Here Comes Science
studio
ArtistThey Might Be Giants
CoverHere Comes Science.jpg
ReleasedSeptember 1, 2009
Recorded2000 ("What is a Shooting Star?"), 2004 ("The Bloodmobile"), 2007 ("How Many Planets?", "Roy G. Biv"), Mid-2008 – February 2009
StudioKampo Studios, Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States,
Collyer Brothers Studio, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States,
The Governor's Bluff, Sullivan County, United States,
Coyote Studio, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States
GenreChildren's, educational
Length39:46
LabelIdlewild/Disney
ProducerThey Might Be Giants,
Pat Dillett
Prev year2008
Next year2011

Here Comes Science is the fourth children's album and fourteenth studio album by American alternative rock band They Might Be Giants. It was packaged as a CD/DVD set. The album is science-themed, and is the third in their line of educational albums, following Here Come the ABCs (2005) and Here Come the 123s (2008). It was nominated for the "Best Musical Album for Children" Grammy.[1]

"I Am a Paleontologist" was featured in a Payless ShoeSource commercial featuring kids inside a dinosaur museum.

Track listing

The CD track listing is the same as the DVD track listing, with the exception of the bonus track "Waves", which is absent from the DVD.

Personnel

They Might Be Giants

Additional musicians

  • Robin Goldwasser – additional vocals (4, 5, 8, 13)
  • Hannah & Niffer Levine – additional vocals (16)
  • Lena & Kai Weinkauf – additional vocals (3)
  • Dan Levine – trombone, bass trombone, arrangement, alto horn, euphonium
  • Stan Harrison – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute
  • Curt Ramm – trumpet, flugelhorn, trumpet solo
  • Michael Leonhart – trumpet, flugelhorn, mellophone
  • Jonathan Levine – piccolo, alto flute, alto saxophone, bass clarinet

References

  1. ^ "They Might Be Giants". Grammys. Retrieved July 24, 2025.