It’s hard for me to think of Ting Tings as anything more than a band created to sell Mac products and appear on children’s programs, but there are adults who listen to them outside their jingles: the BBC and experts of British descent, for instance. We Started Nothing’s “That’s Not My Name” is a pretty popular song. The UK duo excel at glossy visuals. This video — complete with glow-in-the-dark “Hollaback” drum line and jump ropers and two well-dressed Tings — should do the trick.

We’ll locate a universal embed ASAP.

We Started Nothing is out via Columbia. You can see them in person:

03/14 – Toronto, ON @ Mod Club
03/15 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg
03/16 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
03/18 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
03/19 – Philadelphia, PA @ Sanctuary
03/20 – Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club
03/21 – Carborro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
03/23 – Norfolk, VA @ Club Norva
03/24 – Richmond, VA @ Canal Club
03/26 – S. Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits
03/27 – Miami, FL @ Bicentennial Park (Ultrafest)
03/28 – Orlando, FL @ The Social
03/29 – Ybor city, FL @ Orpheum
03/31 – Tallahassee, FL @ Club Down Under
04/02 – Birmingham, AL @ Workplay Theater
04/03 – St. Louis, MO @ Blueberry Hill
04/05 – Chicago, IL @ Club Metro
04/06 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Varsity Theater
04/07 – Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar
04/08 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
04/09 – Salt Lake City @ UT Urban Lounge
04/11 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
04/12 – Seattle, WA @ Crocodile Cafe
04/13 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
04/15 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore

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Comments (23)
  1. thoughtbrain  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2009
    • stacy  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2009

      doesn’t work outside the US

  2. matt  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2009

    The LA Riots remix is the only way I can listen to this song. This video is useless

  3. Grendelsbacon  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2009

    I liked that song. Then I got like 4 seconds into the video and it’s just too much.

  4. meANDmy_mONKEY  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2009

    I really can’t decide how i feel about the Ting Tings. There music is extremely catchy… but i just don’t know.

  5. Joe  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2009

    The Ting Tings, Calvin Harris, Lil Wayne and the Killers? Come on stereogum, pick up the game.

  6. hsrhtrhehhate  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2009

    where’s Tony Basil?

  7. bobby  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2009

    I love the Tings Tings

  8. sarah katherine  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2009

    the video is kinda cool but that song is awful.

  9. JRstone  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2009

    Hey Stereogum awesome report on the new Ting Tings video! I can always rely on you guys to give me the scoop on all the newest underground indie bands out there right now, Thanks!

    • Frankie  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2009

      Yeah Gum, please don’t cover bands once they achieve a modicum of success. Once a group becomes popular we should pretend it doesn’t exist. Only the indiest of the indie plz!

  10. d33r  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2009

    this is one of the most annoying songs I’ve ever heard, it’s like your ears want to turn themselves inside out!

  11. star  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2009

    Who cares if they’ve gotten successful? They’re loud, they’re catchy, and they’re very Now. Just roll with it and get your undies out of a bunch.

  12. mbone  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2009

    Hmmm. looking at their tour dates, wonder who is playing COACHELLA…

  13. glazzy  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2009

    You forgot to mention that the Ting Tings were also made to appear on MTV.

  14. Gracing the Stage  |   Posted on Jan 27th, 2009

    Why does Stereogum tease us Canadian readers so?

  15. Richaod  |   Posted on Jan 27th, 2009

    The more attractive I find Katie White, the worse their music becomes…

  16. Frank Drebbin  |   Posted on Jan 27th, 2009

    There they go ripping off The Kills again…

    KCG

  17. j  |   Posted on Jan 27th, 2009

    didn’t this come out a LONG time ago?

  18. Matt  |   Posted on Jan 29th, 2009

    Nobody likes this band, right?

  19. mathyou  |   Posted on Jan 31st, 2009

    so what is her name?

  20. PCL  |   Posted on Feb 12th, 2009

    When I hear the start of “That’s not my name” on the radio, I usually have time to change the station. But if I catch it in the middle, I find it hard to reach the knob before spontaneously exclaiming “SHUT THE F*** UP!” at the radio. It is the most annoying song I’ve heard in a long time.

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