''Don't Let's Start'' is a 1989

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by the

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band

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. It was only available in the UK and West Germany, and can be seen as the predecessor to ''

Miscellaneous T ''Miscellaneous T'' is a B-side and remix compilation album released by the alternative rock band They Might Be Giants in 1991. It is a US re-release of '' Don't Let's Start'' (which was only released in the UK and West Germany), with differe ...

'', which includes all of the tracks from this release and an additional track, "Hello Radio". The tracks on here mostly originate as b-sides from various EPs released such as ''

Don't Let's Start "Don't Let's Start" is a song by the alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, from their 1986 eponymous debut album. It was the first single released from the album, released as a maxi-single. The single peaked at number 94 on the Australian A ...

'' and ''

(She Was A) Hotel Detective ''They Might Be Giants'', sometimes called ''The Pink Album'', is the debut studio album from Brooklyn-based alternative rock band They Might Be Giants. It was released by Bar/None in 1986. The album generated two singles, "Don't Let's Start" a ...

'' All of the songs, with the exception of "(She Was A) Hotel Detective (Single Mix)", are included in '' Then: The Earlier Years'', a compilation of the band's early material. ''Then'' also includes ''

'', and includes "Don't Let's Start (Single Mix)" in place of the album version with the rest of the tracks from ''They Might Be Giants''.

Song notes

* "untitled" is not actually a song, but a snippet of a recording inadvertently left on the Dial-A-Song answering machine, in which a confused listener named Gloria talks to an unknown third party about the mystery of "There May Be Giants" and "There Must Be Giants", as she mistakenly refers to the band. It would later be referenced when

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referred to them as "They Must Be Giants" when they performed "Your Racist Friend" on

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to promote the release of ''

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''. * "The Lady Is a Tramp" is a cover of a song from the

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musical ''

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''.

Track listing

All songs by They Might Be Giants unless otherwise noted. # "

ingle mix – 2:35 # "Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had a Deal" – 3:48 # " Lady is a Tramp" (

Lorenz Hart Lorenz Milton Hart (May 2, 1895 – November 22, 1943) was an American lyricist and half of the Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart. Some of his more famous lyrics include "Blue Moon"; " The Lady Is a Tramp"; "Manhattan"; " Bewitched, Bo ...

Richard Rodgers Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was an American Musical composition, composer who worked primarily in musical theater. With 43 Broadway theatre, Broadway musicals and over 900 songs to his credit, Rodgers wa ...

) – 1:20 # "Birds Fly" – 1:25 # "The World's Address oshua Fried remix – 5:42 # "Nightgown of the Sullen Moon" – 1:59 # "I'll Sink Manhattan" – 2:32 # "It's Not My Birthday" – 1:52 # "Mr. Klaw" – 1:19 # "Kiss Me, Son of God lternate version – 1:49 # "The Biggest One" – 1:22 # "For Science" – 1:19 # "Untitled" – 2:33 # "(She Was A) Hotel Detective ingle mix – 2:20 # "The Famous Polka" – 1:33 # "When It Rains It Snows" – 1:33 # "We're the Replacements" – 1:50

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