Tesla (2 4 6 8 Remix)
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| song name | Tesla (2 4 6 8 Remix) |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| releases | Podcast 58, More Murdered Remains |
| year | 2014 |
| run time | 2:06 |
| sung by | John Flansburgh, John Linnell backs |
Trivia/Info
- This remix of "Tesla" was first released on the band's YouTube channel before being included in the song's music video.
- This remix is represented in the "Tesla" remix collection by an image of a hand. The video features the rotating faces and hands of John Flansburgh and John Linnell.
- The children singing in the background are sampled from Tony Schwartz's album 1, 2, 3 and a Zing Zing Zing, which was confirmed by John Flansburgh on Tumblr in 2025. The "2, 4, 6, 8" sample originates from the track "Two Four Six Eight", while the other samples originate from the track "Juan Charrasqueado" at 0:08 and 0:45. Flansburgh on the sampled album[1]:
1, 2, 3 is all kids talking and singing, playing games and reciting rhymes — many that would be familiar to all of us — but in a lot of ways the texts are un-evolved compared to now. All the kids have strong New York accents but they are also KIDS so they have a curious kind of marble-mouth talking. And on a technical note, there is a curious tunnel-like reverberation across all the recordings − maybe it was imposed after to make the recordings sound less raw, or maybe it was just recorded in a very echo-y place? − But the effect makes everything sound HAUNTED which is a big part of the ["2, 4, 6, 8"] remix sound for sure.
- This remix was also titled "The World In My Mail Box Remix" in the YouTube description for the "Tesla" remix collection[2], referring to the title of another Tony Schwartz album Flansburgh owns[3].
Song Themes
Animals, Death, Educational, History, Hotels, Insanity, New York City, Numbers, People (Real), Plans, Remixes, Science, Skulls, Songs With Samples, Space
Videos
- Watch it on
- static video - Watch it on - remix video segment
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