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"'''Don't Talk to Strangers'''", a cover of the 80s [[wikipedia:Rick_Springfield|Rick Springfield]] tune, is a song on [[Jonathan Coulton]]'s fifth album, [[Thing a Week Two]].
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"'''Don't Talk to Strangers'''", a cover of the '80s [[wikipedia:Rick_Springfield|Rick Springfield]] tune, is a song on [[Jonathan Coulton]]'s fifth album, [[Thing a Week Two]].
  
 
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* [[Len]]'s [[Visual Thing a Week]] is a reinterpretation of the album cover of "Working Class Dog", the album that "Don't Talk to Strangers" is from.
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* [[Len]]'s [[Visual Thing a Week]] is a reinterpretation of the album cover of ''[[Wikipedia:Working Class Dog|Working Class Dog]]'', Rick Springfield's most famous album. ("Don't Talk to Strangers" is actually from another Rick Springfield album, ''[[Wikipedia:Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet|Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet]]''.)
  
 
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== Availability ==

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Don't Talk to Strangers
ReleaseThing a Week Two
Length3:09
Release date03-10-2006
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"Don't Talk to Strangers", a cover of the '80s Rick Springfield tune, is a song on Jonathan Coulton's fifth album, Thing a Week Two.

History[edit]

"Don't Talk to Strangers" was first covered for a Little Gray Books Lecture (Lecture # 14). Jonathan decided to "flesh out" the arrangement, and it was later released as the twenty fourth Thing a Week on March 10th, 2006.

Live performance[edit]

"Don't Talk to Strangers" is believed to have never been played at a Jonathan Coulton concert.

Trivia[edit]

Availability[edit]

Downloads[edit]

"Don't Talk to Strangers" is currently only available for purchase in the Jonathan Coulton MP3 Store as an individual track or as part of Thing a Week II. Of course, this song is also included as part of the "Everything" playlist.

Downloadable FLAC versions of the above are available in the Jonathan Coulton FLAC Store.

CD[edit]

"Thing a Week II" is available for purchase as a CD here.

Themes[edit]

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Thing-a-Week Two
1. Flickr · 2. Resolutions · 3. You Could Be Her · 4. I Will · 5. Dance, Soterios Johnson, Dance · 6. So Far So Good · 7. Curl · 8. Chiron Beta Prime · 9. Take Care of Me · 10. A Talk with George · 11. Don't Talk to Strangers · 12. Stroller Town · 13. Re: Your Brains