The Velvet Ape
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Dial-A-Song (2015) artwork
| song name | The Velvet Ape |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| releases | Dial-A-Song (2015), More Murdered Remains |
| year | 2015 |
| run time | 3:01 |
| sung by | John Flansburgh |
Trivia/Info
- Video created by I Think We're Still Thinking[1], which is comprised of William Shum[2] (who previously directed the music video for "Madam, I Challenge You To A Duel" and "Unpronounceable") and Momoe Narazaki[3].
- The ape on the second chorus's "one, two, three, five" as well as the one in the hospital bed are taken (through rotoscoping) from One Got Fat, a 1963 bicycle safety film featuring children wearing monkey masks.
- While this song didn't make any of the 2015 Dial-A-Song albums, Flansburgh stated that "there will be a very big box. But it's going to take some time."[4] It would later appear on the 2018 release More Murdered Remains.
- In 2019, Flansburgh confirmed that this song "was initiated by a very hair-brained idea for a set of songs, but it ultimately didn't go much farther."[5].
Song Themes
Animals, Clothes, Colors, Counting, Escape, History, Nonsense Words, Questions, Spoken Word, Stories, Time, War, Military, Weapons
Videos
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