Here Come The 123s

	Here Come The 123s Studio album by They Might Be Giants
	Release date	February 5, 2008	Tracks	24	Previous album	The Else
	Label	Disney Sound	Length	51:08 (Amazon CD) 44:32 (CD)	Next album	Here Comes Science

Here Come The 123s is the thirteenth album from They Might Be Giants, and the band's third full-length children's album. The release is a DVD/CD set, the sequel (or prequel, as Flansburgh calls it) to 2005's Here Come The ABCs DVD/CD set.

[edit] Purchase

Seller	Format	Price	Purchase!
Amazon	DVD/CD	$18.98 $14.99!
Amazon	MP3	$9.49
TMBG Merchandise Store	DVD/CD	$15.00
iTunes	AAC	$9.99

[edit] Description

[edit] Background

The title "Here Come the 123s" had been mentioned (often jokingly) in several interviews since the release of Here Come the ABCs, but was first officially revealed as the title for an upcoming project by the band on tmbg.com in November 2006. According to an April 9, 2007 Billboard article, the DVD would contain "an hour of original music plus videos specially commissioned by the duo," much like the Here Come The ABCs DVD. On August 20, more information about the project was made public by Amazon.com and Disney Sound, including the set's release date, cover artwork, and track listing. The album was originally slated to be released on October 2, 2007, but was changed to February 5, 2008. The reason for the date change is unconfirmed but may have been due to the fact that the band was in the midst of their 2007 fall tour promoting The Else.

[edit] Videos

Playhouse Disney began airing videos from Here Come the 123s in November 2007, including "One Everything" and "Zeroes". Additional videos were added to the rotation in the following weeks. In January 2008, Disney and the band began releasing weekly episodes of the They Might Be Giants Friday Night Family Podcast, which featured one video per week from the 123s, and sometimes videos from the ABCs.

Several of the videos feature animation by artists that have collaborated with TMBG on prior projects, including: The Brothers Chaps ("Figure Eight"), Divya Srinivasan ("High Five!"), and Hine Mizushima ("The Secret Life Of Six"). In addition, The Puppet Johns and Deeply Felt Puppet Theater make several appearances in the DVD's videos.

[edit] Sales

The 123s spent eight weeks on the Billboard Top Internet Albums chart and has spent nineteen weeks on the Billboard Top Kid Audio chart. It also spent one short week at slot #172 on The Billboard 200, making it TMBG's first children's album to crack that chart. It peaked at #9 on the Top Kid Audio chart, despite spending 8 weeks on the top of Amazon's sales charts for Children's Music. As of July 2008, it had sold 40,000 copies according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. Strong Amazon sales of the album also fueled a resurgence of interest in Here Come The ABCs, which climbed back to #2 on the Amazon Children's Music charts at one point.

[edit] Accolades

Later that year, the album won a "Silver Honor" at the 2008 Parents' Choice Awards in the "Music" category.

[edit] CD Track Listing

1. Here Come The 123s (0:08)
2. Zeroes (1:06)
3. One Everything (2:52)
4. Number Two (2:19)
5. Triops Has Three Eyes (2:35)
6. Apartment Four (1:21)
7. High Five! (2:23)
8. The Secret Life Of Six (2:01)
9. Seven (2:09)
10. Seven Days of the Week (I Never Go To Work) (1:54)
11. Figure Eight (2:36)
12. Pirate Girls Nine (1:21)
13. Nine Bowls Of Soup (2:12)
14. Ten Mississippi (0:51)
15. One Dozen Monkeys (1:34)
16. Eight Hundred And Thirteen Mile Car Trip (0:57)
17. Infinity (3:13)
18. I Can Add (2:04)
19. Nonagon (1:23)
20. Even Numbers (2:35)
21. Ooh La! Ooh La! (1:56)
22. Heart Of The Band (1:39)
23. Hot Dog! (2:29)
24. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Theme (0:57)
25. One Two Three Four (Amazon.com Exclusive Bonus Track) (1:11)
26. John Lee Supertaster (Live) (Amazon.com Exclusive Bonus Track) (3:09)
27. Bed Bed Bed Bed Bed (Live) (Amazon.com Exclusive Bonus Track) (2:13)

[edit] DVD Track Listing

1. Here Come The 123s
2. Zeroes
3. One Everything
4. Number Two
5. Triops Has Three Eyes
6. Apartment Four
7. High Five!
8. The Secret Life Of Six
9. Seven
10. Seven Days of the Week (I Never Go To Work)
11. Figure Eight
12. Pirate Girls Nine
13. Nine Bowls Of Soup
14. Ten Mississippi
15. One Dozen Monkeys
16. Eight Hundred And Thirteen Mile Car Trip
17. I Can Add
18. Nonagon
19. Even Numbers
20. Ooh La! Ooh La!
21. Heart Of The Band
22. Hot Dog!
23. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Theme
24. One Two Three Four (Amazon.com Exclusive Bonus Track)

[edit] Trivia / Info

• The Amazon.com exclusive version of Here Come the 123s includes three bonus CD tracks ("One Two Three Four," "John Lee Supertaster (Live)," and "Bed, Bed, Bed (Live)") and a bonus video on the DVD ("One Two Three Four").
• At the August 1, 2007 Bowery Ballroom show, TMBG's rendition of "Bed Bed Bed Bed Bed" was recorded as an Amazon-exclusive bonus track for the CD. The Amazon bonus track live version of "John Lee Supertaster" is from the November 4, 2005 San Fransisco performance.
• The songs "Here Come The 123s," "Ten Mississippi," and "Nonagon" are on the tracklisting on the disc but not on the outside tracklisting.

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