As a greek, I can't help imagining what a banger that song would be like 570 years ago.

@komikediares

6 ай бұрын

Baklavaki

@komikediares

6 ай бұрын

Cacıki

@komikediares

6 ай бұрын

Dönerki

@komikediares

6 ай бұрын

İstanbulki

@certifiedcheeselover

6 ай бұрын

@@komikediaresCalm down

*Fun fact: several odd years ago, this song helped me correctly answer at least 2 questions on a Geography test. And for that, I say... "Sure, They Might Be Giants... but They Might Also Be Tutors. LOL. Thanks guys!"*

@danceswithdirt7197

2 жыл бұрын

@Andy Roid To that I say "the sun is a mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace"

@minermike61

2 жыл бұрын

Constantinople not Istanbul

@F40M07

2 жыл бұрын

Istanbul NOT Constantopal

@Autumn_frog

2 жыл бұрын

Man wait till he sees here come the 123s/ABCs

@squarefan80

2 жыл бұрын

TMBG always seemed to me to be just a bunch of teachers who formed a band.

This song heard frequently at the airport in Istanbul.

@enarcmcfly

2 жыл бұрын

Lol please be true

@jamesfrancese6091

2 жыл бұрын

@@enarcmcfly sadly no 😢 unless I remember my Bluetooth speaker ofc

@Bowiiihowdy

Жыл бұрын

But not Constantinople

@somebodylikesbacon1960

Жыл бұрын

@@Bowiiihowdy every song played in constantinople was played in istanbul not constantinople so if you've played this song in constantinople it was played in istanbul

@1989ozz

Жыл бұрын

not possible

I never paid attention to this song but for some reason I absolutely loved it during Five's fight in the donut shop

@alejandrobello7005

2 жыл бұрын

same

@I-eat-minimum-wage-workers

Жыл бұрын

I’m watching it rn and I’m just looking for the song

@ayhanmerchant2853

Жыл бұрын

Same

@peggybrown7675

Жыл бұрын

Same😄Awesome song.. Kids love dancing to this..

@18AH790

Жыл бұрын

@@I-eat-minimum-wage-workers It's at the end of the the first episode.

i love how absolutely chaotic this animation. the weird king kong like policeman, the fights in the street, the car crashing into the building 4 separate times, the little business man running back and forth, and my favorite, the little drum guy bouncing up and down.

@Valtharr

Жыл бұрын

It feels like something I would have seen on TV as a kid when zapping through channels at like 1 AM

@MyYTaccountName

9 ай бұрын

Reminds me of mtv2 or Cartoon Network in the 90’s.

@FireInTheHole69699

8 ай бұрын

chaotic

@urlocaleddplayz56

7 ай бұрын

it makes no absolute sense but it does in a weird way

@Republic_Of_Vicoria_Official

7 ай бұрын

Looks like Schoolhouse Rock on acid.

This song has driven me nuts for years. I knew the lines I knew were lyrics from a song, but I couldn't remember which one.

@stephenm8415

Жыл бұрын

they have Google for that you know

@SpudPrint2022

Жыл бұрын

Did the repetitive nature of "Istanbul not Constantinople" not give you some sort of clue ?

@blazingfire8794

Жыл бұрын

@@stephenm8415 This was years before google existed. I am a Xer after all.

@WarpChaos

Жыл бұрын

@@blazingfire8794 Try searching the lyrics lol

@blackholeentry3489

Жыл бұрын

@@stephenm8415 This is Constantinople, NOT Google

Lyrics if u want :) Istanbul was Constantinople Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night Every gal in Constantinople Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople So if you've a date in Constantinople She'll be waiting in Istanbul Even old New York was once New Amsterdam Why they changed it I can't say People just liked it better that way So, take me back to Constantinople No, you can't go back to Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks Istanbul, Istanbul Istanbul, Istanbul Even old New York was once New Amsterdam Why they changed it I can't say People just liked it better that way Istanbul was Constantinople Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople Been a long time gone, oh Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks So, take me back to Constantinople No, you can't go back to Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks Istanbul

@blackholeentry3489

Жыл бұрын

Thanx.....I have heard this song for decades and always thought it was, "It's nobody's business but the church!" (Made sense to me because the church has long been involved in so many things which is none of its busness!)

@Lazlo.1

Жыл бұрын

You forgor about the Do Do, Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do, Do Do Do Do Do Do Do, Do Do Do Do Do Do

@ColonelMetus

Жыл бұрын

@@blackholeentry3489 the Turks killed every man woman and child in Constantinople then renamed it Istanbul

@parkerturner1018

Жыл бұрын

Some heros don't where cape

@OrthoKarter

Жыл бұрын

cringe song

They Might Be Giants have one of the most well-known versions of this track - can you name the original quartet who recorded "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" in 1953? 🎙️🎶

@volodymyrbilyk555

2 жыл бұрын

The Four Lads did the original

@andyroid5028

2 жыл бұрын

@@volodymyrbilyk555 *You may have beaten me, Mr. Sabab, by about 15 minutes (BTW, well-played sir)... but here's a little bit of interesting trivia:* *England's The Four Lads, very likely copied the main melody of their song from another older hit song... 1930's "Puttin' On the Ritz" (written by Irving Berlin & originally sung by a singer named Harry Richman). Several artists would eventually cover it, including Fred Astaire and TACO (among MANY others).*

@jong0000

2 жыл бұрын

@@andyroid5028 Four Lads were Canadian...

@garyjackson7040

2 жыл бұрын

@@andyroid5028 Don't forget Peter Boyle and Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein!

@msolis9901

2 жыл бұрын

@@andyroid5028 maybe you would have been first if you didnt type up that long ass reply

My dad won't stop playing this song. I'm gonna cry.

@rommul1389

11 ай бұрын

Lmao how old are you

@xXdAyDrEaMsXx

11 ай бұрын

@@rommul1389 20 LMAO

@LisaGaming117

9 ай бұрын

​@@rommul1389Kosovo je Albania 🇹🇷

@DemonSlayer_Anime

9 ай бұрын

I also can't stop playing this song 😂😂😂

@xXdAyDrEaMsXx

9 ай бұрын

@@DemonSlayer_Anime NOT YOU TOO 😭😭😭😭

Tiny Toon Adventures was the first time I ever heard this song.

@gregsteele806

20 күн бұрын

Will always be the 'official' video to me. 😁

@zerogrey3798

20 күн бұрын

Same

@igable82

17 күн бұрын

Ditto

@christianhoffman7407

17 күн бұрын

I thought this version was older than it is. I thought I remembered listening to this when I was little little - like my own personal Mandela effect. This says 1990 which would make me 9. Still a little kid but I thought I heard this as far back as I can remember. However I think what is happening is I am getting this mixed up with Taco's "Putting on the Ritz" . To my ear that song has a similar and was a big deal at the very young age that I have in mind. Both songs are covers from decades prior.

@f.l.o.p.i.c.

16 күн бұрын

Same... back in EARLY 90s in a blockbuster

You know some of the riffs in this song are from 1600, like these guys really dug into music history to make this song.

@user-ng2lk5wv4p

Жыл бұрын

they didnt lol, this is a cover of The Four Lads version from 1953

@rammingtime

Жыл бұрын

@@user-ng2lk5wv4p the beatles? /j

@PeterSmith-ls7ut

Жыл бұрын

The silk street lucky four

@elizabethtudorstuff

9 ай бұрын

@@rammingtime LOLLL

@Illumiinarian

8 ай бұрын

@@rammingtimeHe was not referring to the Beatles, he was referring to the English quartet “The Four Lads” who originally made this song, which Tmbg covered

They might be giants is the best underrated band. Like seriously, they have more songs in an album that most bands make in their whole life. They’re gonna do it until they can’t anymore, so we all gotta appreciate them ❤️

@claranoelle1111

Жыл бұрын

particle man said, “ok triangle man is gonna have beef with everyone”

This was the first TMBG song I ever heard, back in 1992. That's the year I started listening to the Dr. Demento radio show, and he played a lot of their songs!

@shadowdancersxfile9

Ай бұрын

My brother and I grew up with Dr Demento. Dead Puppies, They're coming to take me away, so many twisted song lol

I had to listen to this song because of a question I had on a quiz made think of the song. The question was "when the dutch came and created a large settlement it was called New Amsterdam. The city later in modern times became known as?" And this song came to my head right away lol

@normanclatcher

11 ай бұрын

Yep. "Old New York"

@VeryUnderstandabledude

6 ай бұрын

It was the British that changed it to new York that's why there's a old York in england

@wtz_under

6 ай бұрын

@@VeryUnderstandabledudeand new zealand, no idea where the zealand came from

@VeryUnderstandabledude

6 ай бұрын

@@wtz_under Old Zealand is underneath new Zealand

@pizzapieperson

6 ай бұрын

@@wtz_under Zeeland, netherlands

fun fact: even in turkish it was once called "konstantiniyye" in official documents but known colloquially by the people as "istanbul"

@ferretyluv

Ай бұрын

That’s because that’s what it was called by the Greeks. But Turks can’t pronounce “Stanboli,” which means “to the city,” so Turks pronounced it “Istanbul.”

Our social studies teacher in 6th grade always played the video of Tiny Toons with this song in the background. Stuck in my head ever since.

@MikeBtraveling

5 ай бұрын

Wish I could find the original tiny toons for my kids

@theobamaprism

3 ай бұрын

my social studies played this today in class (i have never heard of this song before today) it’s not 8:10pm and the song is STILL stuck in my head goddd

What a great song. Loved it in The Umbrella Academy. Spiffy Biffy.

For anyone wondering, Istanbul means "In the city", while Constantinople means "Constantine's City" which is not Constantine's city anymore.

@AndrewTBP

7 ай бұрын

That’s nobody’s business but the Turks

@hi-uz9kg

7 ай бұрын

@@AndrewTBP I am a Turk

@memmori1

5 ай бұрын

However as long as Emperor Constantine founded it, it will always be his city as Alexandria founded by Alexander the Great, etc. Turks renamed the city which was not theirs

@hutchj27

5 ай бұрын

@@memmori1 actually Constantine did not found Constantinople. It had already been renamed several times by then ranging from Byzantion to Secunda Roma to Nova Roma and on and on before Constantine even showed up to rename it. Also cities belong to the people who live in them, so it truly is the business of the Turks.

@kimlend7680

5 ай бұрын

It doesn't mean "in the city" as in being in the city, It means "to The city" or "towards The city" or even "at the city" as in dative. In Turkish, "şehre doğru", yönelme anlamı. Also if it's written as poli, it means a city but if its written as Poli then it means Istanbul.

This band is strangely deep but smothered in absurdity. Everything ends.

I found this song due to Tiny Toon Adventures featuring this & Particle Man in an episode and I became a fan ever since.

As a Turkish this song is so good🇹🇷♥️🇺🇸

@tanemsoyalan1839

8 ай бұрын

haklısın bacım

@candyMAN192

7 ай бұрын

​@@tanemsoyalan1839bacım ne alaka

@VlademirPuding

7 ай бұрын

Amerikayı skim. Natoda olmamıza rağmen bir savaş durumunda yunanistanı bize karşı destekleyecek bir ülkeyi neden ssevdiğinizi anlayamıyorum.

@daveidmarx8296

6 ай бұрын

As an Earthling, I tend to agree with you.

I like this video a lot, but I feel like a lot of people in the comments don't know this is a cover of a song from 1953.

@Tony_Baloney_69420

2 жыл бұрын

It was a cover?

@lexmori9356

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tony_Baloney_69420 Yes, originally performed by The Four Lads.

@probablyvannyy

Жыл бұрын

the four lads were IT

@itsnotaphasemom4789

Жыл бұрын

@Neo Crusader Steve Funny

@coalhouse1981

9 ай бұрын

A lot slower

This song has been stuck in my head for years

I'm listening to this in Istanbul not Constantinople

@williambutcher7429

4 ай бұрын

I’m listening to it in my house

@louisemc3680

3 ай бұрын

Me too! 😂

@yourmajesty1630

2 ай бұрын

Ha

@juanantonio3487

16 сағат бұрын

Somehow, you are in Constantinople, not in that fake name.

Hey TMBG fans, you'll enjoy this info. Mark Marek (not to be confused with the same guy who was a total creep), later known for his work on the Henry and June segments of Nickelodeon's KaBlam!, created the stop-motion characters and set for this video. Mark had worked with the band before on their cover and label art for the EP (She Was A) Hotel Detective and later animated the music video for "Underwater Woman" for 2015's iteration of the Dial-A-Song project.

@daveidmarx8296

6 ай бұрын

Now now..

I only knew the instrumental version of this classic song, then I discovered this one with lyrics 😂👌

THIS IS LITERALLY STUCK IN MY HEAD!!!!!!

@PinchieMcPinch

4 ай бұрын

This song is covered in enough hooks to empty the ocean

This song has been in my head since 1995 when I saw it on Cartoon Network

@daveidmarx8296

6 ай бұрын

First heard it in '91 on Liquid Television. Was fully on board the TMBG train the following year with Apollo 18 and saw them live the first time as well. One of only two acts I will unquestionably try to see whenever they come by (Springsteen is the other).

Sang this song in my head so I would not cry when I left my family as a kid to go meet my ship in Guam to go support Operation Desert Storm.

@Medium341

11 ай бұрын

F your service you grunt and lackey

@andyroid5028

8 ай бұрын

_Wow. You cried later, right? Seriously, it's not healthy to suppress those emotions. And BTW, thanks for fighting for the USA._ 👍🏼🇺🇸

@mwillblade

8 ай бұрын

@@andyroid5028 I did the first night on my ship but not after that.

It will always be Constantinople

@roberttbrockway

3 күн бұрын

Byzantium forever.

@Aressszz

18 сағат бұрын

Istanbul

@juanantonio3487

16 сағат бұрын

@@Aressszz hahah, no. and you are gae. Constainople forever

💫Hi!! Oh,yes,what amazing song and impressive video!! Thank you so much for everything!!✨

I spent an hour and a half looking for this song I was in complete tears by the end

My dad listens to this song.

@cocoa_

Жыл бұрын

la wallah

@hcm178

Жыл бұрын

😂

This Song is great something about how the rhythm changes and the irony of the lyrics

I just love this band.

i first heard this song in a Simpson's episode and now this song is playing on repeat in my head

@EmpressLizard81

Жыл бұрын

The Simpsons did it too? I saw it on Tiny Toons.

@pikachuthebananasplit9061

Жыл бұрын

@@EmpressLizard81 yep it was in the credits of the episode called Mobile Homer

@EmpressLizard81

Жыл бұрын

@@pikachuthebananasplit9061 oh cool, thanks!

@Actionfan19

Жыл бұрын

My first hearing of this song was an episode of Muppets Tonight.

@plopadard

Жыл бұрын

I heard on a tiktok edit 😔

This is another one of those songs that used to start, or continue, a weekend long drug fuelled binge. It'll always be Constantinople for us. Rave on John!

@lolwutt

Жыл бұрын

@ekiphub7037 yep

@LKonstantina915

Жыл бұрын

istanbul means "to the city" in Greek but made to sound Turkish. So its a Greek name either way lol

@ahzamann

Жыл бұрын

@@LKonstantina915 but it's a Turkish city after all lol

@dementor3333

Жыл бұрын

Byzantiboos stay mad

@BreadHasAutism

Жыл бұрын

⁠@@dementor3333 ottobots go back into praying💀💀💀

I grew up with this song as my grandparents were from Constantinople/Instanbul.

@daveidmarx8296

6 ай бұрын

I first heard this song on MTV in '91 as I am from Earth and despite what many may believe in their heart of hearts, TMBGs popularity is STILL limited to Earth.

I just noticed how strange this song is. I LOVE IT!

@roberttbrockway

3 күн бұрын

Sure but the bird is the word.

My son is over there on the couch studying for his AP history exam and he turns to me and says, "Mom, do you remember what the other name for Constantinople is?" Yes, son. Yes I do. Allow me to share this Gen X banger with you.

@dolphinbear661

28 күн бұрын

Perfection. He learned 'bout New York, too!

one of my fav songs in the worlld!! love this band !1 twisiin a nother fav!!

My English teacher(I think he was) showed us this song in my middle school years and I never forgot about it ever since. This song is a banger and will remain one of the best songs made❤

Enormous hit in San Francisco on Live 105!

Tiny Toons introduced me to This group and I'm forever grateful.

Umbrella Academy brought me here. The songs been stuck in my head.

@ggmgreenscreens3573

Жыл бұрын

You have no good music taste

Funny thing... San Francisco was originally Yerba Buena, which translates to 'Good Herb'... In hindsight, the original name was appropriate...

Why is this song so fire though? It’s too good!

i love how funky the animation and song is

The city was the sword The city was the lance The city was the golden gate The city was the key The city was the heavenly gate to all of rome Inside Hagia Sofia we shall meet again

@daveidmarx8296

6 ай бұрын

There's an Ant crawling up your back in the nighttime...

@gaheaf

6 ай бұрын

dont cry mate you wıll never take it back

@olekcholewa8171

6 ай бұрын

Konstantinos, Dragazis, Paleologos....

@daveidmarx8296

6 ай бұрын

@@olekcholewa8171 I like it when the doggy pees

@curtismimilee3

6 ай бұрын

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

remember when a few days before i was left go from an old school a long time ago, we were studying Constantinople, and i mentioned this song to a fairly older teacher of mine and i think i’ve hooked him on TMBG :3

It would have been the most popular song in 1453

@lebarondevalois605

5 ай бұрын

It was still referred as Constantinople for a while after 1453

Great music and video !

Funny thing is Constantinople wasn't even the city's first name. It was Byzantium before that.

@justsomecanadiandude

Жыл бұрын

Constantinople (Not Byzantium)

I've had this stuck in my head all damn day!

@pill1154

6 ай бұрын

I've had the tune stuck in my head for like ten years and just remembered the words recently

As a greek I'll tell you my opinion on the name. Istanbul, is a good compromise, in greek it sounds like (to the city) and it keeps the peace. Istanbul will always be Constantinople to the Greeks, but let's face it the bloodshed and war crimes on both sides if it ever comes to war is not worth it not even for a city like Constantinople. We Greeks are lucky to have what we have now. My family was genocided out of Smyrna I'd be rich now if it wasn't for Turkish war cimes they never admitted to. But I don't hate Turks, in fact I'd love to marry a Turkish woman and live in Istanbul, and I wouldn't hold it against a Turkish man if he married a Greek woman and lived in Athens either.

@headlightspirits

Жыл бұрын

The name Istanbul actually comes from Greek

@SODAAAAAAA.

9 ай бұрын

us turks love you greeks too. sorry for beın natıonalıst, but ıf greeks dont says bad things about us, we dont say bad things about you too!

@witerunguard1737

2 ай бұрын

@@SODAAAAAAA. but I mean you literally kicked them out of their home

@windmacky

2 ай бұрын

@@witerunguard1737 Just like what happened to the Turks living in the Balkans or Greece.

@witerunguard1737

2 ай бұрын

@@windmacky you did it first

Believe it or not, this song actually helped me with a history final.

the funnier fact I know about They Might be Giants is that in Terry Pratchett's book "Soul Music" there's a Dwarf band called "They're certainly Dwarfs" and I find it simply amazing.

Love this

This showed up on a Dance Dance Revolution game on the original Xbox, if my memory hasn't screwed me over again. Seriously, I remember this song showing up in a DDR game, I just can't remember which game it was in. Wait, I found it! DDR Ultramix 3!

@snowfox-xc1qq

Жыл бұрын

Oh shit now I gotta get a copy for the meme

@juliadwiggins-jo3fo

10 ай бұрын

Makes ya move really

With this song, they ARE giants !!!!

My favorite song of all!

Pure, absolutely pure, distilled 1990's in the form of animated Art.

Greatest Thanksgiving song ever.

GOD RHIS IS SO GOOD

I always loved this crazy song 😊 My youngest son is currently going to college with a girl who is from Istanbul. I just played this song for him for the first time. He seemed to enjoy it 😊

This song fits their vibe very well.

I've been to Istanbul and it's a beautiful city

@juanantonio3487

16 сағат бұрын

Constantinople, you have been there.

Teacher played this for the class in 6th grade still remember it going to freshman year college

everytime someone mentions constantinople or istanbul i think about this and i get so happy

I love this song

This video feels like a fever dream

idk where i got the nostalgia for this song, I just have it

@mcginnisjason4600

2 ай бұрын

Animaniacs if you're GenX.

@chrisbg99

24 күн бұрын

@@mcginnisjason4600 Tiny Toons. Along with Particle Man.

yea... I needed this right now.

I haven't heard this in over a decade.

Istanbul is the unique, wonderful, great city of all time ❤🇹🇷

@1Tuxedo_Cat1

5 ай бұрын

IT'S CONSTANTINOPLE 😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬

@Tayselkenaleesshud

5 ай бұрын

@@1Tuxedo_Cat1 no 😊 calm down greek

@1Tuxedo_Cat1

5 ай бұрын

@@Tayselkenaleesshud lmao Im joking istanbul is turkish 😹

@Tayselkenaleesshud

5 ай бұрын

@@1Tuxedo_Cat1 we have no problem 💖

@Thot_Patrol_USA

5 ай бұрын

omg turk and greek debate that ended positively? 🤯

Can we all take a moment to salute the drums in this song?

1:12 "Dew-dew-dew dew-dew de-dewdewdewdew!"

@randompoigon4583

8 ай бұрын

OHHHHHHHHH AH OHHHHHHHH AH OHHHHHHHHHHH AH OHHHH- Istanbul

This song has lived rent free in my head since the early 2000s. I was just recently introduced to the Taco version of Putting on the Ritz and kept switching back to this song when i would try to sing that one😅

is it bad that I'm Greek but love this song?

@juliadwiggins-jo3fo

10 ай бұрын

No same here..... Its fine though as the turks are getting theirs.... Having cats socially acceptable around important people is the first sign....... Ask Egypt 😅 greeks n Latins will prevail in the end as always. You know it's falling when people start talking about vlad the impaler not as an evil vampire but a Christian who fought the turks n sultan. Turks had a pretty good smear campaign. I have no actual problems with turkey just to be clear. M

@Fluttersweet

9 ай бұрын

Nope because same here

@mocha_theofficial

9 ай бұрын

Same 💀

@zmba6924

8 ай бұрын

Wtf is this bro talkin about 💀💀@@juliadwiggins-jo3fo

@guycrew3973

7 ай бұрын

@@juliadwiggins-jo3fomy friend history doesn’t repeat for the foreseeable future the turks will keep Istanbul

I love this song so much🗺

Fun fact: Istanbul (Not Constantinople) is a 1990 swing-style song by They Might Be Giants. It was featured in a music video in the Tiny Toon Adventures episode Tiny Toon Music Television.

Great song; even greater music video.

One of the greatest lyrical groups of 90s and early 2000s!

@daveidmarx8296

6 ай бұрын

Their catalog over the past twenty years is even better IMHO.

Love this! First heard it on Tiny Toons years ago.

Bloody marvellous video

this is going on my workout playlist

My social studies teacher played this in class and I kinda liked liked it

Grate song only discoverd it yesterday in a KZread channel called The Why Files

@grapeape2381

4 ай бұрын

Same! I cannot get it of my head like hecklefish said. I watched it like day after it was released tho, only bothered searching for it now.

so fire!!

Great 👌

Love this song 💖

I remember seeing this on Liquid Television

@darienhigh

2 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking about that show the other day

@Tony_Baloney_69420

2 жыл бұрын

And also Umbrella Academy

I heard this song on YT Shorts and looked it up, no way it's by TMBG. I used to listen to them a lot when I was a little kid, this is so surreal.

I herd this in raising hope I've been looking for this for a long time

Very talented folks back in the day at Colossal Pictures.,

This has been one of my favorite songs for as long as I can remember and I've recently learned I'm a descendant of Constantine the great who originally named it Constantinople lol

@jgb7480

6 ай бұрын

How tf did you learn you're the descedant of a roman enperor ?

this song is ong fire

Fun fact: the old city limits for Constantinople is currently the border of a district with Istanbul

I heard this song first in ,, The Umbrella Academy " and I love it

@FinneganMcmahan

Ай бұрын

Same lol

My favorite part is the scream!