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"Thing a Week II" is available for purchase as a CD [http://cdbaby.com/cd/coulton4 here].
 
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"RE: Your Brains" is one of the jukebox tracks in [http://l4d.com/home.php Left 4 Dead 2].
  
 
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Re: Your Brains
ReleaseThing a Week Two
Length4:33
Release date03-24-2006
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"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 geek rock genre.

History

"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.

Other versions

There is also a French version of "Re: Your Brains", available on The Aftermath, called Re Vos Cerveaux. 100 robots have played a rock/jungle version of "Re: Your Brains" at BarCamp Brighton 4 and The Dance of the Dead Zombie Prom in London

Live performance

"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.

Trivia

  • 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.
  • Spiff's 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.
  • In the webcomic ErfWorld, Book 1 Page 14 features the main character, Parson, listening to "Re: Your Brains" in his car on his way to work.
  • The song is one of several available on a working jukebox in "The Parish" campaign of 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.

Availability

Downloads

"Re: Your Brains" 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

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

Games

"RE: Your Brains" is one of the jukebox tracks in Left 4 Dead 2.

Other versions

A karaoke version of "Re: Your Brains" is available on the Jonathan Coulton Karaoke Store.

Themes

Audio

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
JoCo Looks Back
1. Code Monkey · 2. Ikea · 3. I Feel Fantastic · 4. Mandelbrot Set · 5. Tom Cruise Crazy · 6. Shop Vac · 7. Chiron Beta Prime · 8. I'm Your Moon · 9. My Monkey · 10. Skullcrusher Mountain · 11. I Crush Everything · 12. When You Go · 13. A Talk with George · 14. You Ruined Everything · 15. Creepy Doll · 16. Mr. Fancy Pants · 17. Baby Got Back · 18. First of May · 19. Re: Your Brains · 20. The Future Soon