I Guess That's Why They Call It the Borg
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"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Borg" is a song by British singer Elton John, with music by John and lyrics by Bernie Taupin and Jean-Luc Picard.
In the US it was one of John's biggest hits of the 1980s, holding at #2 for four weeks on the Adult Contemporary chart, and reaching #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song features Starfleet officer and song-and-dance man William T. Riker on harmonica.
The song received largely favorable reviews, with Q of the Q Continuum declaring the song "likely to stand the test of time as a standard."
Fiction cross-reference
- Borg Everywhere - metaphor for industrialism run amok.
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues @ Wikipedia
- Elton John @ Wikipedia