The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)

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The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)
The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) cover
EP by They Might Be Giants
Released July 30, 1992
Genre Alternative rock
Length 24:12
Label Elektra Records
They Might Be Giants chronology
I Palindrome I
(1992)
The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)
(1992)
Why Does The Sun Shine?
(1993)


They Might Be Giants EP chronology
I Palindrome I
(1992)
I Palindrome I
(1992)
Why Does The Sun Shine?
(1993)

The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) is a song and EP by They Might Be Giants. The title song also appears on Apollo 18 (1992), released by Elektra Records.

[edit] Track listing

  1. The Guitar (Williamsburgh Mix)
  2. The Guitar (Outer Planet Mix)
  3. Welcome To The Jungle
  4. I Blame You
  5. Moving To The Sun
  6. The Guitar (Even Further Outer Planet Mix)

[edit] Miscellanea

Despite the identical name, the song Welcome to the Jungle is wholly unrelated to the hit by Guns N' Roses.

Laura Cantrell provides backing vocals on "The Guitar."

[edit] External links

They Might Be Giants
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Brian Doherty | Dan Hickey | Graham Maby | Tony Maimone | Eric Schermerhorn
See Also: Dial-A-Song
Discography
Albums: They Might Be Giants | Lincoln | Flood | Apollo 18 | John Henry | Factory Showroom | Long Tall Weekend | Mink Car | No! | The Spine | Here Come the ABCs
EPs: Wiggle Diskette | 1985 Demo Tape | Don't Let's Start | (She Was A) Hotel Detective | They'll Need a Crane | Purple Toupee | Birdhouse in Your Soul | Istanbul (Not Constantinople) | The Statue Got Me High | The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) | I Palindrome I | Why Does The Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas) | O Tannenbaum | Back to Skull | S-E-X-X-Y | Working Undercover for the Man | Boss of Me | Man, It's So Loud in Here | They Might Be Giants in Holidayland | Bed, Bed, Bed | Indestructible Object | The Spine Surfs Alone
Live albums: Live!! New York City 10/14/94 | Severe Tire Damage | Live | The Spine Hits the Road | Almanac | Venue Songs
Compilations: Don't Let's Start | Miscellaneous T | Then: The Earlier Years | Best of the Early Years | They Got Lost | Dial-A-Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants | A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants | Venue Songs DVD/CD
Songs
"Don't Let's Start" | "Ana Ng" | "Birdhouse in Your Soul" | "Particle Man" | "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" | "Doctor Worm" | "Experimental Film"
Video Releases
Direct From Brooklyn | Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) | Here Come the ABCs DVD/CD | Venue Songs DVD/CD