List of popular music appearances

This is a list of popular music appearing or mentioned on Futurama. Almost any mention counts. Here, they are listed in the order they appear first;


 * Traditional - She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain (The Series has Landed)
 * Bender performs this song as the credits comes on, though with different lyrics.


 * Bob Dylan - Blowin' in the Wind (The Series has Landed, Bendin' in the Wind)
 * Bender performs this song as he gets a magnet on his head (The Series has Landed).
 * Referenced to by the title of the episode (Bendin' in the Wind).


 * Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (The Series has Landed)
 * Referenced to by Fry with "hey, cool! Dark side of the moon!"


 * The Odd Couple Theme (I, Roommate)
 * Played over the new apartment montage.


 * The Animals - We've gotta get out of this place (I, Roommate, War is the H-Word)
 * Referenced to by Bender with "I gotta get out of here." (I, Roommate)
 * Referenced to by Nixon with "we gotta get out of this planet." (War is the H-Word)


 * Sir Mix-a-lot - Baby Got Back (A Fishful of Dollars)
 * Fry shows off old classics in his 20th century house.


 * Rolls Royes - Car Wash (My Three Suns)
 * Played as Bender goes through the Robot Wash.


 * Vera Lynn - We'll Meet Again (A Big Piece of Garbage)
 * Plays over the credits.


 * Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil went down to Georgia (Hell is Other Robots)
 * The storyline is a reference to this song.


 * Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II - Oh, What a Beautiful Morning (Hell is Other Robots)
 * Bender sings this song when he walks into the Planet Express Building after he found religion in Robotology.


 * Beastie Boys - Intergalatic (Hell is Other Robots)
 * Played at the concert.


 * Beastie Boys - Sabotage (Hell is Other Robots)
 * Played at the concert.


 * Beastie Boys - Super Disco Breakin' (Hell is Other Robots)
 * Lloyd Williams - Shout (Mars University)
 * Played during the montage at the end.


 * Chubby Checker - Let's do the Freddie (When Aliens Attack)
 * Referenced to by Hermes with "ready, Freddie!"


 * Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' (Brannigan, Begin Again)
 * Played over the Zapp and Kif has been fired and looking for money montage.


 * Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit (A Head in the Polls)
 * Performed by Richard Nixon during his announcement to run for president.


 * J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie - Santa Claus is Coming to Town (Xmas Story)
 * Song at the end of the episodes, though with different lyrics and melody. This parody is titled "Santa Claus is Gunning You Down".


 * Traditional - Twelve Days of Christmas (Xmas Story)
 * Song by the robots, with different lyrics, referring to what they stole.


 * Frank Sinatra - You're Lonely and I'm Lonely (Xmas Story)
 * Referenced to by Leela with "you're lonely and I'm lonely and together... we are lonely together".


 * Frank Sinatra - New York, New York theme (The Lesser of two Evils)
 * Played at the Past-o-Rama concert.


 * Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra (A Bicyclops Built for Two, Godfellas, The Sting)
 * Played as the crew enter the Internet in a similar fashion as in 2001 (A Bicyclops Built for Two).
 * Played as Bender floats around in space (Godfellas).
 * Played as Leela opens the coffin in a similar fashion to the monolith from 2001 (The Sting).


 * Donovan - Atlantis (The Deep South)
 * Song as a tourist information stand, with different lyrics, to be about Atlanta, instead of Atlantis. Also played at the end of the episode.


 * Hal David and Burt Bacharach - Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head (Mother's Day)
 * Played during the memory of the relationship between Mom and Farnsworth.


 * Harry Belafonte - The Banana Boat Song (Day-o) (Mother's Day, The Cyber House Rules)
 * Referenced to by Farnsworth with "one foot tall, eight feet, fifteen feet." (Mother's Day)
 * Referenced to by Hermes with "daylight come," and "tally me day banana." (The Cyber House Rules)


 * Traditional - The Sailor's Hornpipe (The Problem with Popplers)
 * Song as the theme song for Popplers by Fry and Bender, with different lyrics.


 * Hanson - MMMBop (Anthology of Interest I)
 * Played while Fry and giant Bender plays in the park, the song ends promptly as the concert is destroyed.


 * Black Sabbath - Iron Man (Anthology of Interest I)
 * Played as the giant Bender flies toward Earth.


 * The M*A*S*H Theme (War Is the H-Word)
 * Played as we see the tents.


 * Katrina & The Waves - Walking on Sunshine (War Is the H-Word, 30% Iron Chef, Jurassic Bark, The Sting)
 * Fry sings it while scrubbing Kif's back during his shower (War is the H-Word).
 * Fry sings it in the shower while Dr. Zoidberg exchanges his t-shirt (30% Iron Chef).
 * Fry sings it while riding his bike with Seymour (Jurassic Bark).
 * It is played on bagpipes by Scruffy at his funeral, to which Amy comments, "he is walking on sunshine now" (The Sting).


 * The Kinks - Lola (Amazon Women in the Mood)
 * Performed by Zapp at the karaoke, though with the character Lola is replaced by Leela.


 * Lipps Inc. - Funkytown (Amazon Women in the Mood)
 * Performed by Morbo at the karaoke.


 * Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart (Amazon Women in the Mood)
 * Performed by Kif at the karaoke.


 * C.W. McCall - Convoy (Parasites Lost)
 * Played as the episode starts, and they enter a truck stop.


 * Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight (The Tale of Two Santas)
 * References to by Leela with "this wangs chung!"


 * Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) (Luck of the Fryrish)
 * Played at the end of the episode.


 * Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody (Bendless Love)
 * Played instrumetally while Bender helps Anglelyne shape a girder into a heart, which is a parody of the pottery scene from Ghost, where this song is a theme.


 * American Breed - Bend Me Shape Me (Bendless Love)
 * Played during the love montage.


 * Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (The Cyber House Rules)
 * Played as Leela gets a second eye montage.


 * Brewster Higley and Daniel Kelley - Home on the Range (Kansas State Anthem) (Where the Buggalo Roams)
 * Referenced to by the title of the episode.


 * Jay Livingston - Ponderosa/Bonanza theme (Where the Buggalo Roams)
 * Song by Bender during the cattle ride.


 * Cypress Hill - Insane in the Brain (Insane in the Mainframe, The Why of the Fry)
 * Referenced to by the title of the episode (Insane in the Mainframe).
 * Referenced to by one of the brains with "are you insane in the membrane?" (The Why of the Fry).


 * Traditional - Frog Went a-Courtin' (Bendin' in the Wind)
 * Bender sings his own version because he doesn't remember the words.


 * Traditional - The Blue-Tailed Fly (Bendin' in the Wind)
 * Bender sings both the original version and his own version of the refrain.


 * Simon & Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair (Bendin' in the Wind)
 * This is performed at Bend-Aid by robot Cylon and Art Garfunkel's descendant.


 * Beck - Sexx Laws (Bendin' in the Wind)
 * Performed by Beck and Bender.


 * Beck - Where It's At (Bendin' in the Wind)
 * Performed by Beck and Bender.


 * Beck - Devil's Haircut (Bendin' in the Wind)
 * Mentioned by Beck.


 * Maceo Pincard - Sweet Georgia Brown (I Second That Emotion, Time Keeps on Slippin', Bender's Big Score (adaptation))
 * Bender whistles this while he does fancy basketball tricks with his head (I Second That Emotion)
 * Played as the Globetrotters lands on Earth (a reference to the theme song of actual Harlem Globetrotters). Bender whistles this again at the end, although slowly. (Time Keeps on Slippin')
 * An adaptation of the song is whistled by the Globetrotters while doing fancy tricks with a piece of chalk. (Bender's Big Score)


 * The Coasters - Along Came Jones (I Dated a Robot)
 * Referenced to by Bender with "and along came Bender."


 * Frederick Weatherly - Danny Boy (A Pharaoh to Remember)
 * Performed by Dr. Zoidberg at the surprise funeral of Bender.


 * Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian (A Pharaoh to Remember)
 * Played as Bender enter as the new Pharaoh.


 * Semisonic - Closing Time (A Pharaoh to Remember)
 * Referenced to by the Pharaoh's advisor with "you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here."


 * Gloria Estefan/Miami Sound Machine - Conga (Anthology of Interest II)
 * Played twice during the Bender becomes a human story.


 * Rush - Tom Sawyer (Anthology of Interest II)
 * Played during the Space Invaders scene.


 * Lonzo & Oscar - I'm my own Grandpa (Roswell that Ends Well)
 * Referenced to by Farnsworth with "Mr I'm-my-own-grandpa."


 * Johann Strauss II - An der schönen blauen Donau (Godfellas)
 * Played as Bender floats around in space.


 * Chopin - Polonaise C-sharp Minor (Godfellas)
 * The tune Bender attempts to perform on his piano.


 * Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance (Future Stock)
 * Performed by That Guy two times during this episode.


 * Joe Esposito - You're The Best (30% Iron Chef)
 * Played over the Bender training to become a chef montage.


 * Rigoletto - La donna e mobile (30% Iron Chef)
 * Performed by the shrimp in Elzar's dish.


 * Cream - Sunshine of your Love (30% Iron Chef)
 * Played as the episode ends.


 * Pizzicato Five - Baby Love Child (Leela's Homeworld)
 * Played during montage showing that Leela's parents were actually with her her whole life.


 * Harry Dacre - Daisy Bell (Love and Rocket)
 * Performed by Bender to the Planet Express Ship.


 * Spin Doctors - Two Princes (Love and Rocket)
 * The song that plays when Bender turn on the radio after Farnsworth have installed the new software.


 * Black Flag - TV Party Tonight (Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television)
 * Played during the Bender at All My Curcuits montage, but also performed by the Planet Express Crew including Dwight and Cubert over the credits.


 * Van McCoy - The Hustle (Jurassic Bark)
 * Performed as Fry's people's native dance.


 * Connie Francis - I Will Wait For You (Jurassic Bark)
 * Played over the montage, where Seymour waits for Fry.


 * KC and the Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight (Crimes of the Hot)
 * Played over the montage where the robots travel to the Galapagos Islands.


 * Buster Poindexter and His Banshees of Blue - Hot Hot Hot (Crimes of the Hot)
 * Played at the party at the end of the episode.


 * Eminem - The Real Slim Shady (Where No Fan Has Gone Before)
 * Performed by William Shatner, though spoken.


 * Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry, Be Happy (The Sting)
 * Performed by the entire Planet Express Crew, except Leela, Fry and Scruffy. With slightly different lyrics.


 * Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Bend it (Bend Her)
 * Referenced to by the episode title.


 * The Marx Brothers - Hail Freedonia! (Bend Her)
 * Bender's national anthem for "Robonia" is similar to the national anthem for the fictional country of Freedonia in the Marx Brothers film Duck Soup.


 * Tom Jones - She's a Lady (Bend Her)
 * Played when Bender gets together with Calculon montage.


 * Kenny Loggins - I'm Alright (Obsoletely Fabulous)
 * Bender brings a lot of CDs to the island, and he plays this song and dances to it.


 * Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You (Spanish Fry)
 * Song by Leela to Lrrr and Ndnd (though originally by Dolly Parton, Leela attempts to sing it like Whitney Houston).


 * Beethoven - Für Elise (The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings)
 * Played by one of the children at the holophonor school, played later by Fry as well.


 * Maurice Ravel - Boléro (The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings)
 * Played by Fry at one of his concerts.


 * Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye (Bender's Big Score)
 * The nudist alien scammers sing a parody of this song replacing "Goodbye" with "We took your stuff!" while all Earthicans are evacuating Earth -- I mean, New Scamadonia!


 * Scott Walker (cover by The Jigsaw Seen) - 30 Century Man (Bender's Big Score)
 * A snippet is played when Fry realizes he is Lars back in 2012.