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They Might Be Giants discography

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They Might Be Giants discography
Studio albums23
EPs25
Live albums20
Compilation albums18
Singles37
Video albums8

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.

Contents

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.

Studio albums

NumberYearTitleChart peaks Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Notes
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
  • Debut album
2.1988 Lincoln
  • Release date: September 25, 1988
  • Label: Bar/None / Restless
  • Format: Cassette, CD, LP
89116
3.1990 Flood
  • Release date: January 15, 1990
  • Label: Elektra
  • Format: Cassette, CD, LP
759914
  • Major label debut
4.1992 Apollo 18
  • Release date: March 24, 1992
  • Label: Elektra
  • Format: Cassette, CD, LP
9959
5.1994 John Henry
  • Release date: September 13, 1994
  • Label: Elektra
  • Format: Cassette, CD, LP
61132
  • First album with a backing band
6.1996 Factory Showroom
  • Release date: October 8, 1996
  • Label: Elektra
  • Format: Cassette, CD, LP
89116
7.1999 Long Tall Weekend
  • Download-only album, released on eMusic.com
  • First full-length download-only album released by a major artist in history [11]
8.2001 Mink Car
  • Release date: September 11, 2001
  • Label: Restless
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP
134102
9.2002 No! 1
10.2004 The Spine
  • Release date: July 13, 2004
  • Label: Idlewild/Zoë
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP
130
11.2005 Here Come the ABCs
  • Release date: February 15, 2005
  • Label: Idlewild/Disney Sound
  • Format: CD, digital download, DVD, LP
6
  • Second children's album
  • Major label children's album debut
12.2007 The Else
  • Release date: July 10, 2007
  • Label: Idlewild/Zoë
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP
118
  • Released for download on the iTunes Store almost two months before physical release
  • The CD release included a bonus disc, Cast Your Pod to the Wind
13.2008 Here Come the 123s
  • Release date: February 5, 2008
  • Label: Idlewild/Disney Sound
  • Format: Digital download, DVD/CD, LP
1729
14.2009 Here Comes Science
  • Release date: September 8, 2009
  • Label: Idlewild/Disney Sound
  • Format: CD/DVD, digital download
9123434
  • Fourth children's album
15.2011 Join Us
  • Release date: July 19, 2011
  • Label: Idlewild/Rounder
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP
32888
  • First "rock" album since 2007
16.2013 Nanobots
  • Release date: March 5, 2013
  • Label: Idlewild, Lojinx
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP
57131019
17.2015 Glean
  • Release date: April 21, 2015
  • Label: Idlewild
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP
67657
  • Composed entirely of songs from the band's 2015 Dial-A-Song project
18. Why?
  • Release date: November 27, 2015
  • Label: Idlewild
  • Format: CD,digital download, LP
18112615
  • Fifth children's album
  • Composed largely of songs from the band's 2015 Dial-A-Song project
19.2016 Phone Power
  • Release date: June 10, 2016
  • Label: Idlewild
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP
12281114
  • Composed entirely of songs from the band's 2015 Dial-A-Song project
20.2018 I Like Fun
  • Release date: January 19, 2018
  • Label: Idlewild
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP
1088317
  • Composed entirely of songs from the band's 2018 Dial-A-Song project
21. My Murdered Remains
  • Release date: December 10, 2018
  • Label: Idlewild
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP
[A] 9
  • Composed entirely of songs from the band's 2018 Dial-A-Song project
  • Included bonus disc composed mostly of songs from the band's 2015 Dial-A-Song project
22. The Escape Team
  • Release date: December 10, 2018
  • Label: Idlewild
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP
[B] 10
  • Composed largely of songs from the band's 2018 Dial-A-Song project
23.2021 Book
  • Release date: November 12, 2021
  • Label: Idlewild
  • Format: 8-Track, CD, cassette, digital download, LP
8871410
24.2026 The World Is to Dig
  • Release date: April 14, 2026
  • Label: Idlewild
  • Format: CD, cassette, digital download, LP

Live albums

NumberYearTitleChart peaksNotes
US
[1]
AUS [7]
1.19904/28/90 Cabaret Metro, Chicago
  • Release date: 1990
  • Label: Atlantic
2.1994 Live!! New York City 10/14/94
  • Release date: November 1994
  • Label: Elektra
3.1996Kit Kat Acoustic Break
  • Release date: 1996
4.1998 Severe Tire Damage
  • Release date: August 11, 1998
  • Label: Restless
186108
  • First major live album
5.1999 Live
  • Condensed version of Severe Tire Damage
6.2001TMBG Unlimited - The Flood Show
  • Release date: March 1, 2001
  • Label: They Might Be Records
7.TMBG Unlimited - The Ritz Show
  • Release date: May 4, 2001
  • Label: They Might Be Records
8.2004 The Spine Hits the Road
  • Release date: August 31, 2004
  • Label: Idlewild
9. Almanac
  • Release date: December 10, 2004
  • Label: Idlewild
  • Download-only album
10. Venue Songs
  • Release date: December 10, 2004
  • Label: Idlewild
  • Download-only album
11.2012At Large
  • Release date: August 2012
  • Label: Idlewild
  • Distributed to members of the They Might Be Giants Instant Fan Club
12.2014 First Album Live
  • Release date: July 2014
  • Label: Idlewild
  • Released as a free digital download through NoiseTrade
13.2015Flood Live in Australia
  • Release date: February 25, 2015
  • Label: Idlewild
  • Released as a free digital download through their website [13]
14.Live In Berlin
  • Release date: July 2015
  • Released to the members of the They Might Be Giants Instant Fan Club
15.2016Live in Brooklyn
  • Release date: July 19, 2016
  • Label: Idlewild
  • Distributed to members of the They Might Be Giants Instant Fan Club
16.20182018 Live
  • Release date: December 4, 2018
  • Label: Idlewild
  • Distributed to members of the They Might Be Giants Instant Fan Club
17.2020Asbury Park Live
  • Release date: March 10, 2022
  • Label: Idlewild
18.Live At The Music Hall Of Williamsburg 11.29.15
  • Release date: November 19, 2020
  • Label: Idlewild
19.2024Beast of Horns
  • Release date: July 15, 2024
  • Label: Idlewild
  • Distributed to members of the They Might Be Giants Instant Fan Club
20.2025Flood Live in America
  • Release date: November 18, 2025
  • Label: Idlewild
  • Released as a digital download through their website

Compilation albums

NumberYearTitleChart peaksNotes
US
Current

[12]
US Indie
[4]
1.1989 Don't Let's Start
  • B-side and rarities collection
  • Released exclusively in Europe
2.1991 Miscellaneous T
3.1997 Then: The Earlier Years
  • Release date: March 25, 1997
  • Label: Restless
  • Collects the band's first two studio albums and early rarities and B-sides
4.1999 Best of the Early Years
5.Giants Jubilee
  • Release date: February 1999
  • Label: Goodnoise
6.Mightathon
  • Release date: February 1999
  • Label: Goodnoise
7.2002 They Got Lost
  • Release date: July 23, 2002
  • Label: Idlewild, Zoë
8. Dial-A-Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants
  • Release date: September 17, 2002
  • Label: Rhino
  • Best-of compilation
9.2005 A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants
  • Release date: May 3, 2005
  • Label: Rhino
10. Venue Songs DVD/CD
  • Release date: November 11, 2005
  • Label: Idlewild
  • Collection of "venue songs": songs the band wrote about various venues in which they performed
11.2007Cast Your Pod To The Wind
  • Release date: July 10, 2007
  • Label: Idlewild/Zoë
  • Released as a bonus disc with CD copies of The Else
  • Compilation of songs previously released through the band's podcast
12.2011 Album Raises New and Troubling Questions
  • Release date: October 28, 2011
  • Label: Idlewild
  • Rarities collection, including five music videos
  • Part of the July 26, 2012 Humble Music Bundle
13.2013Flood + Apollo 18
  • Release date: December 10, 2013
  • Label: Edsel
14.John Henry + Factory Showroom
  • Release date: December 10, 2013
  • Label: Edsel
15.2014 Idlewild
  • Release date: May 27, 2014
  • Label: Idlewild, Lojinx
  • Contains 17 songs released between 1999 and 2013
16.201550,000,000 They Might Be Giants Songs Can't Be Wrong
  • Release date: October 16, 2015
  • Label: Breakaway
17.2020Modern
  • Release date: April 15, 2020
  • Self-released
18.2024The Spine Surfs Alone: Rarities 1998-2005
  • Release date: November 19, 2024
  • Label: Idlewild

EPs

NumberYearTitleChart peaks
US Indie
[4]
1.1987Don't Let's Start
  • Release date: November 2, 1987
  • Label: Bar/None
2.1988(She Was A) Hotel Detective
  • Release date: May 5, 1988
  • Label: Bar/None
3.1989They'll Need A Crane
  • Release date: February 10, 1989
  • Label: Bar/None/Restless
4.Birdhouse In Your Soul
  • Release date: February 1, 1990
  • Label: Elektra/WEA
5.1990Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
  • Release date: June 5, 1990
  • Label: Elektra
6.1992The Statue Got Me High
  • Release date: February 3, 1992
  • Label: Elektra/WEA
7.I Palindrome I
  • Release date: May 5, 1992
  • Label: Elektra
8.The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)
  • Release date: July 30, 1992
  • Label: Elektra
9.1993 Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas)
  • Release date: September 14, 1993
  • Label: Elektra
  • Format: CD
10.1994 Back to Skull
  • Release date: August 16, 1994
  • Label: Elektra
  • Format: CD
11.1996S-E-X-X-Y
  • Release date: November 26, 1996
  • Label: Elektra
12.2000 Working Undercover for the Man
  • Release date: May 16, 2000
  • Label: eMusic
  • Format: Digital download, limited CD release
13.2001Man, It's So Loud In Here
  • Release date: August 2001
  • Label: Restless
14. They Might Be Giants In...Holidayland
  • Release date: November 6, 2001
  • Label: Restless
  • Format: CD
15.2003 Bed, Bed, Bed
  • Release date: 2003
  • Label: Simon & Schuster
  • Format: Book with CD
16.2004 Indestructible Object
  • Release date: April 4, 2004
  • Label: Barsuk
  • Format: CD
36
17. The Spine Surfs Alone
  • Release date: 2004
  • Label: Idlewild
  • Format: CD
18.2011Other Thing Brass Band
  • Release date: 2011
  • Label: Idlewild
  • Format: Vinyl, download
19.Join Us (Four Advance Tracks)
  • Release date: April 26, 2011
  • Label: Idlewild
20.2012Four Covers
  • Release date: August 2012
  • Label: Idlewild
  • Format: Vinyl
21.2013Nanobots EP
  • Release date: 2013
  • Label: Idlewild/Megaforce
  • Format: Download only
22.The Avatars Of They
  • Release date: August 2013
  • Label: Idlewild
23.2016Songs for Chop
  • Release date: June 2016
  • Label: Chop Shop
  • Format: Download only
24.2021The Pamphlet EP
  • Release date: 2021
  • Label: Idlewild
  • Format: Download
25.2026 Eyeball
  • Release date: January 15, 2026
  • Label: Idlewild
  • Format: Download

Singles

NumberTitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US
Alt.

[14]
AUS
[6]
NLD
[15]
UK
[16]
1."Don't Let's Start"198794 They Might Be Giants
2."(She Was A) Hotel Detective"1988
3."Ana Ng"11154 Lincoln
4."They'll Need a Crane"1989
5."Purple Toupee"
6."Birdhouse in Your Soul"199031256 Flood
7."Twisting"22
8."Istanbul (Not Constantinople)"61
9."The Statue Got Me High"19922415592 Apollo 18
10."The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)"
11."I Palindrome I"
12."O Tannenbaum"1993Non-album single
13."Snail Shell"199419 John Henry
14."S-E-X-X-Y"1996 Factory Showroom
15."Doctor Worm"1998 Severe Tire Damage
16."Boss of Me"2001298921 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"2005Non-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"2021Book
32."I Can't Remember the Dream"
33."Super Cool"
34."Part of You Wants to Believe Me"
35."Lazy"2024Non-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.

Other certified songs

TitleYearCertificationsAlbum
"Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Theme"2006
  • RIAA: Platinum [9]
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse OST
"Hot Dog!"
  • RIAA: Platinum [9]

Contributions and other releases

Videography

NumberYearTitle Certifications
(sales thresholds)
1.1999 Direct from Brooklyn
2.2003 Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)
3.2005 Here Come the ABCs
  • Released: February 15, 2005
  • Label: Disney Sound/Idlewild
  • Format: DVD
  • RIAA: Gold [9]
4. Venue Songs DVD/CD
  • Released: November 11, 2005
  • Label: Idlewild
  • Format: DVD
5.2008 Here Come the 123s
  • Released: February 5, 2008
  • Label: Disney Sound/Idlewild
  • Format: DVD
  • RIAA: Gold [9]
6.2009 Here Comes Science
  • Released: September 1, 2009
  • Label: Disney Sound/Idlewild
  • Format: DVD
  • RIAA: Gold [9]
7.2012Them Ain't Big Eye Ants
  • Released: December 3, 2012
  • Label: Idlewild
  • Format: DVD
8.2015Live in Berlin [18]
  • Released: July 2015
  • Label: Idlewild
  • Format: DVD

Music videos

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.

Direct from Brooklyn

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:

Other videos

Notes

  1. My Murdered Remains did not enter the Billboard 200 but peaked at number 68 on the Top Current Albums chart. [12]
  2. The Escape Team did not enter the Billboard 200 but peaked at number 71 on the Top Current Albums chart. [12]

References

  1. 1 2 "They Might Be Giants Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard . Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  2. "They Might Be Giants Chart History: Alternative Albums". Billboard . Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  3. "They Might Be Giants Chart History: Kid Albums". Billboard . Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 "They Might Be Giants Chart History: Independent Albums". Billboard . Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  5. "They Might Be Giants Chart History: Top Rock Albums". Billboard . Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  6. 1 2 Australian (ARIA Charts) peaks:
  7. 1 2 "They Might Be Giants ARIA Chart history (albums) 1988 to 2024". ARIA. Retrieved July 28, 2024 via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  8. "They Might Be Giants | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company . Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "American certifications – They Might Be Giants". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  10. 1 2 "British certifications – They Might Be Giants". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved November 27, 2023.Type They Might Be Giants in the "Search:" field.
  11. "Interview: They Might Be Giants Part Two | Gadgets | Geek.com". @geekdotcom. Archived from the original on 2015-12-24. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  12. 1 2 3 "They Might Be Giants Chart History (Top Current Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  13. "A free present for you!". Archived from the original on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2015-02-25.
  14. "They Might Be Giants – Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard . Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  15. "Discografie They Might Be Giants". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  16. "They Might Be Giants". Official Charts Company . Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  17. "27: The Most Perfect Album". WNYC Studios.
  18. "Live In Berlin - TMBW: The They Might Be Giants Knowledge Base". tmbw.net.
  19. "TMBG Facts". tmbg.com. Archived from the original on June 2, 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2007.
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