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They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants is a group from the US, active since 1982.

Group US since 1982 alternative rock geek rock indie pop
TOTAL PLAYS
780
SONGS PLAYED
79
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-18 13:02 · 6 Music — "Where Your Eyes Don't Go (BBC session)"
LAST PLAYED
2 weeks ago · Radio 2 — "Birdhouse in Your Soul"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
60 45 30 15 0
'05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 487 62%
Radio 2 277 36%
Radio 1 16 2%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 05:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Birdhouse in Your Soul 315 2026-05-02
2 Birdhouse In Your Soul 184 2011-11-18
3 Don't Let's Start 46 2025-09-18
4 Particle Man 30 2025-01-02
5 Where Your Eyes Don't Go 29 2020-07-11
6 Istanbul (Not Constantinople) 20 2026-02-02
7 Boss of Me 11 2026-03-31
8 Santa's Beard 11 2023-12-25
9 Doctor Worm 6 2020-04-30
10 Answer 6 2015-06-11
11 Birdhouse In Your Soul/Frankenstein (BBC session) 6 2005-09-12
12 They'll Need A Crane 5 2021-11-05
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-02 08:03 Birdhouse in Your Soul Radio 2
2026-04-24 21:41 Birdhouse in Your Soul Radio 2
2026-04-15 18:14 Birdhouse in Your Soul Radio 2
2026-03-31 19:19 Boss of Me Radio 2
2026-03-24 19:06 Birdhouse in Your Soul Radio 2
2026-03-14 23:02 Birdhouse in Your Soul Radio 2
2026-02-02 03:18 Istanbul (Not Constantinople) Radio 2
2026-01-24 09:48 Birdhouse in Your Soul Radio 2
2026-01-22 20:50 Birdhouse in Your Soul Radio 2
2026-01-21 03:45 Savoy Truffle Radio 2
2026-01-18 20:45 Birdhouse in Your Soul Radio 2
2026-01-02 09:17 Birdhouse in Your Soul Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

79 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Aaa — 1 ▶
All Time What — 1 ▶
Ana Ng — 3 ▶
Answer — 6 ▶
Bangs — 1 ▶
Bed Bed Bed — 1 ▶
Birdhouse in Your Soul — 315 ▶
Birdhouse In Your Soul — 184 ▶
Birdhouse In Your Soul (BBC 6 Music Session) — 1 ▶
Birdhouse In Your Soul/Frankenstein — 2 ▶
Birdhouse In Your Soul/Frankenstein (BBC session) — 6 ▶
Boss of Me — 11 ▶
By The Time You Get This Note — 1 ▶
Cells — 1 ▶
Chess Piece Face — 1 ▶
Dinner Bell — 1 ▶
Doctor Worm — 6 ▶
Don't Let's Start — 46 ▶
Dr Worm — 2 ▶
Dr. Worm — 1 ▶
Erase — 1 ▶
Everything Right Is Wrong Again — 1 ▶
Evil — 1 ▶
Fingertips — 1 ▶
Good to Be Alive — 1 ▶
Hall Of Heads — 1 ▶
I Am a Paleontologist — 2 ▶
I Broke My Own Rule — 1 ▶
I Can Hear You — 2 ▶
I Can't Remember the Dream — 1 ▶
I Havent Seen You in Forever — 1 ▶
I Left My Body — 3 ▶
I Love You for Psychological Reasons — 2 ▶
I Palindrome I — 2 ▶
Istanbul — 4 ▶
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) — 20 ▶
Istanbul Not Constantinople (Htd Version) — 1 ▶
James K. Polk — 1 ▶
Man It's So Loud In Here — 2 ▶
Meet James Ensor — 1 ▶
Metal Detector — 1 ▶
Minimum Wage — 2 ▶
Music Jail, Pt. 1 & 2 — 4 ▶
Nonagon — 1 ▶
O Do Not Forsake Me — 1 ▶
Old Pine Box — 1 ▶
Particle Man — 30 ▶
Purple Toupee — 3 ▶
Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head — 2 ▶
Roy G. Biv — 1 ▶
Santa's Beard — 11 ▶
Savoy Truffle — 2 ▶
Science Is Real — 2 ▶
She's Actual Size — 1 ▶
She's An Angel — 4 ▶
Snail Shell — 2 ▶
Someone Keeps Moving My Chair — 1 ▶
Spy — 1 ▶
The Guitar — 4 ▶
The Mesopotamians — 1 ▶
The Statue Got Me High — 3 ▶
There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow — 1 ▶
They Might Be Giants — 1 ▶
They'll Need A Crane — 5 ▶
They’Ll Need A Crane — 1 ▶
TheyÂ’Ll Need A Crane — 1 ▶
Turn Around — 1 ▶
Walking My Cat Named Dog — 2 ▶
Where Do They Make Balloons — 3 ▶
Where Do They Make Balloons? — 4 ▶
Where Your Eyes Don't Go — 29 ▶
Where Your Eyes Don't Go (BBC session) — 4 ▶
Why Does The Sun Really Shine — 1 ▶
Why Does The Sun Shine (The Sun Is A Mass Of Incandescent Gas) — 1 ▶
Why Does The Sun Shine The Sun Is A Mass Of Incandescent Gas — 1 ▶
Why Does The Sun Shine? — 1 ▶
Why Does the Sun Shine? — 1 ▶
You're On Fire — 1 ▶
Your Racist Friend — 4 ▶