Selectionist
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| song name | Selectionist |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| releases | Dial-A-Song (2018), My Murdered Remains, Some Murdered Remains |
| year | 2018 |
| run time | 2:58 |
| sung by |  Instrumental
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Trivia/Info
- The word selectionist means somebody who believes in selectionism, or who considers natural selection a fundamental factor in evolution.
- The video was directed by Ajax Digital Design, an alias Flansburgh used when directing for Dial-A-Song (2018). Some other instances of the alias are the videos for All Time What, Best Regrets and Rowboat Mayor.
- The song features a sample of the first few seconds of the 1965 Cher song "Where Do You Go".
- According to John Flansburgh in a 2024 Tumblr post, this song originated from a track called "Dawn Divine" that featured Mike Doughty[1][2] which was intended for Nanobots.[3]
- The album version and the music video version are slightly different. The music video version is longer at 3:16 and contains some additional parts, but it lacks a synth at 1:21 (which corresponds to 1:07 of the album version), and the ending is 8 seconds shorter.
- A significantly different version also exists, and was used for a video promoting white-on-white tie-dye shirt. It has a minimal arrangement, is much shorter and features a sample of Curtis Mayfield's 1972 song "Superfly" at the beginning.
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