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They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Official Music Video)

RHINO · 4.5M views · 2021-11-19 · 2:35

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Overview

The official music video for They Might Be Giants' "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" from the 1990 album Flood.

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Mostly posted as a catchy reference or joke in threads about Istanbul or Constantinople, and as a favorite song.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2022–2025

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Music performance & songs
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ChrisMarshallNY · 2025-03 · Recommendation

My favorite TMBG song (from Flood): [VIDEO] (I don't know if they wrote it, but their performance is awesome). I noticed the blank spot in the promo. Probably a rights thing. :(

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Iulioh · 2024-07 · Reference

For these wondering, this is the song [VIDEO] Very catchy, it was re popularized by a netflix series a few years ago, j don't remember the name lf the series tho

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moviewise · 2022-10 · Joke / meme

Quoth They Might Giants, "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)": Istanbul was Constantinople Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks [VIDEO]

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