Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (track)
by They Might Be Giants

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Istanbul (Not Constantinople) by They Might Be Giants
Year: 1990
From the album Flood (track #4)

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86/100 (from 88 votes)

     

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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)

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Rating	Date updated	Member	Track ratings	Avg. track rating
75/100	12/14/2025 20:35	Exist-en-ciel	86,917	71/100
85/100	08/09/2025 12:55	Igtonumama	31,385	81/100
100/100	02/12/2025 19:34	EntDoesStuff	1,936	87/100
95/100	08/31/2024 16:27	ExTeaSea	12,714	85/100
85/100	10/15/2023 19:26	Aaron98	7,024	90/100

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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 85.9/100, a mean average of 86.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.6.

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From GawdIDontKnow 10/04/2015 09:06 | #150931

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.

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From koner1 05/28/2015 03:59 | #142531

Talk about an ear-worm

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