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“The Statue Got Me High” by They Might Be Giants

From the album Apollo 18 (1992)

“The Statue Got Me High” by They Might Be Giants appears on 17 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1992 and 2014. It was first released in 1992 on the album Apollo 18. Its best result is #82 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #231 alternative song of 1992 and #1,210 alternative song of all time.

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"The Statue Got Me High" was one of three singles They Might Be Giants took from Apollo 18, their fourth studio album, out on Elektra in 1992, and one of only two of them to chart; "The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)" came next. John Flansburgh and John Linnell wrote it and produced it themselves, with Paul Angelli recording, Edward Douglas engineering and Alan Winstanley mixing, Bruce Calder and Brian Pollack assisting.

The album was the duo's first deliberate push past their early sound, toward more conventional rock rhythms and bigger arrangements, and the last one they recorded as just the two of them. It took its name from the cancelled Apollo 18 mission, and NASA made the pair official musical ambassadors for International Space Year.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

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Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1992	82	Live 105 San Francisco, CA	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1992	105

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1999	1395	CD101	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	2000
2000	1395	CD101	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)	2001
2001	1400	CD101	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)	2002
2002	1399	CD101	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)	2003
2002	832	Fred (XM 44)	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)	2002
2003	1385	CD101	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)	2004
2003	602	Fred (XM 44)	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)	2044
2004	1385	CD101	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)	2005
2005	1384	CD101	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)	1994
2007	719	CD101	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)	2008
2008	720	CD101	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)	2009
2009	740	CD101	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)	2010
2010	755	CD101	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)	2011
2011	785	CD101	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)	2011
2013	786	CD101	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)	2012
2014	800	CD101	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)	2013

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