Seven
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| song name | Seven |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| releases | Here Come The 123s, Podcast 32A |
| year | 2008 |
| first played | April 19, 2008 (80 known performances) |
| run time | 2:09 |
| sung by | John Linnell, John Flansburgh harmonizes; Henry Linnell and Desi Tomaselli on speaking roles of the "Sevens" |
Trivia/Info
- This song features an instrumental track produced by the Dust Brothers during The Else sessions. Prior to becoming a children's song, John Linnell recorded a demo called "Fudge Factory" with the backing track, which was later released in 2012 for the TMBG Instant Fan Club. Linnell spoke about the song and its evolution into "Seven" in a 2008 interview with The Lance:
There’s a track on Here Comes the 123s that was originally going to be an Else song. The drum loop from it was provided by the Dust Brothers and we built up the track on top of that and then, ultimately, it just turned into this song about the number seven without really changing the music at all. It seemed liked it would work really well with this lyric about seven. I mean, the lyric could only be for that project, but the music didn’t have to change at all to move from the grown-ups to the kids.
- According to an interview with John Flansburgh, Henry's tracks were recorded at the Linnell house.
- The video was directed by David Ahuja. In the video, the narrator's house is pink, not green.
- John Flansburgh and Dan Miller voice the "Sevens" in live performances.
Song Themes
Bells, Colors, Doors, Food, Friendship, Mathematics, Numbers, Questions, Real Estate, Recycled Material, Songs With Handclaps, Spoken Word, Telecommunication, Windows
Videos
- On They Might Be Giants Friday Night Family Podcast
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- Watch it on - live debut on Conan O'Brien
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