Difference between revisions of "Songs Performed Live"

Revision as of 11:57, 7 March 2025

A sortable list of songs performed live by They Might Be Giants, Mono Puff or John Linnell alongside the first known performance of each song.

Songs

Song	First Known Performance
(She Thinks She's) Edith Head	199904101999-04-10
(She Was A) Hotel Detective	198509131985-09-13
123 Band Intro	201202022012-02-02
2082	202001112020-01-11
32 Footsteps	198509131985-09-13
9 Secret Steps	201306162013-06-16
A Horse With No Name	199207171992-07-17
A Self Called Nowhere	199304211993-04-21
Absolutely Bill's Mood	199207081992-07-08
After Hours Party At The Insect Hospital	19970430a1997-04-30a
AKA Driver	199309141993-09-14
Albany	200409172004-09-17
Alienation's For The Rich	198207181982-07-18
All Time What	201801172018-01-17
Alphabet Lost And Found	200502232005-02-23
Alphabet Of Nations	200408172004-08-17
Ana Ng	19880623a1988-06-23a
Anaheim	200408172004-08-17
Another First Kiss	20010910a2001-09-10a
Answer	201502222015-02-22
Ant	199209051992-09-05
Apartment Four	200802232008-02-23
Applause Applause Applause	201809202018-09-20
Arkansas (John Linnell)	199910261999-10-26
Asbury Park	200407292004-07-29
Asheville	200409282004-09-28
Atlanta	200409252004-09-25
Au Contraire	200210182002-10-18
Auld Lang Syne	198712311987-12-31
Austin	200407162004-07-16
Authenticity Trip	201501252015-01-25
Avalon	200409182004-09-18
Baba O'Riley	199907101999-07-10
Backstabbing Liar (Mono Puff)	199709191997-09-19
Bad Liquor (Mono Puff)	199606271996-06-27
Bangs	20010919b2001-09-19b
Bastard Wants To Hit Me	200404162004-04-16
Battle For The Planet Of The Apes	199711211997-11-21
Battle For The Planet Of They Might Be Giants	199812301998-12-30
Battle O' 'Im	200101272001-01-27
Become A Robot	198307101983-07-10
Bed Bed Bed	200011232000-11-23
Bee Of The Bird Of The Moth	200604262006-04-26
Beneath The Planet Of The Apes	199710211997-10-21
Bills, Bills, Bills	201504162015-04-16
Birdhouse In Your Soul	198911251989-11-25
Birds Fly	198207181982-07-18
Black Ops	201308082013-08-08
Blues In	200407072004-07-07
Boat Of Car	199202101992-02-10
Born In A Graveyard	199809151998-09-15
Boss Of Me	199810081998-10-08
Brontosaurus	202212152022-12-15
Brooklyn	200407302004-07-30
Cabbagetown	198207181982-07-18
Cage & Aquarium	198710041987-10-04
California Über Alles (John Linnell)	199912061999-12-06
Call You Mom	201212292012-12-29
Can You Find It?	200503242005-03-24
Can't Keep Johnny Down	201107152011-07-15
Canajoharie	201009242010-09-24
Careful What You Pack	200604262006-04-26
Careless Santa (Mono Puff)	199606271996-06-27
Caroline, No	20030928a2003-09-28a
Celebration	201109082011-09-08
Certain People I Could Name	19960314a1996-03-14a
Charleston	200409262004-09-26
Charlottesville	200409242004-09-24
Chess Piece Face	198902251989-02-25
Circular Karate Chop	201212292012-12-29
Clap Your Hands	200206272002-06-27
Climbing The Walls	200705092007-05-09
Cloisonné	201107202011-07-20
Cocktail	199702211997-02-21
Columbia	200407132004-07-13
Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes	199712041997-12-04
Contrecoup	20070503a2007-05-03a
Counterfeit Faker	19960314a1996-03-14a
Cowtown	198207181982-07-18
Crazy Train	200212272002-12-27
Creepy (Mono Puff)	199709191997-09-19
Cyclops Rock	199903041999-03-04
Dallas	200407172004-07-17
Damn Good Times	20040125a2004-01-25a
Dashiki Lover (Mono Puff)	199709191997-09-19
Daylight	201511292015-11-29
Dead	198911251989-11-25
Dedicated (Mono Puff)	199709191997-09-19
Destination Moon	199406201994-06-20
Dig My Grave	199201231992-01-23
Dinner Bell	199208121992-08-12
Dirt Bike	199304211993-04-21
Disappointing Show	200109012001-09-01
Distant Antenna (Mono Puff)	199606271996-06-27
Doctor Worm	199709091997-09-09
Dog On Fire	200503022005-03-02
Dominique	19940416b1994-04-16b
Don't Break The Heart (Mono Puff)	199606271996-06-27
Don't Let's Start	198611121986-11-12
Doom	200110122001-10-12
Down To The Bottom Of The Sea	200104302001-04-30
Dr. Evil	19990515a1999-05-15a
Dr. Kildare (Mono Puff)	199606261996-06-26
Drink!	200011022000-11-02
Drinkin'	199909081999-09-08
Drown The Clown	202405092024-05-09
Drumbeat	198307101983-07-10
E Eats Everything	200503242005-03-24
Eight Hundred And Thirteen Mile Car Trip	20080419a2008-04-19a
Electric Car	201002262010-02-26
Elusive Butterfly	199909241999-09-24
Epic Fail Baloney Sandwiches Jingle	201109222011-09-22
Erase	201501252015-01-25
Escape From The Planet Of The Apes	199710231997-10-23
Everybody Conga	199411291994-11-29
Everybody To The Limit	200605032006-05-03
Everything Happens To Me (Mono Puff)	199606271996-06-27
Everything Is Catching On Fire	199304211993-04-21
Everything Right Is Wrong Again	198602131986-02-13
Experimental Film	20040125a2004-01-25a
Exquisite Dead Guy	199609081996-09-08
Extra Krispy (Mono Puff)	199802051998-02-05
Extra Savoir-Faire	199309141993-09-14
Factory Showroom (Song)	199612141996-12-14
Fake-Believe	200408172004-08-17
Farmingdale	200407312004-07-31
Feast Of Lights	200612152006-12-15
Fibber Island	20030504a2003-05-04a
Figure Eight	200905232009-05-23
Fingertips	200011022000-11-02
Finished With Lies	199711061997-11-06
Fire (Song)	199205311992-05-31
First Album Medley	199702021997-02-02
First Kiss	199708291997-08-29
Flying V	200502152005-02-15
For Science	198704171987-04-17
Four Of Two	200004202000-04-20
Frankenstein	19920620b1992-06-20b
Free Ride	200210192002-10-19
Fun Assassin	20030928a2003-09-28a
G-L-O-ckenspiel Intro	199809161998-09-16
Gas Mask	19970913b1997-09-13b
Georgy Girl	199710121997-10-12
Get By With A Little Help	200409252004-09-25
Girls Can't Do What The Guys Do (Mono Puff)	199709191997-09-19
Glasgow	200409062004-09-06
Good To Be Alive	201504162015-04-16
Graveyard	200709142007-09-14
Guitar Was The Case (Mono Puff)	199606271996-06-27
Hall Of Heads	199208141992-08-14
Happy	198307071983-07-07
Hate The Villanelle	201406062014-06-06
He's Loco	201212292012-12-29
Hearing Aid	199002181990-02-18
Hell Hotel	198307071983-07-07
Heptone	198307101983-07-10
Hey Everybody	199411081994-11-08
Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal	200802022008-02-02
Hide Away Folk Family	198702071987-02-07
High Five!	201002272010-02-27
Higher Ground	200705042007-05-04
Hillbilly Drummer Girl (Mono Puff)	199606271996-06-27
Hocus Pocus	200507092005-07-09
Hopeless Bleak Despair	20010910a2001-09-10a
Hot Cha	198307101983-07-10
Houston	200407202004-07-20
Hovering Sombrero	200110192001-10-19
How Can I Sing Like A Girl?	199604251996-04-25
How Many Planets?	201009242010-09-24
Hypnotist Of Ladies	200004272000-04-27
I Am A Paleontologist	20090328a2009-03-28a
I Am Not Your Broom	199702141997-02-14
I Beat The Wiz (Mono Puff)	199709201997-09-20
I Can Hear You	199702021997-02-02
I Can Help The Next In Line	201504162015-04-16
I Can't Hide From My Mind	20040125a2004-01-25a
I Can't Remember The Dream	202212152022-12-15
I Could Write A Book	198809281988-09-28
I Enjoy Being A Boy	199910231999-10-23
I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die	198711281987-11-28
I Left My Body	201712302017-12-30
I Like Fun (Song)	201801172018-01-17
I Love To Sing	200205252002-05-25
I Love You For Psychological Reasons	201601022016-01-02
I Never Go To Work	20080420a2008-04-20a
I Only Have Eyes For You	199604011996-04-01
I Palindrome I	199201231992-01-23
I Should Be Allowed To Think	199312031993-12-03
I Wanna Be Sedated	199206241992-06-24
I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar	201505052015-05-05
I Wouldn't Be Mad	198307071983-07-07
I'll Remember 3rd Street	198207181982-07-18
I'll Sink Manhattan	198806171988-06-17
I'm Having A Heart Attack	199209131992-09-13
I'm Impressed	20070503a2007-05-03a
I've Got A Fang	200011022000-11-02
I've Got A Match	198706261987-06-26
I've Got A Withered Arm	199809191998-09-19
I've Learned The Value Of Human Sacrifice	199704251997-04-25
Icky	201306062013-06-06
Idaho (John Linnell)	199911141999-11-14
Idlewild	20030928a2003-09-28a
If I Wasn't Shy	199202101992-02-10
Illinois (John Linnell)	199912111999-12-11
Imaginary Friend (Mono Puff)	199606271996-06-27
Impossible	200311042003-11-04
Impossibly New	201511292015-11-29
In The Middle, In The Middle, In The Middle	200008122000-08-12
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida	199209231992-09-23
Insect Hospital	201212292012-12-29
Invisible	200304042003-04-04
Iowa (John Linnell)	199911141999-11-14
Irving Plaza	200410022004-10-02
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	198710041987-10-04
It Could Be Worse	200210182002-10-18
It's Fun To Steal (Song) (Mono Puff)	199709191997-09-19
It's Kickin' In	20040125a2004-01-25a
It's Not My Birthday	198706261987-06-26
James K. Polk	199512301995-12-30
Jazz Waltz In C	200203292002-03-29
Jessica	199307311993-07-31
John Lee Supertaster	200203152002-03-15
Judy Is Your Viet Nam	201107152011-07-15
Jukebox	198902281989-02-28
Kids Go! (Song)	20091111a2009-11-11a
Kiss Me, Son Of God	198703041987-03-04
Kumbaya	199710241997-10-24
Last Wave	202405092024-05-09
Lazyhead And Sleepybones	20030606a2003-06-06a
Leeds	200409082004-09-08
Let Me Tell You About My Operation	201502222015-02-22
Let's Get This Over With	201803132018-03-13
Letterbox	198307071983-07-07
Lie Still, Little Bottle	198706231987-06-23
Lines Upon A Tranquil Brow	199202101992-02-10
Live Free Or Die	20070503a2007-05-03a
London	200409092004-09-09
Los Angeles	200408182004-08-18
Lost My Mind	201212292012-12-29
Louisiana (John Linnell)	200004132000-04-13
Lucky Ball & Chain	198911251989-11-25
Lullabye To Nightmares	199304211993-04-21
Madam, I Challenge You To A Duel	201501102015-01-10
Maine (John Linnell)	199510071995-10-07
Mammal	199201231992-01-23
Man, It's So Loud In Here	199903111999-03-11
Marshie	200409252004-09-25
Marty Beller Mask	201110292011-10-29
Maryland My Maryland (John Linnell)	199510071995-10-07
Masshole	199910121999-10-12
Maybe I Know	198809281988-09-28
Meet James Ensor	199309071993-09-07
Meet The Elements	20090913a2009-09-13a
Memo To Human Resources	20040125a2004-01-25a
Metal Detector	199610191996-10-19
Michigan (John Linnell)	199911141999-11-14
Miller Time	199907091999-07-09
Minimum Wage	200011242000-11-24
Mink Car (Song)	200108052001-08-05
Minneapolis	200407092004-07-09
Mississippi (John Linnell)	199911141999-11-14
Moonbeam Rays	202206082022-06-08
Monster	200008122000-08-12
Montana (John Linnell)	199910261999-10-26
Mr. Hughes Says (Mono Puff)	199709191997-09-19
Mr. Klaw	199909081999-09-08
Mr. Me	198701281987-01-28
Mr. Tambourine Man	198603291986-03-29
Mrs. Bluebeard	201802012018-02-01
Museum Of Idiots	200008122000-08-12
Music Jail, Pt. 1 & 2	201501252015-01-25
My Brother The Ape	200909162009-09-16
My Evil Twin	199202101992-02-10
My Funny Valentine	198712311987-12-31
Nanobots (Song)	201212292012-12-29
Narrow Your Eyes	199202011992-02-01
Nebraska (John Linnell)	199911141999-11-14
Never Knew Love	201107152011-07-15
New Hampshire (John Linnell)	199910261999-10-26
New Haven	200409222004-09-22
New Orleans	200407212004-07-21
New York City (Mono Puff)	199606251996-06-25
Nice 'N' Easy	198802061988-02-06
Night Security (Mono Puff)	199608311996-08-31
Nixon's The One (Mono Puff)	199606271996-06-27
No One Knows My Plan	199307311993-07-31
No Plan B	20030928a2003-09-28a
No! (Song)	200011092000-11-09
Nonagon	201009242010-09-24
North To Alaska (John Linnell)	199911141999-11-14
Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes	198602131986-02-13
Number Three	198611121986-11-12
O Tannenbaum	199712181997-12-18
O, Do Not Forsake Me	199304211993-04-21
Oddball	199609191996-09-19
Oh You Did	201603202016-03-20
Ohio (John Linnell)	199911141999-11-14
Old Pine Box	201107302011-07-30
Older	19960314a1996-03-14a
Omaha	200407112004-07-11
Omnicorn	201603202016-03-20
On The Drag	19960314a1996-03-14a
Ondine	199304211993-04-21
One Dozen Monkeys	200802232008-02-23
Operators Are Standing By	199910231999-10-23
Oranges	20010910a2001-09-10a
Oregon (John Linnell)	199510071995-10-07
Our Cannibal Friends	200604282006-04-28
Out Of Jail	199405041994-05-04
Pandor Jingle	201201272012-01-27
Paranoid	201111122011-11-12
Particle Man	198911251989-11-25
Particle Mo	200407182004-07-18
Pencil Rain	198706261987-06-26
Penguine	198207181982-07-18
Pennsylvania (John Linnell)	199911141999-11-14
Pet Name	199609081996-09-08
Peter Gunn	199406191994-06-19
Philadelphia	200409302004-09-30
Phone Calls From The Dead	200703102007-03-10
Pictures Of Pandas Painting	200503242005-03-24
Piece Of Dirt	198712311987-12-31
Pirate Girls Nine	200802232008-02-23
Pittsburgh	200407252004-07-25
Planet Of The Apes	199711141997-11-14
Pogo Song	198307101983-07-10
Poison Flowers (Mono Puff)	199709191997-09-19
Prevenge	200407032004-07-03
Puppets Gonna Fuck You Up	200312052003-12-05
Purple Toupee	198611121986-11-12
Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head	198602131986-02-13
Put Your Hand On The Computer	200707032007-07-03
Rabid Child	198803281988-03-28
Radio They Might Be Giants 1	199909251999-09-25
Radio They Might Be Giants 2	199910031999-10-03
Raleigh	200409272004-09-27
Rat Patrol	199604121996-04-12
Reprehensible	19960321a1996-03-21a
Reptiles Eat With The Bones We Hear With	201104272011-04-27
Respectable - Groove Is In The Heart (Mono Puff)	199804021998-04-02
Rest Awhile	199709041997-09-04
Return To The Planet Of The Apes	199711201997-11-20
Rhythm Section Want Ad	198611121986-11-12
Road Movie To Berlin	19880623a1988-06-23a
Robot Parade (Adult Version)	200103162001-03-16
Robot Parade	200004132000-04-13
Roy G. Biv	200910032009-10-03
Rubber Guy	198307101983-07-10
S-E-X-X-Y	19960314a1996-03-14a
Sally Boy Candy Bar	198307071983-07-07
San Francisco	200408142004-08-14
Santa Claus	200212212002-12-21
Santa Cruz	200408152004-08-15
Santa's Beard	198803031988-03-03
Sapphire Bullets Of Pure Love	198902241989-02-24
Science Is Real	200910012009-10-01
See The Constellation	199206291992-06-29
Sensurround	199507091995-07-09
Seven	20080419a2008-04-19a
Severe Tire Damage Theme	199809061998-09-06
She Thinks She's Edith Head	199903041999-03-04
She Was A Hotel Detective	199512301995-12-30
She's Actual Size	199201231992-01-23
She's An Angel	198702071987-02-07
Shoehorn With Teeth	198703041987-03-04
Sleeping In The Flowers	199304211993-04-21
Sleepwalkers	200011092000-11-09
Smells Like Teen Spirit	199205311992-05-31
Smiles	198307071983-07-07
Snail Shell	199312031993-12-03
Snowball In Hell	198611121986-11-12
So Long, Mockingbird (Mono Puff)	199606261996-06-26
Somebody Stole My Hairstyle	199810081998-10-08
Somebody Took My Eyeball	199809281998-09-28
Someone Keeps Moving My Chair	198911251989-11-25
Songs Songs Songs	199809161998-09-16
Sorry I Fucked Up The Show	199810041998-10-04
South Carolina (John Linnell)	199510071995-10-07
Space Jam	200604262006-04-26
Space Krickets	199909271999-09-27
Space Suit	198307071983-07-07
Spider	199512301995-12-30
Spin The Dial	199210181992-10-18
Spine	200404162004-04-16
Spiraling Shape	199602031996-02-03
Spoiler Alert	201107282011-07-28
Spy	199304211993-04-21
St. Louis	200407142004-07-14
Stairway To Heaven	200210192002-10-19
Stalk Of Wheat	20030928a2003-09-28a
Stand On Your Own Head	201111252011-11-25
Stayin' Alive	199609191996-09-19
Stillub	202002062020-02-06
Stomp Box	199409171994-09-17
Stormy Pinkness	198711281987-11-28
Stump The Band	199205061992-05-06
Stuff Is Way	202502272025-02-27
Subliminal	199405111994-05-11
Synopsis For Latecomers	202206082022-06-08
Take Out The Trash	20070503a2007-05-03a
Taking Care Of Business	199606071996-06-07
Tennessee (John Linnell)	199510071995-10-07
Tesla	201303032013-03-03
Thanks A Go-Go	200409172004-09-17
The Army's Tired Now	200210192002-10-19
The Ballad Of Timothy McSweeney	200104302001-04-30
The Bells Are Ringing	199712181997-12-18
The Big Big Whoredom	198307071983-07-07
The Biggest One	198912311989-12-31
The Boys Are Back In Town	199809281998-09-28
The Bright Side	201812302018-12-30
The Cap'm	200604262006-04-26
The Car Crash	198705301987-05-30
The Communists Have The Music	201809202018-09-20
The Darlings Of Lumberland	201510252015-10-25
The Day	198307101983-07-10
The Devil Went Down To Newport (Mono Puff)	199606261996-06-26
The End Of The Tour	199408251994-08-25
The Famous Polka	198706231987-06-23
The Future Of Sound	200304282003-04-28
The Glamour Of Rock	202405092024-05-09
The Greatest	201804192018-04-19
The Guitar	199201231992-01-23
The Joker	199406181994-06-18
The Kids Are Alright	200110242001-10-24
The Mesopotamians	20070503a2007-05-03a
The People's Court Theme (Mono Puff)	199709201997-09-20
The Shadow Government	20070503a2007-05-03a
The Shitty, Shitty Blues	200208152002-08-15
The Songs Of The 50 States (John Linnell)	199510071995-10-07
The Spine Surfs Alone	200404162004-04-16
The Statue Got Me High	199201231992-01-23
The World's Address	198702071987-02-07
Theme From Flood	200011302000-11-30
Theme From Rocky	19990515a1999-05-15a
Theme From The Monkees	200304062003-04-06
Thermostat	199304211993-04-21
They Got Lost (Song)	19960314a1996-03-14a
They Might Be Giants (Song)	198307101983-07-10
They'll Need A Crane	198803031988-03-03
This Damn Band	200604262006-04-26
This Microphone	201802022018-02-02
Three Might Be Duende	201009242010-09-24
Thunderbird	199903131999-03-13
Till My Head Falls Off	199608141996-08-14
Tippecanoe And Tyler Too	201712062017-12-06
To All The Girls I've Loved Before	199405041994-05-04
To Serve Mankind (Mono Puff)	199606271996-06-27
Toddler Hiway	198710041987-10-04
Token Back To Brooklyn	200808092008-08-09
Tonight You Belong To Me	200503022005-03-02
Towson	200409232004-09-23
Triborough Bridge	199709061997-09-06
Tropical Lazor Beams	201003052010-03-05
Trouble Awful Devil Evil	201511292015-11-29
Trucker's Coffee	20040125a2004-01-25a
Truth In Your Words	200104302001-04-30
Tubthumping	201109232011-09-23
Tucson	200408202004-08-20
Turn Around	199212021992-12-02
Twisting	198911251989-11-25
Underwater Woman	201503292015-03-29
Unforgotten	19960321a1996-03-21a
Unpronounceable	201504252015-04-25
Unrelated Thing	199312101993-12-10
Unsupervised, I Hit My Head	200809262008-09-26
Up The Junction	20100626c2010-06-26c
Upside Down Frown	20070503a2007-05-03a
Utah (John Linnell)	199911141999-11-14
Vancouver	200408122004-08-12
Venue Songs	20091231b2009-12-31b
Vestibule	200705312007-05-31
Violin	20020611b2002-06-11b
Wake Up Call	200004132000-04-13
We Are The World	19920711b1992-07-11b
We Just Go Nuts At Christmastime	198712311987-12-31
We Live In A Dump	200604262006-04-26
We Want A Rock	198912051989-12-05
We're The Replacements	199003011990-03-01
Wearing A Raincoat	20040125a2004-01-25a
Weep Day	198307071983-07-07
Werewolves Of London (Wearing A Hockey Mask)	199605171996-05-17
West Virginia	200809262008-09-26
What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round?	198912311989-12-31
What Bothers The Spaceman? (Mono Puff)	199606261996-06-26
What Is A Shooting Star?	20090913a2009-09-13a
When It Rains It Snows	198703041987-03-04
When The Lights Come On	201801172018-01-17
When Will You Die	201107282011-07-28
Where Do They Make Balloons?	200303082003-03-08
Where Your Eyes Don't Go	198803281988-03-28
Which Describes How You're Feeling	199304211993-04-21
Whirlpool	199512301995-12-30
Whistling In The Dark	198911251989-11-25
White Rabbit	199209181992-09-18
Why Did You Grow A Beard?	200604262006-04-26
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