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*[[A Ton Of Stuff]] - "[[A Ton Of Stuff (Demo)|Packing A Ton Of Stuff]]"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/America_Runs_On_Dunkin%27#Songs_About_Coffee}}
 
*[[A Ton Of Stuff]] - "[[A Ton Of Stuff (Demo)|Packing A Ton Of Stuff]]"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/America_Runs_On_Dunkin%27#Songs_About_Coffee}}
 
*[[Bastard Wants To Hit Me]] - "Some Crazy Bastard"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/They_Might_Be_Giants_(App)}}
 
*[[Bastard Wants To Hit Me]] - "Some Crazy Bastard"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/They_Might_Be_Giants_(App)}}
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*[[Bee Of The Bird Of The Moth]] - "Bird Of The Bee Of The Moth"{{ref|url=https://repertoire.bmi.com/Search/Search?SearchForm.View_Count=100&SearchForm.Main_Search=BMI+Work+ID&SearchForm.Main_Search_Text=27687211&SearchForm.Sub_Search=Please+Select&SearchForm.Search_Type=bmi}}
 
 
*[[The Big Big Whoredom]] - "[[The Big Big Whoredom (Live)|The Big Big Whoredom Scares Me]]", "The Big Whoredom"{{ref|url=https://tmbg.bandcamp.com/track/the-big-whoredom}}
 
*[[The Big Big Whoredom]] - "[[The Big Big Whoredom (Live)|The Big Big Whoredom Scares Me]]", "The Big Whoredom"{{ref|url=https://tmbg.bandcamp.com/track/the-big-whoredom}}
 
*[[The Biggest One]] - "[[The Biggest One (1985 Demo)|Biggest One]]", "[[The Biggest One (Live)|I'm The Biggest One]]", "I Am The Biggest One"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/DialASong.com#Flash_site_-_March_2000_to_August_2006}}
 
*[[The Biggest One]] - "[[The Biggest One (1985 Demo)|Biggest One]]", "[[The Biggest One (Live)|I'm The Biggest One]]", "I Am The Biggest One"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/DialASong.com#Flash_site_-_March_2000_to_August_2006}}
 
*[[Boss Of Me]] - "Malcolm In The Middle Theme"{{ref|url=https://repertoire.bmi.com/Search/Search?SearchForm.View_Count=100&SearchForm.Main_Search=BMI+Work+ID&SearchForm.Main_Search_Text=5137622&SearchForm.Sub_Search=Please+Select&SearchForm.Search_Type=bmi}}, "You're Not The Boss Of Me Now"
 
*[[Boss Of Me]] - "Malcolm In The Middle Theme"{{ref|url=https://repertoire.bmi.com/Search/Search?SearchForm.View_Count=100&SearchForm.Main_Search=BMI+Work+ID&SearchForm.Main_Search_Text=5137622&SearchForm.Sub_Search=Please+Select&SearchForm.Search_Type=bmi}}, "You're Not The Boss Of Me Now"
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*[[Brain Problem Situation]] - "Brain Problem Solution"{{ref|url=https://repertoire.bmi.com/Search/Search?SearchForm.View_Count=100&SearchForm.Main_Search=BMI+Work+ID&SearchForm.Main_Search_Text=27687220&SearchForm.Sub_Search=Please+Select&SearchForm.Search_Type=bmi}}
 
 
*[[Budnitz]] - "Be Kind And Gentle"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/They_Might_Be_Giants_Vs._McSweeney%27s}}
 
*[[Budnitz]] - "Be Kind And Gentle"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/They_Might_Be_Giants_Vs._McSweeney%27s}}
 
*[[Burning Coffee]] - "Do You Smell Something Burning"{{ref|url=https://repertoire.bmi.com/Search/Search?SearchForm.View_Count=100&SearchForm.Main_Search=BMI+Work+ID&SearchForm.Main_Search_Text=9199211&SearchForm.Sub_Search=Please+Select&SearchForm.Search_Type=bmi}}, "Burning Smell"
 
*[[Burning Coffee]] - "Do You Smell Something Burning"{{ref|url=https://repertoire.bmi.com/Search/Search?SearchForm.View_Count=100&SearchForm.Main_Search=BMI+Work+ID&SearchForm.Main_Search_Text=9199211&SearchForm.Sub_Search=Please+Select&SearchForm.Search_Type=bmi}}, "Burning Smell"
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*[[Empty Bottle Collector]] - "Empty Bottle Blues"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/They_Got_Lost}}, "[[Playground Pokemon]]"
 
*[[Empty Bottle Collector]] - "Empty Bottle Blues"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/They_Got_Lost}}, "[[Playground Pokemon]]"
 
*[[Everything Right Is Wrong Again]] - "[[Everything Right Is Wrong]]"
 
*[[Everything Right Is Wrong Again]] - "[[Everything Right Is Wrong]]"
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*[[Extra Krispy]] - "Extra Crispy"{{ref|url=https://repertoire.bmi.com/Search/Search?SearchForm.View_Count=100&SearchForm.Main_Search=BMI+Work+ID&SearchForm.Main_Search_Text=54394174&SearchForm.Sub_Search=Please+Select&SearchForm.Search_Type=bmi}}
 
 
*[[The Famous Polka]] - "The Phone Inside A Ribcage Polka"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/Shows/1987-09-16}}, "Famous Polka"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/They_Might_Be_Giants_(App)}}
 
*[[The Famous Polka]] - "The Phone Inside A Ribcage Polka"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/Shows/1987-09-16}}, "Famous Polka"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/They_Might_Be_Giants_(App)}}
 
*[[For Science]] - "Girl From Venus"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/File:Bill_Krauss_Song_List_2.jpg}}, "(I Will Date The Girl From Venus) For Science"
 
*[[For Science]] - "Girl From Venus"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/File:Bill_Krauss_Song_List_2.jpg}}, "(I Will Date The Girl From Venus) For Science"
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*[[I'm Sick (Of This American Life)]] - "[[I've Learned The Value Of Human Sacrifice]]"
 
*[[I'm Sick (Of This American Life)]] - "[[I've Learned The Value Of Human Sacrifice]]"
 
*[[I've Got A Match]] - "I've Got A Match (Your Embrace And My Collapse)"
 
*[[I've Got A Match]] - "I've Got A Match (Your Embrace And My Collapse)"
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*[[John Lee Supertaster]] - "John Lee Superstar"{{ref|url=https://repertoire.bmi.com/Search/Search?SearchForm.View_Count=100&SearchForm.Main_Search=BMI+Work+ID&SearchForm.Main_Search_Text=18812983&SearchForm.Sub_Search=Please+Select&SearchForm.Search_Type=bmi}}
 
 
*[[Kids Are Different Now]] - "Substitute Teacher"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/Music_From_Malcolm_In_The_Middle_(Promo)}}, "I'm The Substitute Now"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/EMusic_Freebies}}, "Unreliable Narrator"
 
*[[Kids Are Different Now]] - "Substitute Teacher"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/Music_From_Malcolm_In_The_Middle_(Promo)}}, "I'm The Substitute Now"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/EMusic_Freebies}}, "Unreliable Narrator"
 
*[[King Weed]] - "Beatles And Bugs"{{ref|url=https://repertoire.bmi.com/Search/Search?SearchForm.View_Count=&SearchForm.Main_Search=Title&SearchForm.Main_Search_Text=beattles+and+bugs&SearchForm.Search_Type=all}}
 
*[[King Weed]] - "Beatles And Bugs"{{ref|url=https://repertoire.bmi.com/Search/Search?SearchForm.View_Count=&SearchForm.Main_Search=Title&SearchForm.Main_Search_Text=beattles+and+bugs&SearchForm.Search_Type=all}}
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*[[Less Than One]] - "Less That One"{{ref|url=https://repertoire.bmi.com/Search/Search?SearchForm.View_Count=100&SearchForm.Main_Search=BMI+Work+ID&SearchForm.Main_Search_Text=55657704&SearchForm.Sub_Search=Please+Select&SearchForm.Search_Type=bmi}}
 
 
*[[Letterbox]] - "The Letterbox Song"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/Shows/1988-09-28}}
 
*[[Letterbox]] - "The Letterbox Song"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/Shows/1988-09-28}}
 
*[[Love Is Eternity]] - "[[Love Is A Verb]]"
 
*[[Love Is Eternity]] - "[[Love Is A Verb]]"
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*[[Santa's Beard]] - "(I Saw My Baby Wearing) Santa's Beard"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/File:Santa%27sBeardPromo.jpg}}
 
*[[Santa's Beard]] - "(I Saw My Baby Wearing) Santa's Beard"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/File:Santa%27sBeardPromo.jpg}}
 
*[[See The Constellation]] - "[[My Lone Constellation]]"
 
*[[See The Constellation]] - "[[My Lone Constellation]]"
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*[[Sleepwalkers]] - "Sleepwalker"{{ref|url=https://repertoire.bmi.com/Search/Search?SearchForm.View_Count=100&SearchForm.Main_Search=BMI+Work+ID&SearchForm.Main_Search_Text=5384594&SearchForm.Sub_Search=Please+Select&SearchForm.Search_Type=bmi}}
 
 
*[[Snowball In Hell]] - "Avalanche Or Roadblock", "(I Was) A Snowball In Hell"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/Shows/1987-03-04/Interviews}}
 
*[[Snowball In Hell]] - "Avalanche Or Roadblock", "(I Was) A Snowball In Hell"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/Shows/1987-03-04/Interviews}}
 
*[[Space Suit]] - "[[I'll Remember 3rd Street]]"
 
*[[Space Suit]] - "[[I'll Remember 3rd Street]]"
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*[[Twisting]] - "She Wants To See You Again, Slowly Twisting, In The Wind"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/Shows/1990-02-19}}
 
*[[Twisting]] - "She Wants To See You Again, Slowly Twisting, In The Wind"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/Shows/1990-02-19}}
 
*[[Untitled]] - "13"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/File:Misc_T_Back.jpg}}, "Gloria Calls Dial-A-Song"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/Gigantic_(A_Tale_Of_Two_Johns)}}
 
*[[Untitled]] - "13"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/File:Misc_T_Back.jpg}}, "Gloria Calls Dial-A-Song"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/Gigantic_(A_Tale_Of_Two_Johns)}}
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*[[Wait Actually Yeah No]] - "Wait Yeah Actually No"{{ref|url=https://repertoire.bmi.com/Search/Search?SearchForm.View_Count=100&SearchForm.Main_Search=BMI+Work+ID&SearchForm.Main_Search_Text=56081227&SearchForm.Sub_Search=Please+Select&SearchForm.Search_Type=bmi}}
 
 
*[[We're The Replacements]] - "Hi, We're The Replacements"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/File:Bill_Krauss_Song_List_2.jpg}}
 
*[[We're The Replacements]] - "Hi, We're The Replacements"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/File:Bill_Krauss_Song_List_2.jpg}}
 
*[[You'll Miss Me]] - "[[You'll Miss Me (Demo 1)|You Kill Me]]", "Throat Culture Killed My Dog"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/Shows/1985-03-01}}
 
*[[You'll Miss Me]] - "[[You'll Miss Me (Demo 1)|You Kill Me]]", "Throat Culture Killed My Dog"{{ref|url=https://tmbw.net/wiki/Shows/1985-03-01}}

Revision as of 14:26, 8 March 2025

This page consists of initial, alternate, extended or working titles that They Might Be Giants have given to their songs and albums over the years. Some of these titles were only slightly altered for release, while others were retitled completely.

See also Outtakes for songs that were initially considered for the band's album releases.

Alternate Song Titles

Alternate Album Titles

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