| They Might Be Giants discography | |
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| Studio albums | 23 |
| EPs | 25 |
| Live albums | 20 |
| Compilation albums | 18 |
| Singles | 37 |
| Video albums | 8 |
The following is a discography of They Might Be Giants (TMBG), an American alternative rock band comprising several artists including John Flansburgh, John Linnell, Marty Beller, Dan Miller, and Danny Weinkauf. The band's first release was the November 4, 1986 eponymously titled They Might Be Giants , but TMBG did not gain commercial success until their March 1990 single "Birdhouse in Your Soul" from the album Flood . "Birdhouse in Your Soul" reached #3 on the United States Modern Rock Tracks chart and #6 on the UK Singles Chart and remains the band's highest-charting single in both countries.
Over the next three decades, They Might Be Giants released a total of 23 studio albums along with 25 extended plays, 20 live albums, 18 compilation albums, and 37 singles.
| Number | Year | Title | Chart peaks | Certifications (sales thresholds) | Notes | ||||||
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| US [1] | US Alt [2] | US Kids [3] | US Indie [4] | US Rock [5] | AUS [6] [7] | UK [8] | |||||
| 1. | 1986 | They Might Be Giants | — | — | — | — | — | 159 | — |
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| 2. | 1988 | Lincoln
| 89 | — | — | — | — | 116 | — | ||
| 3. | 1990 | Flood
| 75 | — | — | — | — | 99 | 14 |
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| 4. | 1992 | Apollo 18
| 99 | — | — | — | — | 59 | — | ||
| 5. | 1994 | John Henry
| 61 | — | — | — | — | 132 | — |
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| 6. | 1996 | Factory Showroom
| 89 | — | — | — | — | 116 | — | ||
| 7. | 1999 | Long Tall Weekend
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| 8. | 2001 | Mink Car
| 134 | — | — | — | — | 102 | — | ||
| 9. | 2002 | No!
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| 10. | 2004 | The Spine
| 130 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 11. | 2005 | Here Come the ABCs
| — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — |
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| 12. | 2007 | The Else
| 118 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 13. | 2008 | Here Come the 123s
| 172 | — | 9 | — | — | — | — |
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| 14. | 2009 | Here Comes Science
| 91 | 23 | 4 | — | 34 | — | — |
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| 15. | 2011 | Join Us
| 32 | 8 | — | 8 | 8 | — | — |
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| 16. | 2013 | Nanobots
| 57 | 13 | — | 10 | 19 | — | — | ||
| 17. | 2015 | Glean
| 67 | 6 | — | 5 | 7 | — | — |
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| 18. | Why?
| 181 | 12 | — | 6 | 15 | — | — |
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| 19. | 2016 | Phone Power
| 122 | 8 | — | 11 | 14 | — | — |
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| 20. | 2018 | I Like Fun
| 108 | 8 | — | 3 | 17 | — | — |
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| 21. | My Murdered Remains
| — [A] | — | — | 9 | — | — | — |
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| 22. | The Escape Team
| — [B] | — | — | 10 | — | — | — |
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| 23. | 2021 | Book
| 88 | 7 | — | 14 | 10 | — | — | ||
| 24. | 2026 | The World Is to Dig
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| Number | Year | Title | Chart peaks | Notes | |
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| US [1] | AUS [7] | ||||
| 1. | 1990 | 4/28/90 Cabaret Metro, Chicago
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| 2. | 1994 | Live!! New York City 10/14/94
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| 3. | 1996 | Kit Kat Acoustic Break
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| 4. | 1998 | Severe Tire Damage
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| 5. | 1999 | Live
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| 6. | 2001 | TMBG Unlimited - The Flood Show
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| 7. | TMBG Unlimited - The Ritz Show
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| 8. | 2004 | The Spine Hits the Road
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| 9. | Almanac
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| 10. | Venue Songs
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| 11. | 2012 | At Large
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| 12. | 2014 | First Album Live
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| 13. | 2015 | Flood Live in Australia
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| 14. | Live In Berlin
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| 15. | 2016 | Live in Brooklyn
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| 16. | 2018 | 2018 Live
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| 17. | 2020 | Asbury Park Live
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| 18. | Live At The Music Hall Of Williamsburg 11.29.15
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| 19. | 2024 | Beast of Horns
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| 20. | 2025 | Flood Live in America
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| Number | Year | Title | Chart peaks | Notes | |
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| US Current [12] | US Indie [4] | ||||
| 1. | 1989 | Don't Let's Start
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| 2. | 1991 | Miscellaneous T | — | — |
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| 3. | 1997 | Then: The Earlier Years
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| 4. | 1999 | Best of the Early Years
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| 5. | Giants Jubilee
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| 6. | Mightathon
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| 7. | 2002 | They Got Lost
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| 8. | Dial-A-Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants
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| 9. | 2005 | A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants
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| 10. | Venue Songs DVD/CD
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| 11. | 2007 | Cast Your Pod To The Wind
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| 12. | 2011 | Album Raises New and Troubling Questions
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| 13. | 2013 | Flood + Apollo 18
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| 14. | John Henry + Factory Showroom
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| 15. | 2014 | Idlewild
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| 16. | 2015 | 50,000,000 They Might Be Giants Songs Can't Be Wrong
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| 17. | 2020 | Modern
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| 18. | 2024 | The Spine Surfs Alone: Rarities 1998-2005
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| Number | Year | Title | Chart peaks |
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| 1. | 1987 | Don't Let's Start
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| 2. | 1988 | (She Was A) Hotel Detective
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| 3. | 1989 | They'll Need A Crane
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| 4. | Birdhouse In Your Soul
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| 5. | 1990 | Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
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| 6. | 1992 | The Statue Got Me High
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| 7. | I Palindrome I
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| 8. | The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)
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| 9. | 1993 | Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas)
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| 10. | 1994 | Back to Skull
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| 11. | 1996 | S-E-X-X-Y
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| 12. | 2000 | Working Undercover for the Man
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| 13. | 2001 | Man, It's So Loud In Here
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| 14. | They Might Be Giants In...Holidayland
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| 15. | 2003 | Bed, Bed, Bed
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| 16. | 2004 | Indestructible Object
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| 17. | The Spine Surfs Alone
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| 18. | 2011 | Other Thing Brass Band
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| 19. | Join Us (Four Advance Tracks)
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| 20. | 2012 | Four Covers
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| 21. | 2013 | Nanobots EP
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| 22. | The Avatars Of They
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| 23. | 2016 | Songs for Chop
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| 24. | 2021 | The Pamphlet EP
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| 25. | 2026 | Eyeball
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| Number | Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||
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| US Alt. [14] | AUS [6] | NLD [15] | UK [16] | |||||||||
| 1. | "Don't Let's Start" | 1987 | — | 94 | — | — | They Might Be Giants | |||||
| 2. | "(She Was A) Hotel Detective" | 1988 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 3. | "Ana Ng" | 11 | 154 | — | — | Lincoln | ||||||
| 4. | "They'll Need a Crane" | 1989 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 5. | "Purple Toupee" | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 6. | "Birdhouse in Your Soul" | 1990 | 3 | 125 | — | 6 |
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| 7. | "Twisting" | 22 | — | — | — | |||||||
| 8. | "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" | — | — | — | 61 | |||||||
| 9. | "The Statue Got Me High" | 1992 | 24 | 155 | — | 92 | Apollo 18 | |||||
| 10. | "The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)" | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 11. | "I Palindrome I" | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 12. | "O Tannenbaum" | 1993 | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||
| 13. | "Snail Shell" | 1994 | 19 | — | — | — | John Henry | |||||
| 14. | "S-E-X-X-Y" | 1996 | — | — | — | — | Factory Showroom | |||||
| 15. | "Doctor Worm" | 1998 | — | — | — | — | Severe Tire Damage | |||||
| 16. | "Boss of Me" | 2001 | — | 29 | 89 | 21 | Music from Malcolm in the Middle | |||||
| 17. | "Man, It's So Loud in Here" | — | 86 | — | — | Mink Car | ||||||
| 18. | "Experimental Film" | 2005 | — | — | — | — | The Spine | |||||
| 19. | "T-Shirt" | 2005 | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||
| 20. | "I'm Impressed" | 2007 | — | — | — | — | The Else | |||||
| 21. | "Can't Keep Johnny Down" | 2011 | — | — | — | — | Join Us | |||||
| 22. | "Never Knew Love" | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 23. | "Cloisonné" | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 24. | "Old Pine Box" | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 25. | "You're on Fire" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | Nanobots | |||||
| 26. | "Erase" | 2015 | — | — | — | — | Glean | |||||
| 27. | "I Left My Body" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | I Like Fun | |||||
| 28. | "The Communists Have the Music" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | My Murdered Remains | |||||
| 29. | "I Lost Thursday" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | Book | |||||
| 30. | "Who Are the Electors?" | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||
| 31. | "I Broke My Own Rule" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | Book | |||||
| 32. | "I Can't Remember the Dream" | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 33. | "Super Cool" | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 34. | "Part of You Wants to Believe Me" | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 35. | "Lazy" | 2024 | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||
| 36. | "stelluB" | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 37. | "Wu-Tang" | 2026 | — | — | — | — | The World Is to Dig | |||||
| 38. | "Sleep's Older Sister" | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 39. | "Outside Brain" | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 40. | "Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)" | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Certifications | Album |
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| "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Theme" | 2006 |
| Mickey Mouse Clubhouse OST |
| "Hot Dog!" |
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| Number | Year | Title | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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| 1. | 1999 | Direct from Brooklyn | |
| 2. | 2003 | Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)
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| 3. | 2005 | Here Come the ABCs
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| 4. | Venue Songs DVD/CD
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| 5. | 2008 | Here Come the 123s
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| 6. | 2009 | Here Comes Science
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| 7. | 2012 | Them Ain't Big Eye Ants
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| 8. | 2015 | Live in Berlin [18]
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The band has released 25 main music videos for songs from their rock albums. [19] All of their children's albums have also included video content or run alongside DVD releases. The band also has videos for each of the Dial-A-Song tracks from 2015 and 2018 on their main YouTube channel, ParticleMen.
In 1999, They Might Be Giants released Direct from Brooklyn , a VHS compilation of their music videos from 1986 up to that point. It was reissued on DVD in 2003. The following music videos were included:
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