Alternate Titles

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

• (She Was A) Hotel Detective In The Future - "Hotel Detective Of The Future"^[1]
• Absolutely Bill's Mood - "I'm Insane"^[2]
• AKA Driver - "NyQuil Driver"^[3]
• All Alone - "Ballad Of The Sneeze"^[4], "We're All Alone"^[5]
• All The Lazy Boyfriends - "White Out"^[6]
• Always Coca-Cola - "Always Be Giants", "Mystery Track"^[7], "Coca-Cola"^[8], "Coke Radio Ad"
• Another First Kiss - "First Kiss"
• A Ton Of Stuff - "Packing A Ton Of Stuff"^[9]
• Bastard Wants To Hit Me - "Some Crazy Bastard"^[10]
• The Big Big Whoredom - "The Big Big Whoredom Scares Me", "The Big Whoredom"^[11]
• The Biggest One - "Biggest One", "I'm The Biggest One", "I Am The Biggest One"^[12]
• Boss Of Me - "Malcolm In The Middle Theme"^[13], "You're Not The Boss Of Me Now"
• Budnitz - "Be Kind And Gentle"^[14]
• Burning Coffee - "Do You Smell Something Burning"^[15], "Burning Smell"
• Cage And Aquarium - "(This Is The Spawning Of The) Cage And Aquarium"
• Call Connected Thru The NSA - "War"^[16]
• The Car Crash - "The Plane Crash"^[17]
• Clap Your Hands - "Four Track Mind"
• Cowtown - "Cow Town"^[18]
• Cut The Strings - "String Theory"^[19]
• Dan Vs. Cog - "Cog The Robot"^[20]
• The Day - "Marvin Gaye"^[21]
• Dedicated - "Dedicated Friend"^[22]
• Dirt Bike - "Dirtbike"^[23][24]
• Doctor Worm - "Doc Worm"^[25], "Dr. Worm"
• Don't I Have The Right? - "Don't I Have The Right To Be Loved?"
• Don't Let's Start - "Don't Let's Start, I've Got A Weak Heart"^[26]
• Down To The Bottom Of The Sea - "Bathymetry For Two"^[27], "Bottom Of The Sea"^[28], "Deep Down At The Bottom Of The Sea"^[29], "Down Down At The Bottom Of The Sea"
• Empty Bottle Collector - "Empty Bottle Blues"^[30], "Playground Pokemon"
• Everything Right Is Wrong Again - "Everything Right Is Wrong"
• The Famous Polka - "The Phone Inside A Ribcage Polka"^[31]
• For Science - "Girl From Venus"^[32], "(I Will Date The Girl From Venus) For Science"
• Fritalian - "¡Ándale!"^[33]
• Girls In Their Turning - "Convergence 2"^[34]
• Helicopters Of Elves - "Helicopter Of Elves"^[35]
• Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal - "Sleeping My Way To The Top", "Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought We Had A Deal"^[36]
• Hot Cha - "Hot Cha!"^[37]
• How Now Dark Cloud? - "Lazy Eye"^[38]
• I Just Found Out What Everybody Knows - "What Everybody Knows"^[39]
• I'm Def - "I'm Deaf"^[40]
• 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)"
• It's Fun To Steal - "Fun To Steal"^[41]
• Jazz Waltz In C - "Thank You For Coming To Our Show" ^[42], "Thank You"^[43], "Jazz In C", "Jazz Waltz"
• Kids Are Different Now - "Substitute Teacher"^[44], "I'm The Substitute Now"^[45], "Unreliable Narrator"
• King Weed - "Beatles And Bugs"^[46]
• Letterbox - "The Letterbox Song"^[47]
• Love Is Eternity - "Love Is A Verb"
• Lucky Ball & Chain - "(I Lost My) Lucky Ball & Chain"^[48]
• Man, It's So Loud In Here - "It's So Loud In Here"
• McGyver - "All McGyver On It"^[49], "Getting All McGyver On It"^[50], "Get Your Pepper Talkin'"^[51]
• Moonbeam Rays - "Moonbeam Ray"^[52]
• No Crumb Left Behind - "Crumbs"^[53]
• Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes - "Nothing's Going To Change My Clothes"
• Number Three - "#3"
• Ooh La! Ooh La! - "Double Dutch"^[54], "Oooo Laaa Oooo Laaa"
• Operators Are Standing By - "Operators"^[55]
• Oranges - "Oranges And Graphic Design"^[56]
• Oranges Testimonial - "Chopping Block Testimonial"
• The Other Side Of The World - "The Spine Surfs Alone Pt. II"^[57]
• Out Of Jail - "After School Special"^[58]
• Poison Flowers - "Fall Means Sadness"
• Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head - “(Put Your Hand Inside The) Puppet Head”
• Robert Lowell - "I Am 40: Memories of West St. and Lepke"^[59]
• Sally Boy Candy Bar - "Sally Boy"^[60]
• Santa's Beard - "(I Saw My Baby Wearing) Santa's Beard"^[61]
• See The Constellation - "My Lone Constellation"
• Snowball In Hell - "Avalanche Or Roadblock", "(I Was) A Snowball In Hell"^[62]
• Space Suit - "I'll Remember 3rd Street"
• The Spine Surfs Alone - "The Spine Surfs Alone Pt. I"
• Spoiler Alert - "Party In The U.S.A."^[63]
• The Statue Got Me High - "The Apple Of My Eye"
• stelluB - "Stillub," "Stiloob"^[64]
• Swing Is A Word - "Swing Is A Word (Six Feet Down)"^[65]
• Thankful For Your Service - "3rd Amendment"^[66]
• Theme From Flood - "Flood"^[67]
• Theme From Unlimited - "Snoops"
• They Got Lost - "TMBG Got Lost"^[68]
• Three Might Be Duende - "Duende"
• Toddler Hiway - "Toddler Hi-Way"^[69]
• Token Back To Brooklyn - "Subway Token To Brooklyn"
• Triborough Bridge - "Triboro"^[70]
• Tryptophane - "Tryptophan"^[71], "Triptaphane"^[72]
• Twisting - "She Wants To See You Again, Slowly Twisting, In The Wind"^[73]
• Untitled - "13"^[74], "Gloria Calls Dial-A-Song"^[75]
• We're The Replacements - "Hi, We're The Replacements"^[76]
• You'll Miss Me - "You Kill Me", "Throat Culture Killed My Dog"^[77]
• Your Racist Friend - "Racist Friend"^[78]

Alternate Album Titles

• Lincoln - "Lincoln Calling"^[79]
• John Henry - "They Might Be Giants Have Been Set Free"^[80]
• Factory Showroom - "At Large", "Boro-Wide", "Chimp"^[81]
• Mink Car - "Secret Mountain Laboratory"^[82], "Unreliable Narrator"^[83], "Yes"^[84]
• Severe Tire Damage - "Insect Hospital"
• Join Us - "Forest/Trees"^[85], "Necropolis"
• I Like Fun - "My Murdered Remains"