Ana Ng (Single)

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US promo release[edit]

Ana Ng single cover
Ana Ng
Single by They Might Be Giants
First released 1988
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Tracks 1
Label Bar/None / Restless <EPRO-130> Length 3:23


Track listing[edit]

# Title Length  Lyrics Guitar Tab
1 Ana Ng
plays same both sides
3:23 

Trivia[edit]

  • This is the only known Ana Ng single release in the US, with the test pressing being assembled by Restless on September 14th, 1988. Plans were announced in December 1988 by Bar/None representative Jerry Rubino for a second US release, this time a 7" single with Santa's Beard as the B-side for possibly a Christmas release, but the plan was seemingly scrapped.
  • In 1989, John Flansburgh repeatedly asked Dial-A-Song listeners to request Long Island radio station WDRE to play the Ana Ng single.[1] The band at that point had previously performed for WDRE's first birthday at Club Malibu, and would later visit the radio station on a promotional run in May 1989.[2]

UK 12" release[edit]

Ana Ng single cover
Ana Ng
Single by They Might Be Giants
First released 1989
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Tracks 4
Label One Little Indian <24TP12> Length 8:30


Track listing[edit]

# Title Length  Lyrics Guitar Tab
1 Ana Ng 3:23 
2 Nightgown Of The Sullen Moon 1:59 
3 It's Not My Birthday 1:52 
4 Lie Still, Little Bottle 2:06 

Trivia[edit]

UK 7" release[edit]

Ana Ng single cover
Ana Ng
Single by They Might Be Giants
First released March 28, 1989
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Tracks 2
Label One Little Indian <24TP7> Length 5:22

Track listing[edit]

# Title Length  Lyrics Guitar Tab
1 Ana Ng 3:23 
2 Nightgown Of The Sullen Moon 1:59 

Australian 7" release[edit]

Ana Ng single cover
Ana Ng
Single by They Might Be Giants
First released April 3, 1989
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Tracks 2
Label Liberation Records <LS 2050> Length 5:54
Back cover

Track listing[edit]

# Title Length  Lyrics Guitar Tab
1 Ana Ng 3:23 
2 Snowball In Hell 2:31 

European EP release[edit]

Ana Ng single cover
Ana Ng
Single by They Might Be Giants
First released 1991
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Tracks 4
Label Elektra / WEA <EKR 124> Length 9:11


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Track listing[edit]

# Title Length  Lyrics Guitar Tab
1 Ana Ng 3:23 
2 They'll Need A Crane 2:33 
3 (She Was A) Hotel Detective (Single Mix) 2:20 
4 Don't Let's Start (Single Mix) 2:35 

UK Elektra 7" release[edit]

Ana Ng single cover
Ana Ng
Single by They Might Be Giants
First released 1991
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Tracks 2
Label Elektra / WEA <EKR 124> Length 4:43


Track listing[edit]

# Title Length  Lyrics Guitar Tab
1 Ana Ng 3:23 
2 (She Was A) Hotel Detective (Single Mix) 2:20