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|img=ReYourBrains.jpg<br />
|albumname=Thing a Week Two<br />
|length=4:33<br />
|release=03-24-2006<br />
|songlink=Re+Your+Brains<br />
|bloglink=2006/03/24/thing-a-week-26-re-your-brains/}}<br />
"'''Re: Your Brains'''" is a song on [[Jonathan Coulton]]'s fifth album, ''[[Thing a Week Two]]''. It is one of Jonathan's most recognizable and best known songs, a concert staple and an identifier of his place in the [[Wikipedia:Geek rock|geek rock]] genre.<br />
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== History ==<br />
"'''Re: Your Brains'''" was released as the twenty sixth [[Thing a Week]] on March 24th, 2006. It quickly became one of Jonathan's most recognizable songs, becoming the first song to receive a WoW video by [[Spiff]]. <br />
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== Other versions ==<br />
There is also a French version of "Re: Your Brains", available on [[The Aftermath]], called [[Re Vos Cerveaux]].<br />
[http://100robots.com 100 robots] have played a rock/jungle version of "Re: Your Brains" at [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVC6Ak-y2Bo BarCamp Brighton 4] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U_2VFrA0DQ The Dance of the Dead Zombie Prom in London]<br />
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== Live performance ==<br />
"Re: Your Brains" is one of Jonathan's most regularly played songs; it is believed that Jonathan has performed it in every concert since its release. In live performances, the song is almost always played as the closing song of the main portion of the show. It is always introduced as needing audience participation, at which point Jonathan explains to the audience that he needs them to perform the zombie portion of the chorus, instructing them to best sound like properly singing undead. <br />
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== Trivia ==<br />
* There was a large controversy between JoCo fans over whether a colon appears in the title of the song or not. This was caused by the absence of a colon both in the JoCo store and on the Thing a Week 2 CD case. However, upon consulting with JoCo it has been established that the title is supposed to contain a colon.<br />
* Spiff's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjMiDZIY1bM WoW video] for "Re: Your Brains" has been viewed over 2,600,000 times and is often credited by fans as their introduction to Jonathan Coulton.<br />
* In the webcomic ErfWorld, [http://www.erfworld.com/book-1-archive/?px=/014.jpg Book 1 Page 14] features the main character, Parson, listening to "Re: Your Brains" in his car on his way to work.<br />
* The song is one of several available on a working jukebox in "The Parish" campaign of ''[[Wikipedia:Left 4 Dead 2|Left 4 Dead 2]]''. If the survivors stay by the jukebox, an infected horde will appear when the first chorus starts. Also available, although rare, is [[Still Alive]].<br />
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== Availability ==<br />
=== Downloads ===<br />
"Re: Your Brains" is currently only available for purchase in the Jonathan Coulton MP3 Store as an [[joco:songdetails/Re+Your+Brains|individual track]] or as part of ''[[joco:albums//thing-a-week-ii/|Thing a Week II]]''. Of course this song is also included as part of the "Everything" playlist.<br />
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Downloadable FLAC versions of the above are available in the [[joco:store/flac/|Jonathan Coulton FLAC Store]].<br />
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=== CD ===<br />
"Thing a Week II" is available for purchase as a CD [http://cdbaby.com/cd/coulton4 here].<br />
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===Games===<br />
"RE: Your Brains" is one of the jukebox tracks in [http://l4d.com/home.php Left 4 Dead 2]. <br />
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=== Other versions ===<br />
A karaoke version of "Re: Your Brains" is available on the [[joco:store/karaoke/|Jonathan Coulton Karaoke Store]].<br />
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== Themes ==<br />
* [[Sing A Longs]]<br />
* [[Work]]<br />
* [[Zombies]]<br />
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== Audio ==<br />
* [http://www.creegah.com/re_your_brains.mp3 Thumbs Up For Pirate Zombies (8 MB's)] from [[Atlanta, GA: 2008-03-22 | Atlanta show]]<br />
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{{JCLBnav}}</div>72.161.169.149https://wiki.jonathancoulton.com/index.php?title=Talk:Re:_Your_Brains&diff=10414Talk:Re: Your Brains2009-11-22T17:22:28Z<p>72.161.169.149: </p>
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<div>Arggg! Does it not drive anyone else nuts that he didn't put a colon after the Re???<br />
It's making me crazy, I want to go around changing it til I noticed [http://www.jonathancoulton.com/store/downloads here] that theres no colon :( <span class="nounderlinelink" style="color:#FF3399"><strong>~ [[User:Percephene|<span style="color:#FF3399">Percephene</span>]] ~ </strong><small> '''[[User_talk:Percephene|<span style="color:#FFC0CB">talk</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Percephene|<span style="color:#FF3399">contribs</span>]]</small></span> <span style="color:#FF3399"><small>12:27, 29 April 2008</small></span><br />
: I was going to comment on your "pedantic" change in the Zombie category, but let it go for now. Personally, I'm glad there's no colon; it makes formatting here on the Wiki safer. :D --[[User:MitchO|MitchO]] 20:37, 28 April 2008 (EDT)<br />
::Yes I considered that, thats why I only put it in the text for the link rather than just moving the whole darn page, tho I am sorely tempted ;P At Uncyc we have the "HowTo: " pages with no trouble in terms of formatting. <span class="nounderlinelink" style="color:#FF3399"><strong>~ [[User:Percephene|<span style="color:#FF3399">Percephene</span>]] ~ </strong><small> '''[[User_talk:Percephene|<span style="color:#FFC0CB">talk</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Percephene|<span style="color:#FF3399">contribs</span>]]</small></span> <span style="color:#FF3399"><small>12:40, 29 April 2008</small></span><br />
: In a tireless effort to drive you guys batty, I offer this dissonance for your hair-tearing pleasure. In the downloads for both "Re Your Brains" and "Re Vos Cerveaux" MP3s in the JoCo store, the filenames do, indeed, omit colons. However, the tags describing the song titles do, in fact, use colons. In fact, the titles of the songs in your MP3 player of choice will read "Re: Your Brains" and "Re: Vos Cerveaux". &mdash; <span style="font-variant:small-caps">[[User:Wesley|Wesley]]</span> | 09:18, 25 May 2008 (EDT)<br />
::I dunno, we've gotta pick something for consistency's sake, and I'd be inclined to always follow the title given at the song-details page. (If I recall correctly, the metadata for [[Todd the T1000]] gives its title as "Todd.") Welcome back from vacation, by the way! --[[User:Bry|Bry]] 09:44, 25 May 2008 (EDT)<br />
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I'm not quite sure about this, so I want to be safe: Can I use the song "Re: Your brains" in a school project?<br />
Non commersial.<br />
Will be put out on the internet later, I belive.<br />
-The Virus of Evil Eye<br />
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FYI, this is one of the songs in the juke-box in Left 4 Dead 2 (and in the demo). [[Special:Contributions/72.161.169.149|72.161.169.149]] 12:22, 22 November 2009 (EST)</div>72.161.169.149https://wiki.jonathancoulton.com/index.php?title=Talk:Re:_Your_Brains&diff=10413Talk:Re: Your Brains2009-11-22T17:22:01Z<p>72.161.169.149: /* ==Left 4 Dead 2== */ new section</p>
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<div>Arggg! Does it not drive anyone else nuts that he didn't put a colon after the Re???<br />
It's making me crazy, I want to go around changing it til I noticed [http://www.jonathancoulton.com/store/downloads here] that theres no colon :( <span class="nounderlinelink" style="color:#FF3399"><strong>~ [[User:Percephene|<span style="color:#FF3399">Percephene</span>]] ~ </strong><small> '''[[User_talk:Percephene|<span style="color:#FFC0CB">talk</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Percephene|<span style="color:#FF3399">contribs</span>]]</small></span> <span style="color:#FF3399"><small>12:27, 29 April 2008</small></span><br />
: I was going to comment on your "pedantic" change in the Zombie category, but let it go for now. Personally, I'm glad there's no colon; it makes formatting here on the Wiki safer. :D --[[User:MitchO|MitchO]] 20:37, 28 April 2008 (EDT)<br />
::Yes I considered that, thats why I only put it in the text for the link rather than just moving the whole darn page, tho I am sorely tempted ;P At Uncyc we have the "HowTo: " pages with no trouble in terms of formatting. <span class="nounderlinelink" style="color:#FF3399"><strong>~ [[User:Percephene|<span style="color:#FF3399">Percephene</span>]] ~ </strong><small> '''[[User_talk:Percephene|<span style="color:#FFC0CB">talk</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Percephene|<span style="color:#FF3399">contribs</span>]]</small></span> <span style="color:#FF3399"><small>12:40, 29 April 2008</small></span><br />
: In a tireless effort to drive you guys batty, I offer this dissonance for your hair-tearing pleasure. In the downloads for both "Re Your Brains" and "Re Vos Cerveaux" MP3s in the JoCo store, the filenames do, indeed, omit colons. However, the tags describing the song titles do, in fact, use colons. In fact, the titles of the songs in your MP3 player of choice will read "Re: Your Brains" and "Re: Vos Cerveaux". &mdash; <span style="font-variant:small-caps">[[User:Wesley|Wesley]]</span> | 09:18, 25 May 2008 (EDT)<br />
::I dunno, we've gotta pick something for consistency's sake, and I'd be inclined to always follow the title given at the song-details page. (If I recall correctly, the metadata for [[Todd the T1000]] gives its title as "Todd.") Welcome back from vacation, by the way! --[[User:Bry|Bry]] 09:44, 25 May 2008 (EDT)<br />
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I'm not quite sure about this, so I want to be safe: Can I use the song "Re: Your brains" in a school project?<br />
Non commersial.<br />
Will be put out on the internet later, I belive.<br />
-The Virus of Evil Eye<br />
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== ==Left 4 Dead 2== ==<br />
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FYI, this is one of the songs in the juke-box in Left 4 Dead 2 (and in the demo). [[Special:Contributions/72.161.169.149|72.161.169.149]] 12:22, 22 November 2009 (EST)</div>72.161.169.149