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Apollo 18 by They Might Be Giants
Apollo 18 is an album by They Might Be Giants, released in 1992. 5 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 50 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “The Statue Got Me High”, on 17 lists with a best position of #82.
Apollo 18, They Might Be Giants' fourth album, came out on Elektra on March 24, 1992, named for the cancelled moon mission and tied to International Space Year, for which NASA made the Brooklyn duo its official musical ambassadors. It's also where John Flansburgh and John Linnell set out on purpose to stretch beyond their early sound, reaching for straighter rock rhythms and fuller arrangements, and it was the last record they made as just the two of them.
The weirdness hasn't gone anywhere, though. The "Fingertips" suite crams in twenty-one tiny songs, most of them over in under thirty seconds, and "I Palindrome I" and "The Statue Got Me High" pack bright, bouncy hooks. Critics liked the darker tone, but it stalled at 99 on the Billboard 200, well short of Flood, and some fans grumbled when the pair took a full backing band with live drums on the road.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Apollo 18 on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Statue Got Me High | 17 | #82 | – | 1992–2014 | |
| 2 | I Palindrome I | 15 | #30 | – | 1992–2014 | |
| 3 | See The Constellation | 7 | #1700 | – | 1999–2005 | |
| 4 | Mammal | 7 | #1787 | – | 1999–2005 | |
| 5 | Narrow Your Eyes | 4 | #1858 | – | 1999–2002 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.