Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

E775382

song song recording

"Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" is a 1953 novelty song, later famously covered by They Might Be Giants, known for its playful lyrics about the renaming of Constantinople to Istanbul.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (They Might Be Giants version)	0

Statements (27)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	song ⓘ song recording ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
coveredBy	They Might Be Giants NERFINISHED ⓘ
famouslyCoveredBy	They Might Be Giants NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	alternative ⓘ alternative rock ⓘ novelty ⓘ pop ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ English ⓘ
hasNotableLyric	"That's nobody's business but the Turks" ⓘ "Why did Constantinople get the works?" ⓘ
hasNotableVersion	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (They Might Be Giants version) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubject	city renaming ⓘ historical geography ⓘ
isCoverOf	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) NERFINISHED ⓘ
lyricTheme	playful wordplay ⓘ renaming of Constantinople to Istanbul ⓘ
notableFor	playful lyrics about city name change ⓘ
originalArtist	The Four Lads NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalReleaseYear	1953 ⓘ
performedBy	The Four Lads NERFINISHED ⓘ They Might Be Giants NERFINISHED ⓘ
referencesPlace	Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ Istanbul NERFINISHED ⓘ
title	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Four Lads → notableWork → Istanbul (Not Constantinople) ⓘ