This Here Giraffe Explained

This Here Giraffe
Cover:This Here Giraffe.jpg
Type:single
Artist:The Flaming Lips
Album:Clouds Taste Metallic
Released:February 1996
Recorded:1995
Genre:Alternative rock, neo-psychedelia, noise pop
Length:3:49
Label:Warner Bros.
Producer:The Flaming Lips
Prev Title:Bad Days
Prev Year:1995
Next Title:Brainville
Next Year:1996

"This Here Giraffe" is a song by American Psychedelic rock group The Flaming Lips. The song was released as a single from their 1995 album Clouds Taste Metallic.

The single was released exclusively in the UK on two CDs through Warner Bros. Records. It was accompanied by a music video directed by Sofia Coppola. The CD is notable because it was produced in the shape of a star.

In February 2015, it was played live alongside all the songs from the album at First Avenue for the first and only time ever.

Track listings

CD 1
  1. "This Here Giraffe"
  2. "Jets Part 2" (live Peel Session version - recorded 1992)
  3. "Life on Mars" (Written by David Bowie) (live Peel Session version - recorded 1992)
CD 2 (star-shaped)
  1. "This Here Giraffe"
  2. "The Sun" (live Peel Session version - recorded 1992)
  3. "Hit Me Like You Did the First Time" (live Peel Session version - recorded 1992)