purple Toupee (Dial-A-Song)
- Rest Awhile (Dial-A-Song)
- Rhythm Section Want Ad (Demo)
- Road Movie To Berlin (Dial-A-Song)
- Rock Club (Dial-A-Song)
- Santa's Beard (Dial-A-Song)
- Sapphire Bullets Of Pure Love (Dial-A-Song)
- See The Constellation (Dial-A-Song)
- She's Actual Size (Demo 2)
- Shoehorn With Teeth (Dial-A-Song)
- Siftin' (Dial-A-Song)
- Sleeping In The Flowers (Dial-A-Song 1)
- Sleeping In The Flowers (Dial-A-Song 2)
- Snail Dust (Demo 2)
- Snail Shell (Demo)
- Snowball In Hell (Demo)
- So Long, Mockingbird (Dial-A-Song)
- Spider (Dial-A-Song)
- Spiraling Shape (Dial-A-Song)
- Spy (Demo)
- Stalk Of Wheat (Dial-A-Song)
- Stormy Pinkness (Dial-A-Song)
- Subliminal (Dial-A-Song)
- Subway Token To Brooklyn
- The Summer Breeze (Dial-A-Song)
- The World's Address (Demo)
- They Might Be Giants (Vagabond Joy)
- Thunderbird (Dial-A-Song)
- Turn Around (Dial-A-Song)
- Twisting (Demo)
- We Live In A Dump (Demo)
- We Want A Rock (Dial-A-Song)
- Weep Day (Demo)
- Welcome To The Jungle (Dial-A-Song)
- What Bothers The Spaceman? (Dial-A-Song)
- Whirlpool (Dial-A-Song)
- Whistling In The Dark (Demo)
- Wicked Little Critta (Dial-A-Song)
- Women & Men (Dial-A-Song)
- Working Undercover For The Man (Dial-A-Song)
- You'll Miss Me (Demo 1)
- Your Own Worst Enemy (Dial-A-Song)
- Your Racist Friend (Dial-A-Song)
- Your Racist Friend (Dial-A-Song 2)
- Youth Culture Killed My Dog (Dial-A-Song)
Finished studio tracks[edit]
Full recordings of songs were occasionally put on Dial-A-Song around or after their official release.
- '85 Radio Special Thank You
- Be Patient
- Become A Robot
- Bed Bed Bed
- Clap Your Hands
- Clowntown
- Complete Paranoia
- Convergence 2
- Counterfeit Faker
- Cut The Strings
- Damn Good Times
- Dark And Metric
- The Edison Museum
- The Edison Museum (Edisongs Version)
- Feast Of Lights
- Fingertips
- Hell Hotel
- Hello Radio
- I Am A Grocery Bag
- Idlewild
- Impossible
- I'm Def
- I'm Sick (Of This American Life)
- I've Got A Match
- James K. Polk (Original Version)
- Kids Are Different Now
- L M N O
- Lazyhead And Sleepybones
- Letterbox
- Love Is Eternity
- McGyver
- Minimum Wage
- Mink Car
- Nice Is Good, Mean Is Bad
- No!
- The Oblongs Theme (Instrumental)
- Ondine
- Robot Parade
- Robot Parade (Adult Version)
- Sally Boy Candy Bar
- Save Your Life
- Schoolchildren Singing Particle Man
- (She Was A) Hotel Detective
- Skullivan
- Spines
- The Statue Got Me High
- Toddler Hiway
- Tryptophane
- Untitled
- Violin
- Wake Up Call
- We're The Replacements
- We've Got A World That Swings
- Where Your Eyes Don't Go (Demo)
- Where Your Eyes Don't Go - Why Does The Sun Shine? Medley
- Words Are Like
Messages and Jingles[edit]
These are various jingles and messages exclusive to Dial-A-Song that were mostly made for intro and outro messages promoting tour dates, release information and other happenings within the band. Recordings of certain jingles and messages between 1993-1995 also heavily promoted the Hello Recording Club.
- A TMBG Song
- Dial-A-Song Is Coming To Take You Along
- Dial-A-Song Message
- Dial-A-Song Promo
- Don't Know Why It Takes That Long
- Gunnar And Matthew's Answering Machine Message
- Hodgman Promo 1
- Hodgman Promo 2
- Hodgman Promo 3
- Knitting Factory Performance Promo
- New Song Every Hour
- Not Too Clear, Not Too Long
- The Power Of They Might Be Giants' Dial-A-Song
- The Power Of They Might Be Giants' Dial-A-Song (Version 2)
- There's A New Song Every Hour
- Welcome To The World
- WFMU Radio ID
- Village Gate Concert Promo
- You're Watching...