Don’t Let’s Start (single mix)

~ Recording by They Might Be Giants

Annotation

From This Might Be a Wiki: "The single mix is the more frequently heard version of this song, and was used for the music video. The main difference between the original album mix and the single mix is in the 'I don't want to live in this world anymore' section. The LP version lacks the later bass synth overdub that plays underneath Linnell's vocal."

The single mix also appears on Elektra CDs and cassettes of the album They Might Be Giants (source) and on Then: The Earlier Years (source).

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.1Don’t Let’s Start2:35They Might Be GiantsDon’t Let’s Start
  • 1987-11-02 US
1.1Don’t Let’s Start2:35They Might Be GiantsDon’t Let’s Start
  • 1987-11-02 US
1.1Don’t Let’s Start2:35They Might Be GiantsDon’t Let’s Start
1.5Don’t Let’s Start2:35They Might Be GiantsDon’t Let’s Start
1.1Don’t Let’s Start2:35They Might Be GiantsDon’t Let’s Start
1.1Don’t Let’s Start2:35They Might Be GiantsDon’t Let’s Start
1.1Don’t Let’s Start2:35They Might Be GiantsDon’t Let’s Start
1.5Don’t Let’s Start2:35They Might Be GiantsDon’t Let’s Start
1.1Don’t Let’s Start2:35They Might Be GiantsDon’t Let’s Start
1.1Don’t Let’s Start2:35They Might Be GiantsDon’t Let’s Start
1.1Don’t Let’s Start (single remix)2:35They Might Be GiantsDon’t Let’s Start
1.1Don’t Let’s Start (single remix)2:35They Might Be GiantsDon’t Let’s Start
1.1Don’t Let’s Start2:36They Might Be GiantsDon’t Let’s Start
  • 1990-09-24 XE
1.4Don’t Let’s Start2:34They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be Giants
  • 1990-11-19 XE
1.4Don’t Let’s Start2:34They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be Giants
  • 1990-11-19 XE
1.4Don’t Let’s Start2:34They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be Giants
  • 1990-11-19 XE
1.4Don’t Let’s Start2:34They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be Giants
  • 1990-12-10 JP
1.4Don’t Let’s Start2:34They Might Be GiantsAna Ng
1.4Don’t Let’s Start2:36They Might Be GiantsThen: The Earlier Years
  • 1997-03-25 XW
1.4Don’t Let’s Start2:38They Might Be GiantsThen: The Earlier Years
  • 1997-03-25 US
1.3Don’t Let’s Start2:35They Might Be GiantsDial‐A‐Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants
  • 2002-09-17 US
1.20Don’t Let’s Start (single mix)2:36They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be Giants
  • 2013-05-10 AU
Promotion
1.1Don't Let's Start2:35They Might Be GiantsSelections From the 2-CD Retrospective Then: The Earlier Years
  • 1997-02 US
(unknown)
1.1Don’t Let’s Start (single mix)2:35They Might Be GiantsDon’t Let’s Start

Relationships

engineer:Al Houghton
producer:Bill Krauss
recorded at:Dubway Studios in New York, New York, United States
Studio PASS in New York, New York, United States
mixed at:Charles Eller Studios in Vermont, United States
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/4wIHHLHUhFlM30yRV4tw33 [info]
recording of:Don’t Let’s Start

Related works

Don’t Let’s Start

writer:John Flansburgh
John Linnell
publisher:TMBG Music