I Like Fun

The band began recording on April 3, 2017,{{Cite tweet |number=847626269072146453 |author=They Might Be Giants |author-link=They Might Be Giants |user=tmbg |date=March 30, 2017 |title=We formally start recording our next album on Monday. Until then... |access-date=January 12, 2018}} at Reservoir Studios (former site of Skyline Studios),{{cite web |url=http://www.reservoirstudiosnyc.com/about/ |title=ABOUT |website=reservoirstudiosnyc.com |access-date=January 12, 2018}} using the same studio space the band used to record Flood.{{cite web |url=https://theymightbegiants.merchdirect.com/products/62041-i-like-fun-download |title=I Like Fun Download |website=They Might Be Giants |access-date=January 12, 2018}} In October 2017, the band confirmed the album was scheduled to be released on January 19, 2018, along with the return of their Dial-A-Song service.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/they-might-be-giants-preview-new-lp-with-jovial-power-pop-song-w509614 |title=They Might Be Giants Preview New LP With Jovial Power-Pop Song |last=Reed |first=Ryan |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=January 12, 2018 |archive-date=January 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112160601/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/they-might-be-giants-preview-new-lp-with-jovial-power-pop-song-w509614 |url-status=dead}}

The album's track listing was revealed on October 23, alongside an early download of the track "I Left My Body".{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-like-fun/1294804525 |title=I Like Fun - Album by They Might Be Giants - Apple Music |date=January 19, 2018 |website=Apple Music |access-date=January 12, 2018}}

Before the release of the full album, three songs—one with a music video—were uploaded to YouTube, with uploads to iTunes following shortly afterward. The songs were, in order of release, "I Left My Body",

{{cite AV media |people=They Might Be Giants |date=October 23, 2017 |title=They Might Be Giants - I Left My Body (Official Audio) |type=YouTube video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx9O2yfRJOE |access-date=March 4, 2018 |publisher=ParticleMen}} "Last Wave" (December 1, 2017),

{{cite AV media |people=They Might Be Giants |date=December 1, 2017 |title=They Might Be Giants - Last Wave (Official Audio) |type=YouTube video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-1SqAJHhFc |access-date=March 4, 2018 |publisher=ParticleMen}} and "All Time What" (January 3, 2018), the latter of which featured a video.

{{cite AV media |people=They Might Be Giants |date=January 3, 2018 |title=They Might Be Giants - All Time What (Official Video) |type=YouTube video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpEOqDp67Sw |access-date=March 4, 2018 |publisher=ParticleMen}}

I Like Fun was available for pre-release streaming on January 11, 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/01/11/576871943/first-listen-they-might-be-giants-i-like-fun |title=First Listen: They Might Be Giants, 'I Like Fun' |last=Moon |first=Tom |website=NPR |date=January 11, 2018 |access-date=January 12, 2018}} The album was released physically and digitally on January 19, 2018.{{cite web |url=https://tmbg.bandcamp.com/album/i-like-fun |title=I Like Fun - They Might Be Giants |website=Bandcamp |access-date=February 17, 2024}}

After the release of the full album, as part of Dial-A-Song 2018, They Might Be Giants continued to release videos for all but three of the songs. A music video for the title track "I Like Fun" was created by Canadian artist Joren Cull.{{cite web |url=https://www.spin.com/2018/01/they-might-be-giants-i-like-fun-video/ |last=Salisbury |first=Drew |title=Video: They Might Be Giants – "I Like Fun" |website=Spin |date=January 17, 2018 |access-date=February 17, 2024}}{{cite AV media |people=They Might Be Giants |date=January 17, 2018 |title=They Might Be Giants - I Like Fun (Official Video) |type=YouTube video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn3BZvGroKg |publisher=ParticleMen |access-date=January 25, 2024}}

{{Track listing

| all_writing = They Might Be Giants, except where noted.

| title1 = Let's Get This Over With

| length1 = 3:07

| title2 = I Left My Body

| length2 = 2:36

| title3 = All Time What

| length3 = 2:29

| title4 = By the Time You Get This

| length4 = 2:17

| title5 = An Insult to the Fact Checkers

| length5 = 2:34

| title6 = Mrs. Bluebeard

| length6 = 2:43

| title7 = I Like Fun

| length7 = 3:00

| title8 = Push Back the Hands

| length8 = 3:00

| title9 = This Microphone

| length9 = 2:36

| title10 = The Bright Side

| length10 = 2:29

| title11 = When the Lights Come On

| length11 = 3:17

| title12 = Lake Monsters

| length12 = 2:56

| title13 = McCafferty's Bib

| length13 = 2:35

| title14 = The Greatest

| length14 = 1:48

| writer14 = They Might Be Giants, Christopher Albert Anderson

| title15 = Last Wave

| length15 = 3:24

| total_length = 40:51

}}

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Credits adapted from CD liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=I Like Fun |author=They Might Be Giants |type=CD liner notes |date=2018 |publisher=Idlewild Recordings |location=Palisades, New York |id=IDLE 144}}

They Might Be Giants

• John Linnell – vocals, keyboards, woodwinds, etc.
• John Flansburgh – vocals, guitars, programming, etc.

Additional musicians

• Marty Beller – drums, percussion
• Danny Weinkauf – bass guitar
• Dan Miller – guitars
• Curt Ramm – trumpet (7, 15)
• Chris Anderson – Mellotron (14)

Technical

• Pat Dillett – producer, mixing
• They Might Be Giants – producers
• James Yost – engineer
• UE Nastasi – mastering
• Paul Sahre – design
• Joe Hollier – photography

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