They Might Be Giants discography

They Might Be Giants discography
They Might Be Giants discography
Studio albums	24
EPs	25
Live albums	20
Compilation albums	18
Singles	40
Video albums	19

The following is a discography of American alternative rock band They Might Be Giants which consists of John Linnell and John Flansburgh and backing artists Marty Beller, Dan Miller, and Danny Weinkauf.

Studio albums24

EPs25

Live albums20

Compilation albums18

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They Might Be Giants first release was the November 4, 1986 album eponymously titled They Might Be Giants, though the band 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 last four decades of the band, They Might Be Giants has released a total of 24 studio albums along with 25 extended plays, 20 live albums, 18 compilation albums, and 40 singles.

Number	Year	Title	Chart peaks							Certifications (sales thresholds)	Notes
Number	Year	Title	US ^[1]	US Alt ^[2]	US Kids ^[3]	US Indie ^[4]	US Rock ^[5]	AUS ^[6]^[7]	UK ^[8]	Certifications (sales thresholds)	Notes
1.	1986	They Might Be Giants Release date: November 4, 1986 Label: Bar/None / Restless Format: Cassette, CD, LP	—	—	—	—	—	159	—		Debut album
2.	1988	Lincoln Release date: September 25, 1988 Label: Bar/None / Restless Format: Cassette, CD, LP	89	—	—	—	—	116	—
3.	1990	Flood Release date: January 15, 1990 Label: Elektra Format: Cassette, CD, LP	75	—	—	—	—	99	14	RIAA: Platinum^[9] BPI: Gold^[10]	Major label debut
4.	1992	Apollo 18 Release date: March 24, 1992 Label: Elektra Format: Cassette, CD, LP	99	—	—	—	—	59	—
5.	1994	John Henry Release date: September 13, 1994 Label: Elektra Format: Cassette, CD, LP	61	—	—	—	—	132	—		First album with a backing band
6.	1996	Factory Showroom Release date: October 8, 1996 Label: Elektra Format: Cassette, CD, LP	89	—	—	—	—	116	—
7.	1999	Long Tall Weekend Release date: July 19, 1999 Label: eMusic Format: Digital download, promo CD, LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		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	134	—	—	—	—	102	—
9.	2002	No! Release date: June 11, 2002 Label: Idlewild/Rounder Format: Enhanced CD, digital download	—	—	1	—	—	—	—		First children's album
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	172	—	9	—	—	—	—		Third children's album First album to win a Grammy Award
14.	2009	Here Comes Science Release date: September 8, 2009 Label: Idlewild/Disney Sound Format: CD/DVD, digital download	91	23	4	—	34	—	—		Fourth children's album
15.	2011	Join Us Release date: July 19, 2011 Label: Idlewild/Rounder Format: CD, digital download, LP	32	8	—	8	8	—	—		First "rock" album since 2007
16.	2013	Nanobots Release date: March 5, 2013 Label: Idlewild, Lojinx Format: CD, digital download, LP	57	13	—	10	19	—	—
17.	2015	Glean Release date: April 21, 2015 Label: Idlewild Format: CD, digital download, LP	67	6	—	5	7	—	—		Composed entirely of songs from the band's 2015 Dial-A-Song project
18.	2015	Why? Release date: November 27, 2015 Label: Idlewild Format: CD,digital download, LP	181	12	—	6	15	—	—		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	122	8	—	11	14	—	—		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	108	8	—	3	17	—	—		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	88	7	—	14	10	—	—
24.	2026	The World Is to Dig Release date: April 14, 2026 Label: Idlewild Format: CD, cassette, digital download, LP

Number	Year	Title	Chart peaks		Notes
Number	Year	Title	US ^[1]	AUS^[7]	Notes
1.	1990	4/28/90 Cabaret Metro, Chicago Release date: 1990 Label: Atlantic	—	—
2.	1994	Live!! New York City 10/14/94 Release date: November 1994 Label: Elektra	—	—	Released as a promotional CD Distributed to members of the Hello Recording Club
3.	1996	Kit Kat Acoustic Break Release date: 1996	—	—
4.	1998	Severe Tire Damage Release date: August 11, 1998 Label: Restless	186	108	First major live album
5.	1999	Live Release date: November 23, 1999 Label: BMG Special Products	—	—	Condensed version of Severe Tire Damage
6.	2001	TMBG Unlimited - The Flood Show Release date: March 1, 2001 Label: They Might Be Records	—	—
7.	2001	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	—	—	Download only; exclusive to the iTunes Store
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.	2012	At 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.	2015	Flood Live in Australia Release date: February 25, 2015 Label: Idlewild	—	—	Released as a free digital download through their website^[13]
14.	2015	Live In Berlin Release date: July 2015			Released to the members of the They Might Be Giants Instant Fan Club
15.	2016	Live in Brooklyn Release date: July 19, 2016 Label: Idlewild	—	—	Distributed to members of the They Might Be Giants Instant Fan Club
16.	2018	2018 Live Release date: December 4, 2018 Label: Idlewild	—	—	Distributed to members of the They Might Be Giants Instant Fan Club
17.	2020	Asbury Park Live Release date: March 10, 2022 Label: Idlewild	—	—
18.	2020	Live At The Music Hall Of Williamsburg 11.29.15 Release date: November 19, 2020 Label: Idlewild	—	—
19.	2024	Beast of Horns Release date: July 15, 2024 Label: Idlewild	—	—	Distributed to members of the They Might Be Giants Instant Fan Club
20.	2025	Flood Live in America Release date: November 18, 2025 Label: Idlewild	—	—	Released as a digital download through their website

Number	Year	Title	Chart peaks		Notes
Number	Year	Title	US Current ^[12]	US Indie ^[4]	Notes
1.	1989	Don't Let's Start Label: Rough Trade/One Little Indian	—	—	B-side and rarities collection Released exclusively in Europe
2.	1991	Miscellaneous T Release date: October 8, 1991 Label: Restless/Bar/None Format: CD, Cassette	—	—	US version of Don't Let's Start
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 Release date: November 23, 1999 Label: BMG Special Products	—	—	Condensed version of Then: The Earlier Years
5.		Giants Jubilee Release date: February 1999 Label: Goodnoise	—	—	Shortened version of Disc 1 of Then: The Earlier Years
6.		Mightathon Release date: February 1999 Label: Goodnoise	—	—	Shortened version of Disc 2 of Then: The Earlier Years
7.	2002	They Got Lost Release date: July 23, 2002 Label: Idlewild, Zoë	—	—	Rarities collection, including some songs from Long Tall Weekend
8.	2002	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	—	—	Condensed version of Dial-A-Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants
10.	2005	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.	2007	Cast 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.	2013	Flood + Apollo 18 Release date: December 10, 2013 Label: Edsel	—	—
14.	2013	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.	2015	50,000,000 They Might Be Giants Songs Can't Be Wrong Release date: October 16, 2015 Label: Breakaway	—	—
17.	2020	Modern Release date: April 15, 2020 Self-released	—	—	First album since The Escape Team Download-only release to raise funds for band and crew after COVID-19 pandemic tour postponements
18.	2024	The Spine Surfs Alone: Rarities 1998-2005 Release date: November 19, 2024 Label: Idlewild	—	—	Rarities collection, including songs from the EPs The Spine Surfs Alone and Working Undercover for the Man, select songs from the live album Severe Tire Damage, and various other rarities

Number	Year	Title	Chart peaks
Number	Year	Title	US Indie ^[4]
1.	1987	Don'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.	1989	They'll Need A Crane Release date: February 10, 1989 Label: Bar/None/Restless	—
4.	1989	Birdhouse In Your Soul Release date: February 1, 1990 Label: Elektra/WEA	—
5.	1990	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) Release date: June 5, 1990 Label: Elektra	—
6.	1992	The 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.	1996	S-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.	2001	Man, It's So Loud In Here Release date: August 2001 Label: Restless	—
14.	2001	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.	2004	The Spine Surfs Alone Release date: 2004 Label: Idlewild Format: CD	—
18.	2011	Other Thing Brass Band Release date: 2011 Label: Idlewild Format: Vinyl, download	—
19.	2011	Join Us (Four Advance Tracks) Release date: April 26, 2011 Label: Idlewild	—
20.	2012	Four Covers Release date: August 2012 Label: Idlewild Format: Vinyl	—
21.	2013	Nanobots EP Release date: 2013 Label: Idlewild/Megaforce Format: Download only	—
22.	2013	The Avatars Of They Release date: August 2013 Label: Idlewild	—
23.	2016	Songs for Chop Release date: June 2016 Label: Chop Shop Format: Download only	—
24.	2021	The Pamphlet EP Release date: 2021 Label: Idlewild Format: Download	—
25.	2026	Eyeball Release date: January 15, 2026 Label: Idlewild Format: Download	—

Number	Title	Year	Peak chart positions				Certifications	Album
Number	Title	Year	US Alt. ^[14]	AUS ^[6]	NLD ^[15]	UK ^[16]	Certifications	Album
1.	"Don't Let's Start"	1987	—	94	—	—		They Might Be Giants
2.	"(She Was A) Hotel Detective"	1988	—	—	—	—		They Might Be Giants
3.	"Ana Ng"	1988	11	154	—	—		Lincoln
4.	"They'll Need a Crane"	1989	—	—	—	—
5.	"Purple Toupee"	1989	—	—	—	—
6.	"Birdhouse in Your Soul"	1990	3	125	—	6	BPI: Silver^[10]	Flood
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"	2001	—	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?"	2020	—	—	—	—		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"	2024	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
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.

They Might Be Giants discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

EPs

Singles

Other certified songs

Videography

Notes

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Number	Year	Title	Certifications (sales thresholds)
1.	1988	Bar/None Records Video Reel Release date: 1988 Label: Bar/None
2.	1989	Information Club Video Collection Release date: 1989 Label: Bar/None
3.	1989	The Videos 1986-1989 Release date: 1989 Label: Enigma Music Video / Bar/None
4.	1990	The Story So Far Release date: 1990 Label: Elektra
5.		Flood Promo Release date: 1990 Self-released
6.		Apollo 18 Retail Promo Release date: 1992 Label: Elektra
7.	1991	Video Compilation Release date: November 1991 Label: Restless Music Videos
8.	1995	They Might Be Giants Compilation Release date: 1995 Label: The Hornblow Group
9.	1999	Direct from Brooklyn Release date: April 27, 1999 Label: Restless Format: VHS, DVD
10.	2001	Malcolm Spot - The Tonight Show Release date: 2001 Label: Restless
11.	2003	Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) Release date: March 10, 2003 Label: Cowboy Pictures, Plexifilm (USA) Format: DVD
12.	2005	Here Come the ABCs Release date: February 15, 2005 Label: Disney Sound/Idlewild Format: DVD	RIAA: Gold^[9]
13.	2005	Venue Songs DVD/CD Release date: November 11, 2005 Label: Idlewild Format: DVD
14.	2008	Here Come the 123s Release date: February 5, 2008 Label: Disney Sound/Idlewild Format: DVD	RIAA: Gold^[9]
15.	2009	Installing & Servicing Melody Release date: 2009 Label: The Hornblow Group
16.	2009	Here Comes Science Release date: September 1, 2009 Label: Disney Sound/Idlewild Format: DVD	RIAA: Gold^[9]
17.	2012	Them Ain't Big Eye Ants Release date: December 3, 2012 Label: Idlewild Format: DVD
18.	2015	Video Jail Release date: April 17, 2015 Label: Idlewild
19.	2015	Live in Berlin Release date: July 2015 Label: Idlewild Format: DVD