Here Come the ABCs

Here Come the ABCs
Studio album by They Might Be Giants
Released	February 15, 2005
Recorded	1999 ("Clap Your Hands"), January–April 2004[1]
Studio	Kampo Studios, Manhattan Skyline Studio, Manhattan Hello Studio, Brooklyn Collier Bros. Studio, Brooklyn
Genre	Children's music
Length	41:47
Label	Disney Sound/Idlewild
Producer	They Might Be Giants and Pat Dillett
They Might Be Giants chronology
Venue Songs (2004) Here Come the ABCs (2005) A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants (2005)

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Here Come the ABCs is the second children's album and eleventh studio album by alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, aimed at young children learning the alphabet. The CD and DVD were originally released separately but have since been released as a combo. There are 25 songs in the CD and 38 in the DVD.

While it was produced and released by Walt Disney Records under their Disney Sound label, the band was reportedly given complete creative control over the project, which at the time was very unusual for Walt Disney Records; until then, they had followed a strict artist control policy. As a result, the DVD features puppetry, animation and live action supplied by personal friends of the group, including AJ Schnack, who directed the TMBG documentary Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns). Family members of the band, including John Flansburgh's wife Robin Goldwasser, and John Linnell's son, Henry, contributed some guest vocals. The music videos that appear on the DVD were also aired (in part or whole) on the Disney Channel's children's programming block, Playhouse Disney.

Here Come the ABCs was a great success for They Might Be Giants, the video being certified Gold (sales over 50,000) in 2005. The album reached #1 on Billboard’s Children’s Music charts, won Parenting Magazine’s Children’s DVD of the Year Award and two National Parenting Publications Awards (NAAPA).^[2] In addition, Amazon.com called it "the best Children's Music album of 2005" and the 13th best overall album of 2005. Two follow-ups were released, Here Come the 123s in 2008 and Here Comes Science in 2009.

Although the audio-only release is considered to be They Might Be Giants' 11th studio album, some of the songs make little sense without their visual accompaniment.