Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (track)
by They Might Be Giants
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) appears on the following album(s) by They Might Be Giants:
- Flood (track #4) (this album) (1990)
- A User's Guide To They Might Be Giants (track #7) (compilation) (2005)
- Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants (track #6) (compilation) (2002)
- Flood Live In America (track #5) (2025)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/11/2026 02:20 |  imacgill | 32,915 | 81/100 |
| ! | 12/14/2025 20:35 | Exist-en-ciel | 168,237 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/09/2025 12:55 |  Igtonumama | 31,383 | 81/100 |
| ! | 02/12/2025 19:34 | EntDoesStuff | 1,936 | 87/100 |
| ! | 08/31/2024 16:27 |  ExTeaSea | 12,981 | 85/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 86.0/100, a mean average of 86.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.6.
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This is a cover. I didn't know. The TMBG version is super solid and catchy, so I can see why no one knows that it is a cover. They added a lot of style to it.
koner1 05/28/2015 03:59 | #142531
Talk about an ear-worm
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