Relatives

Songs about or mentioning family members of all kinds.

Central theme

• And Mom And Kid
• Call You Mom
• Counterfeit Faker - John Flansburgh has said this song is about a relative of his.
• Don't Worry Kyoko - Written by Yoko Ono, to her daughter
• God's Sister Jessica
• Hide Away Folk Family
• I Palindrome I - Mother, son, grandfather, offspring, dad
• Lesson 16 - A man tells a story about his relationship with your mother and father
• My Brother The Ape
• My Evil Twin
• Other Father Song
• The Vowel Family
• We Just Go Nuts At Christmastime
• You Are Old, Father William
• Your Mom's Alright

Briefly mentioned

• 100 Cars For Good - "Shelter pets in Car 54 / For new families to adore"
• Absolutely Bill's Mood - "My mother was the sea"
• All MacGyver On It - "Tell your mom you won't be home"
• A Ton Of Stuff - "Packing a ton of stuff for a three-day weekend at my uncle's beach house"
• Authenticity Trip - "That your mom saved / I think your mommy's nice"
• The Bells Are Ringing - "Neglecting their children"
• Bills, Bills, Bills - "Your momma's number's here more than once"
• Black Ops - "And there's another one / And his dumb son"
• Boat Of Car - "Daddy'll sing bass / Daddy sang bass"
• Bread Hair - "I'm a wigged-out daddy"; "I dig an easy-bake granny"
• Cabbagetown - "I talked to my Uncle Jack"
• California Über Alles - "Your kids will meditate in school"
• Confusing The Mind - "We've got two or three children"
• Creepy - "Town drunk's angry daughter"
• Dan Vs. Cog - "Raised by his parents"
• Darling, The Dose - "Hamlet’s dad, he got it bad"
• Dead - "I made my younger brother have to be my personal slave"
• Dee Dee And Dexter - "They've got Mom and Dad"
• Dial-A-Song Promo - "Your mother and I don't want to tell you again"
• Distant Antenna - "Against nature, a family labors"
• The Edison Museum - "When your children quarrel"
• Feign Amnesia - "Then my sister lied"
• The Fellowship Of Hell - "Rock had a baby" ... "The baby had a baby"
• Fernando Wood - "No longer must our children be called upon"
• Garden Of Eden - "My father said..."
• Go For G! - "Grandma with her gingerbread"
• Haunted Floating Eye - "A spider was my mom"
• Headless - "You can run to mom and dad"
• Hell Hotel - "Got his mean streak from his mother"
• Hopeless Bleak Despair - "It drove away my family"
• I'm Not A Loser - "Look at me now, mama!"
• I've Got A Fang - "Girlfriend took me to meet her mom" and "...her dad"
• It Never Fails - "He freaks out and calls his mom"
• It's Not My Birthday - "And I'm not the only dust my mother raised"
• Long White Beard - "My family was there", "My grandma was there"
• Maine (Demo) and Maine (Dial-A-Song) - "But only if you stay away / And leave my family out of this" (this line was changed for the officially-released versions of Maine)
• Mammal - "Placental, the sister of her brother marsupial," "Cousin called Monotreme, dead uncle Allotheria"
• Meet James Ensor - "Lived with his mother..."
• Mr. Hughes Says - "Tell your sister and your brother"
• Name - "We're like our mom and dads"
• Narrow Your Eyes - "I don't want to shake your father's hand"
• Oblongs Theme - "The family by the landfill"
• Oh You Did - "Don't say these words to your dad / That he's gross or that he smells bad"
• Old Pine Box - "Your mom thinks you're out of your mind"
• One Dozen Monkeys - "Mom was upset with the monkeys in the tree"
• One More Parade - "General salutes and the mothers wave and weep"
• Pirate Girls Nine - "Then your folks might tell you more"
• Pretty Fly - "she had two pretty children"
• Sensurround - "If Mom had known she was expecting"
• Stone Cold Coup D'État - "Around the dinner table a family says grace"
• The Summer Breeze - "My cousin Charles"
• Thinking Machine - "Uncle fourteen marching flame"
• Thunderbird - "T-bird takes her dad away"
• Token Back To Brooklyn - "Says he'll tell our parents"
• Town To Town - "Your children so nice"
• When Tornadoes Take Over The World - "you won't have your folks to blame"
• Whence That Wince - "Oh, daddy isn't stirring since my mama's been in stir"
• Why Did You Grow A Beard? - "Sister-hugging"

Honorable mentions

• At shows in 2015 and 2016, the band would occasionally take calls from "Mama TMBG" and sometimes "Papa TMBG".