I Palindrome I

"I Palindrome I"
Single by They Might Be Giants
from the album Apollo 18
Released	May 7, 1992
Recorded	March 1991 "Siftin" instrumental track recorded in late 1989 and slightly remixed in 1991
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	12:04
Label	Elektra
They Might Be Giants singles chronology
"The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)" (1992) "I Palindrome I" (1992) "O Tannenbaum" (1993)

"I Palindrome I" is a single by American alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants. The title track is one of three singles from Apollo 18, released in 1992 by Elektra Records. The song references numerous actual palindromes. In a review of Apollo 18, Karen Schlosberg said that the lyrics to "I Palindrome I" sound like "Edgar Allan Poe and David Lynch meeting the Monkees".

They Might Be Giants performed the song on Late Night with David Letterman in 1992.Michael McKean recites the lyrics of the song in the documentary Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns.

"Siftin" was used as a pre-recorded intro on the Flood tour in 1989 and 1990. "Cabbagetown" was allegedly played at TMBG's first concert at a Sandinista rally in August 1982.

A list of the palindromes (words that read the same backwards as they do forwards) included within the song is:

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