Birdhouse in Your Soul

"Birdhouse in Your Soul"
Single by They Might Be Giants
from the album Flood
B-side
  • "Hot Cha"
  • "Hearing Aid"
  • "Ant"
Released1990
RecordedFall 1989
Genre
Length3:19
LabelElektra (US)
Elektra / WEA (EU)
Songwriter(s)John Flansburgh, John Linnell
Producer(s)Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley
They Might Be Giants singles chronology
"Purple Toupee"
(1989)
"Birdhouse in Your Soul"
(1990)
"Istanbul (Not Constantinople)"
(1990)
Audio sample
Music video
Birdhouse in Your Soul on YouTube

"Birdhouse in Your Soul" is a song by American alternative rock band They Might Be Giants. It was released in early 1990 through Elektra Records as the lead single from the album Flood, making the single the band's first release on a major label. "Birdhouse in Your Soul" is the band's highest-charting single in both the US and the UK, and is one of their best-known songs.

The song's lyric is narrated from the perspective of a nightlight. It includes an atypical snare drum pattern and modulation among four keys. Production was handled by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley.

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