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TIL that the reason why Tim Nordwind lipsyncs the lyrics in some of OK Go's earlier music videos instead of Damian Kulash (the actual singer) singing is a reference to a song on their debut album called "C-C-C-Cinnamon Lips (On Chica-go-go)" which Tim does the lead vocals on.

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