Here Come the ABCs

Here Come The ABCs is a 2005 DVD & Audio CD release by They Might Be Giants, aimed at young children learning the alphabet.

While it was produced and released by The Walt Disney Company, the band was reportedly given complete creative control over the project. As a result, the DVD features a variety of puppetry and animation supplied by personal friends of the group. For guest vocals on a few tracks, they turned to family: John Flansburgh's wife Robin Goldwasser, and John Linnell's son Henry.

The audio-only release is not considered to be They Might Be Giants eleventh studio album, but rather a soundtrack to the video. Some of the songs make little sense without their visual accompaniment.

Track listing

1. “Here Come The ABCs”
2. “Alphabet Of Nations”
3. “E Eats Everything”
4. “Flying V”
5. “QU”
6. “Go For G”
7. “Pictures Of Pandas Painting”
8. “D And W”
9. “Fake-Believe”
10. “Can You Find It? ”
11. “The Vowel Family”
12. “Letter Not A Letter”
13. “Alphabet Lost And Found”
14. “I C U”
15. “Letter Shapes”
16. “Who Put the Alphabet in Alphabetical Order? ”
17. “The Rolling O”
18. “LMNO”
19. “C Is For Conifers”
20. “Fake-Believe (Type B) ”
21. “D Is For Drums”
22. “ZYX”
23. “Goodnight”
24. “Clap Your Hands (Bonus Track) ”
25. “Here In Higglytown (Theme to Higglytown Heroes) (Bonus Track) ”

Alternate Versions

Special editions with exclusive bonus tracks were produced for Amazon.com and Best Buy stores. Bonus tracks include:

• "Stalk of Wheat" (live) on the Amazon.com DVD.
• "Hovering Sombrero '05" on the Amazon.com CD.
• "I Never Go To Work" on the Best Buy CD.

External links

• Official band-operated download site
• Here Come The ABCs page at This Might Be A Wiki