Don't Let's Start

"Don't Let's Start"
Single by They Might Be Giants
from the album They Might Be Giants
B-side"We're the Replacements", "When It Rains It Snows", "The Famous Polka"
ReleasedNovember 2, 1987
RecordedJanuary 8, 1986[1]
StudioDubway Studio, New York City
GenreAlternative rock
Length2:36
LabelBar/None, Restless
Elektra (Re-issue)
Songwriter(s)John Flansburgh, John Linnell
Producer(s)Bill Krauss
They Might Be Giants singles chronology
"Don't Let's Start"
(1987)
"(She Was A) Hotel Detective"
(1988)
Music video
"Don't Let's Start" on YouTube
1990 Elektra Re-issue

"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 ARIA singles chart in 1988.[2] It was re-released by Elektra in 1990 after the success of the band's third album, Flood.

  1. ^ "TMBGareOK. The Official They Might Be Giants tumblr". TMBGareOK. The Official They Might Be Giants tumblr. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  2. ^ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2015-07-15". Imgur. Archived from the original on 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2015-10-03.