Non-John Vocals
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Songs sung by anyone who is not John Linnell or John Flansburgh[edit]
- 8 AM - Technically an honorable mention; John Roderick of The Long Winters sings
- Alphabet Lost And Found - Marty Beller
- Apple Juice Blues - Matt Chapman (as Homestar Runner)
- Bad Jokes - Matt Chapman (as Homestar Runner)
- Bed Bed Bed Bed Bed - Kimya Dawson
- Boat Of Car - Margaret Seiler
- Chaos By Design - Robin Goldwasser
- Celebrities - Matt Chapman (as Homestar Runner)
- Decision Makers - Jedediah Parish
- Distant Antenna - Elina Löwensohn
- Dr. Evil - Robin Goldwasser
- Don't I Have The Right? - Nancy Lynn Howell
- Doris Cunningham - Jennifer Neff
- The Edison Museum - Nick Hill
- Electric Car - Robin Goldwasser
- Elephants - Danny Weinkauf
- Everybody Knows It - Matt Chapman (as Homestar Runner)
- Extra Krispy - Robin Goldwasser as Sister Puff
- Fingertips #2 (Fingertips (Banjo)) - Peter Stampfel
- Fingertips #3 (I Hear The Wind Blow) - Nick Hill
- Fingertips #4 (Hey Now Everybody) - Elma Mayer
- Fingertips #6 (I Found A New Friend Underneath My Pillow) - Brian Dewan
- Fingertips #9 (Please Pass The Milk) - Elma Mayer
- Fingertips #11 (Who's Knocking On The Wall?) - Brian Dewan
- Fingertips #14 (Something Grabbed Ahold Of My Hand) - Amy Allison
- Fingertips #20 (Fingertips (Whispered)) - Peter Stampfel
- Fun Assassin - Jonny Cragg; harmonies - Robin Goldwasser
- Hidden Track - Entire song is "sung" (spoken) by Apple SimpleText
- High Five! - Marty Beller
- I Am A Paleontologist - Danny Weinkauf
- I Hear A New World - Robin Goldwasser
- I Need Some Lovin' - Jennifer Neff
- In The Middle, In The Middle, In The Middle - Robin Goldwasser
- Infinity - Dan Miller
- Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Park Slope Mix)
- Lee Harvey Was A Friend Of Mine - Laura Cantrell
- Letter / Not A Letter - Desi Tomaselli, Henry Linnell
- Live Like Pigs - Jennifer Neff
- Lullaby To Nightmares - Joshua Fried
- Mission Control - Matt Chapman (as Homestar Runner)
- Mr. Xcitement - Mike Doughty
- My Other Phone Is A Boom Car - Michael Cerveris
- Night Security - Barry Carl
- No Cops - Corn Mo
- Number Two - Danny Weinkauf
- O, Do Not Forsake Me - Hudson Shad
- Oblongs Theme - Robin Goldwasser
- One Dozen Monkeys - Most of the song is sung by Hannah Levine (John Flansburgh sings harmonies and background)
- The Poisonousness (Hand Witch) - Robin Goldwasser (John Flansburgh sings background)
- President's Daughter - Matt Chapman (as Homestar Runner)
- Pretty Fly - Robin Goldwasser as Sister Puff
- Schoolchildren Singing Particle Man - a class of second-graders
- So Long, Mockingbird (Demo) - Mark Donato, Robin Goldwasser, Nancy Lynn Howell, Jay Sherman-Godfrey
- Something You'd Like To See - Robin Goldwasser (credited as Little Lisa Whitman)
- Speed And Velocity - Marty Beller
- Theme From Flood - Marion Beckenstein, Joel Mitchell
- There - Robin Goldwasser
- Things I Like To Do - David Driver, backed by Flansburgh
- To Serve Mankind - Anonymous vocal samples
- Tropical Lazor Beams - Matt Chapman (as Homestar Runner)
- Vitamins - Matt Chapman (as Homestar Runner)
- WMOB ID - Robin Goldwasser
- Where Do They Make Balloons? - Danny Weinkauf
- White Sport Coat - Curt Kirkwood of Meat Puppets, backed by Linnell and Flansburgh
- Who Put The Alphabet In Alphabetical Order? - Robin Goldwasser
- Your Mom's Alright - Mike Doughty
Songs with a verse of non-John vocals[edit]
- The Bloodmobile - "The food that's been digested..." stanza and harmonies by Robin Goldwasser
- Cyclops Rock - "Pony, Twist, Monkey, and Froog..." screamed by Cerys Matthews
- For Science - "Volunteers, we need volunteers..." and harmonies by Lt. Anne Moore
- The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) - "In the spaceship, the silver spaceship..." by Laura Cantrell
- I Can Add - "Two kids countin' plus one kid countin'..." by Hannah Levine
- Impossible - "Well I'd like to be an octofish..." by Robin Goldwasser
- Larger Than Life - Miss Linda and Sensi of Worl-A-Girl
- Ooh La! Ooh La! - Hannah Levine and Robin Goldwasser
- Three Might Be Duende - David Driver and Michael Cerveris each sing a verse.
- Whence That Wince - Robin Goldwasser
- Words Are Like - Robin Goldwasser
Songs with single lines or harmonies by non-John vocalists[edit]
- Always Coca-Cola - harmonies by Robin Goldwasser
- Ana Ng - "I don't want the world, I just want your half" spoken by Lisa Klapp
- The Bells Are Ringing - Amanda Homi provides the vocal effect of the bells
- Canada Haunts Me - harmonies by Robin Goldwasser
- Computer Assisted Design - "See how you get..." and "It takes an idea..." by Hannah Levine
- Dashiki Lover - backing vocal by Robin Goldwasser
- Electronic Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - "Even old New York, Was once New Amsterdam", "Yikes" and scatting by Dan Miller through vocoder
- Hall Of Heads - harmonies by Julie Cohen
- Here Come The 123s - "1, 2, 3!" by uncredited children
- Here Come The ABCs - "A, B, C!" also by uncredited children
- High Five! - "Up top!", "Don't stop!", "Woo!", and "Oh!" for verses and "High five!", "Low five!", and "Slap me five!" for the bridge by Hannah Levine
- Hot Dog! - backing vocals by Robin Goldwasser and Amy Miles
- How Many Planets? - "Venus" and "Saturn" by Robin Goldwasser
- I Like Fun - samples of Jack Bruce
- Ooh La! Ooh La! - "Ooh la! Ooh la!" by Hannah Levine
- Photosynthesis - "Chlorophyll cells take in carbon dioxide—now that's the air that we breathe out" is sung by Robin Goldwasser
- The Secret Life Of Six - backing vocal by Robin Goldwasser
- (She Was A) Hotel Detective (Single Mix) - Peter Pearmain Thomson provides backing vocals
- She's Actual Size (New Live Version) - "Two!", "Three!", "Four!", "Five!", "Six!", "Seven!", "Eight!", "Nine!", "Ten!", "Eleven!" and cheering from The Audience
- Spy - scream by Robin Goldwasser
- Stone Cold Coup D'État - backing vocal by Robin Goldwasser
- Too Tall Girl - backing vocal by Robin Goldwasser
- Triops Has Three Eyes - Robin Goldwasser sings "And monkeys have two legs"
- Tubthumping - chorus sung by members of The A.V. Club
- Unsupervised, I Hit My Head - Mike Viola on backing vocals during final chorus
- You're On Fire - Backing vocals from Robin Goldwasser
- Zeroes - "One million", "One millionth", "The number zero", "Ten, one hundred, one thousand", and "One tenth, one one hundredth, one one thousandth" by Hannah Levine
See also[edit]
- Category for songs with non-John vocals
- TMBG Remakes - songs written by a different artist but sung and performed by They Might Be Giants.
