They Might Be Giants ( sometimes abbreviated as TMBG ) is an American alternative band formed in 1982 by John Flansburgh and John Linnell.

In the early 1990s, TMBG became a full band.

Currently, the members of TMBG are Flansburgh, Linnell, Marty Beller, Dan Miller, and Danny Weinkauf.

TMBG have released 15 studio albums.

In March 2000, TMBG started dialasong. com, which was more reliable than the original, phone-based version, as it utilized a flash document to stream the songs.

In 1991, Bar / None Records released the B-sides compilation Miscellaneous T. The title referred to the section of the record store where TMBG releases were often found as well as to the overall eclectic nature of the tracks.

The heavy space theme coincided with TMBG being named Musical Ambassadors for International Space Year.

For most of their career, TMBG have made innovative use of the Internet.

It was at this time that Dan Hickey was replaced by Marty Beller who had previously collaborated with TMBG.

For the album's first single, " Experimental Film ", TMBG teamed up with Homestar Runner creators Matt and Mike Chapman to create an animated music video.

TMBG also contributed a track to the 2004 Future Soundtrack For America compilation, a project compiled by John Flansburgh with the help of Spike Jonze and Barsuk Records.

At some of these performances, the group essentially ' opens ' for itself, taking the stage as " Sapphire Bullets: the only TMBG cover band that matters.

His face also appears on the " Don't Let's Start " CD single, and has frequently been used in other contexts associated with TMBG.

* Audio file at TMBG. com

She is currently in a band called " The Last Car ", whose Mr. T-themed songs have appeared on the TMBG Podcast.

( Glenn Morrow met John Flansburgh of TMBG through an old friend from high school, Margaret Seiler, who was dating JF at the time.

The American theme song has appeared in countless movies and TV shows, including during the climax of the first Austin Powers movie, and was covered by Devo.

Polysics have covered songs by Devo, Styx, Suzi Quatro, Plastics, The Ramones, The Knack, Soft Cell, Hikashu, Thin Lizzy, P-Model and Frank Sinatra and have been known to play Yes during their sound checks.

This song was covered in 2006 by Devo 2. 0 on the music CD Disneymania, Volume 4.

" Mongoloid " has been one of the most frequently covered songs in the Devo catalog:

* " Turnaround ", a song by Devo, from the album Freedom of Choice, covered by Nirvana

Dorsey's songs have been covered by artists as diverse as Petula Clark (" Ya Ya Twist ," a 1962 French version of " Ya Ya ") and Devo (" Working in the Coal Mine ").

Grant followed the album with her second Christmas album, Home For Christmas in 1992, which included the song " Breath of Heaven ( Mary's Song )", written by Chris Eaton and Grant, and would later be covered by many artists, including Donna Summer, Jessica Simpson ( who acknowledged Grant as one of her favorite artists ), Vince Gill, Sara Groves, Point of Grace, and Broadway star Barbara Cook.

After she covered the 10cc song " The Things We Do For Love " for the Mr. Wrong soundtrack, Behind the Eyes was released in September 1997.

* Constantinople's change of name was the theme for a song made famous by The Four Lads and later covered by They Might Be Giants and many others entitled " Istanbul ( Not Constantinople )".

This song was also covered by Jimmy Buffett and is commonly played at his concerts.

The song has often been covered by other artists and gave Paul Young a hit single in 1991.

This song was covered by NOFX on their album titled 45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records, and also appears on the Fat Wreck Chords compilation Survival of the Fattest.

*" The Grave ", a song that McLean had written about the Vietnam War, was covered by George Michael in 2003 in protest against the Iraq War.

Gimbel and Charles Fox reworked the poem and the phrase into the song " Killing Me Softly with His Song ", recorded by Roberta Flack ( and later covered by The Fugees ).

The Irish singer / songwriter Tommy Makem wrote a lighthearted song about the town, " Fare Thee Well, Enniskillen ," covered by The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem and The Dubliners.

*" The Power of Love " ( Jennifer Rush song ) ( 1985 ), covered by Laura Branigan ( 1987 ) and Céline Dion ( 1993 )

The song was later covered by Wet Willie and also The Commitments.

The Who covered Jan and Dean's song " Bucket T " on their UK EP Ready Steady Who from 1966.

In 1976, Moon covered the Beatles ' song " When I'm Sixty-Four " for the soundtrack of the film documentary All This and World War II.

Page suggested that they attempt " Train Kept A-Rollin '", originally a jump blues song popularised in a rockabilly version by Johnny Burnette, which had been covered by The Yardbirds.

Thrash metal band Slayer later covered the song, with the last iteration of the lyric " Guilty of being white " changed to " Guilty of being right.

He also covered Mexican songs, like " Maria Bonita ", " Besame Mucho ", " La Raspa ", Angelitos Negros, and " Granada ( song )".

*" Madness ", a song by Prince Buster from the 1963 album I Feel the Spirit, covered by Madness on the 1979 album One Step Beyond ...

* A New England, a song by Billy Bragg, famously covered by Kirsty MacColl

The song has been covered by artists such as Geri Halliwell, Megadeth, Jessica Simpson, Lil ' Kim, Little Birdy, Billy Ray Cyrus, Faster Pussycat, KMFDM, Symarip, Operation Ivy and the Del Rubio Triplets and The Supremes.

Pale Saints covered the song in 1991.

In 2005, Sinatra's recording was sampled separately by the Audio Bullys and Radio Slave into dance tracks ( renamed into " Shot You Down " and " Bang Bang " respectively ), and by hip-hop artist Young Buck in a song titled " Bang Bang ", as well as covered for a single and music video by R & B artist Melanie Durrant.

For example, Bill Haley's incompletely bowdlerized cover of " Shake, Rattle and Roll " transformed Big Joe Turner's humorous and racy tale of adult love into an energetic teen dance number, while Georgia Gibbs replaced Etta James's tough, sarcastic vocal in " Roll With Me, Henry " ( covered as " Dance With Me, Henry ") with a perkier vocal more appropriate for an audience unfamiliar with the song to which James's song was an answer, Hank Ballard's " Work With Me, Annie ".

He also wrote " Technopolis " ( 1979 ), which contributed to the development of techno, and the international hit " Behind the Mask " ( 1978 ), a synthpop song for which he sang the vocals through a vocoder and which would later be covered by a number of international artists, including Michael Jackson and Eric Clapton.

" ( Sam Brown song ), also covered by Jamelia