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They Might Be Giants – Mr. Xcitement (2001) | Track profile | Dork

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Mink Car
Mr. Xcitement

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They Might Be Giants

Mr. Xcitement

Release date: 11th September 2001

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About This Track

"Mr. Xcitement" is a track by They Might Be Giants, from the album Mink Car, released 11th September 2001. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

They Might Be Giants

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Lyrics

Mr. Xcitement

[Intro]

Let it be known

They Might Be Giants, Doughty, the Elegant Too

Mr. Xcitement

[Refrain]

Café con pan café con pan café con pan

Café con pan café con pan café con pan

Café con pan café con pan café con pan

Café con pan café con pan

[Verse 1]

Rock on, my hubba, the beat is blubba

Bein' stingy on the pike collect the one into the otha'

Careen in tandem, the sea into the landem

The people in the pix they want to scarf and dig the clamdem

[Chorus]

Awwwwwwww (Awwwwwwww) YES (yes yes yes yes yes yes....)

Mr. Xcitement

Awwwwwwww (Awwwwwwww) YES (yes yes yes yes yes yes....)

Mr. Xcitement

[Verse 2]

We nix the glaben (café con pan)

The knifey-knife is staben (café con pan café con pan)

Protrude into the hoobalicious (café con pan)

Scoff the extra aden (café con pan)

I write the mooky (café con pan café con pan)

My verse is extra spooky (café con pan)

Like Flansy in a soda can it's trooky trooky trooky

(Café con pan café con pan café con pan)

[Chorus]

Awwwwwwww (Awwwwwwww) YES (yes yes yes yes yes yes yes....)

Mr. Xcitement

Awwwwwwww (Awwwwwwww) YES (yes yes yes yes yes yes yes....)

Mr. Xcitement

Mr. Xcitement

Xcitement

Mr. Xcitement

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]

Awwwwwwww

Mr. Xcitement

Awwwwwwww (Awwwwwwww)

Mr. Xcitement

Xcitement

Mr. Xcitement

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Track details

From Mink Car

2001

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Album

They Might Be Giants

Release year

2001

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—Hopeless Bleak Despair
—I've Got a Fang
—Working Undercover for the Man
—Finished with Lies
—My Man
—Wicked Little Critta
—Yeh Yeh
—(She Thinks She’s) Edith Head
—Mr. Xcitement
—Drink!
—Mink Car

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They Might Be Giants — Mr. Xcitement

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Chris Maxwell, Dan Levine, John Flansburgh, John Linnell, Mike Doughty, Phil Hernandez
Producer: The Elegant Too, They Might Be Giants
Bass: Chris Maxwell
Guitar: John Flansburgh
Keyboards: John Linnell
Vocals: Mike Doughty
Mixing Engineer: John Holbrook
Programmer: Phil Hernandez
Recording Engineer: John Holbrook
Speaking Voice: John Flansburgh
Trombone: Dan Levine
Trumpet: Jim O’Connor