Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

Name: Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Duration: 2 min 35 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.4	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	2:38	They Might Be Giants	Flood	They Might Be Giants	Album	US1990-01-05	Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present)	9 60907-2
1.4	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	2:38	They Might Be Giants	Flood (EW835)	They Might Be Giants	Album	XE1998	Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present)	7559-60907-2

engineer:	Paul Angelli Roger Moutenot
producer:	Clive Langer Alan Winstanley (English record producer)
mixer:	Roger Moutenot
trumpet:	Charlie Spalvida
violin:	Mark Feldman (American violinist)

has remixes:	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Brownsville mix) (in 1990)
mash-ups:	Aeroscience by V‐FUN The End of the Game by Shovelware (US artist)
music videos:	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Tiny Toons version)

stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/track/63vL5oxWrlvaJ0ayNaQnbX [info]

recording of:	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (cover)

lyricist:	Jimmy Kennedy (Irish songwriter)
composer:	Nat Simon

later parody versions:	Take the Gold (But Don't Touch the Idol)
later translated parody versions:	Konstant i Opel
later translated versions:	Istamboul Istanbul (Finnish translation of Istanbul (Not Constantinople))
is the basis for:	Let England Shake