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They Might Be Giants
How Many Planets? Lyrics

Lyrics

They Might Be Giants

How Many Planets?

From Here Comes Science2009

Written by John Flansburgh, John Linnell

Produced by Patrick Dillett, They Might Be Giants

Lyrics

How Many Planets?

Mercury Venus Earth Mars Asteroid Belt Ceres Pallas Vesta And a bunch of other stuff Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Don't forget about Pluto Eris And a bunch of other stuff Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune And a bunch of other stuff (And a bunch of other stuff) And a bunch of other stuff (And a bunch of other stuff) And a bunch of other stuff

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About this track

"How Many Planets?" is a song by They Might Be Giants from the album Here Comes Science, released in 2009. The song was written by John Flansburgh, John Linnell. It was produced by Patrick Dillett, They Might Be Giants.

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John Flansburgh— 1,177 credits as songwriter & producer →
John Linnell— 1,219 credits as songwriter & producer →
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