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{{pmarow|[[wikipedia:The Bangles|The Bangles]] | [[wikipedia:Walk Like an Egyptian|Walk Like an Egyptian]] | A Pharaoh to Remember | Played as Bender enters as the new Pharaoh.}} | {{pmarow|[[wikipedia:The Bangles|The Bangles]] | [[wikipedia:Walk Like an Egyptian|Walk Like an Egyptian]] | A Pharaoh to Remember | Played as Bender enters as the new Pharaoh.}} | ||
{{pmarow|[[wikipedia:Semisonic|Semisonic]] | [[wikipedia:Closing Time (Semisonic song)|Closing Time]] | A Pharaoh to Remember | Referenced to by the Pharaoh's adviser with "you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here." }} | {{pmarow|[[wikipedia:Semisonic|Semisonic]] | [[wikipedia:Closing Time (Semisonic song)|Closing Time]] | A Pharaoh to Remember | Referenced to by the Pharaoh's adviser with "you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here." }} | ||
{{pmarow| | {{pmarow|Miami Sound Machine led by [[wikipedia:Gloria Estefan|Gloria Estefan]]| [[wikipedia:Conga (song)|Conga]] | {{elink|3ACV18|Anthology of Interest II}} | Played twice during the Bender becomes a human story.}} | ||
{{pmarow|Rush | Tom Sawyer | Anthology of Interest II | Played during the Space Invaders scene.}} | {{pmarow|[[wikipedia:Rush (band)|Rush]] | [[wikipedia:Tom Sawyer (song)|Tom Sawyer]] | Anthology of Interest II | Played during the [[Anthology_of_Interest_II#Act_II:_Raiders_of_the_Lost_Arcade|Space Invaders scene]].}} | ||
{{pmarow|Lonzo | {{pmarow|[[wikipedia:Lonzo and Oscar|Lonzo and Oscar]] | [[wikipedia:I'm My Own Grandpa|I'm My Own Grandpa]] | {{elink|3ACV19|Roswell that Ends Well}} | Referenced to by Farnsworth with "Mr I'm-my-own-grandpa".}} | ||
{{pmarow|Johann Strauss II | | {{pmarow|[[wikipedia:Johann Strauss II|Johann Strauss II]] | [[wikipedia:The Blue Danube|The Blue Danube]] | {{elink|3ACV20|Godfellas}} | Played as Bender floats around in space.}} | ||
{{pmarow|Chopin | Polonaise C | {{pmarow|[[wikipedia:Frédéric Chopin|Frédéric Chopin]] | [[wikipedia:Polonaises Op. 26 (Chopin)|Polonaise in C sharp minor]] | Godfellas | The tune Bender attempts to perform on his piano.}} | ||
{{pmarow|Men Without Hats | The Safety Dance | Future Stock | Performed by | {{pmarow|[[wikipedia:Men Without Hats|Men Without Hats]] | [[wikipedia:The Safety Dance|The Safety Dance]] |{{elink|3ACV21|Future Stock}} | Performed by [[Steve Castle]] two times during this episode.}} | ||
{{pmarow|Joe Esposito | You're | {{pmarow|[[wikipedia:Joe Esposito (singer)|Joe Esposito]] | [[wikipedia:You're the Best|You're the Best]] | {{elink|3ACV22|The 30% Iron Chef}} | Played over the Bender training to become a chef montage.}} | ||
{{pmarow| | {{pmarow|[[wikipedia:Giuseppe Verdi|Giuseppe Verdi]] | [[wikipedia:La donna è mobile|La donna è mobile]] | The 30% Iron Chef | Performed by the shrimp in [[Elzar]]'s dish.}} | ||
{{pmarow|Cream | Sunshine of | {{pmarow|[[wikipedia:Cream (band)|Cream]] | [[wikipedia:Sunshine of Your Love|Sunshine of Your Love]] | The 30% Iron Chef | Played as the episode ends.}} | ||
{{pmarow|Pizzicato Five | Baby Love Child | Leela's Homeworld | Played during montage showing that Leela's parents were actually with her her whole life.}} | {{pmarow|[[wikipedia:Pizzicato Five|Pizzicato Five]] | Baby Love Child | {{elink|4ACV02|Leela's Homeworld}} | Played during montage showing that [[Turanga Morris and Munda|Leela's parents]] were actually with her her whole life.}} | ||
{{pmarow|Harry Dacre | Daisy Bell | Love and Rocket | Performed by Bender to the Planet Express Ship.}} | {{pmarow|[[wikipedia:Harry Dacre|Harry Dacre]] | [[wikipedia:Daisy Bell|Daisy Bell]] | {{elink|4ACV03|Love and Rocket}} | Performed by Bender to the [[Planet Express Ship]].}} | ||
{{pmarow|Spin Doctors | Two Princes | Love and Rocket | The song that plays when Bender | {{pmarow|[[wikipedia:Spin Doctors|Spin Doctors]] | [[wikipedia:Two Princes|Two Princes]] | Love and Rocket | The song that plays when Bender turns on the radio after Farnsworth installs the new software.}} | ||
{{pmarow|Black Flag | TV Party | {{pmarow|[[wikipedia:Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]] | [[wikipedia:TV Party (EP)|TV Party]] | {{elink|4ACV06|Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television}} | Played during the [[Bender (All My Circuits)|Bender]] at [[All My Circuits]] montage, but also performed by the Planet Express Crew including [[Dwight Conrad]] and [[Cubert Farnsworth]] over the credits.}} | ||
{{pmarow|Van McCoy | The Hustle | Jurassic Bark | Performed as Fry's people's native dance.}} | {{pmarow|[[wikipedia:Van McCoy|Van McCoy]] | [[wikipedia:The Hustle (song)|The Hustle]] | {{elink|4ACV07|Jurassic Bark}} | Performed as Fry's people's native dance.}} | ||
{{pmarow|Connie Francis | I Will Wait | {{pmarow|[[wikipedia:Connie Francis|Connie Francis]] | [[wikipedia:I Will Wait for You|I Will Wait for You]] | Jurassic Bark | Played over the montage, where Seymour waits for Fry.}} | ||
{{pmarow|KC and the Sunshine Band | Get Down Tonight | Crimes of the Hot | Played over the montage where the robots travel to the | {{pmarow|[[wikipedia:KC and the Sunshine Band|KC and the Sunshine Band]] | [[wikipedia:Get Down Tonight|Get Down Tonight]] | {{elink|4ACV08|Crimes of the Hot}} | Played over the montage where the robots travel to the [[wikipedia:Galápagos Islands|Galápagos Islands]].}} | ||
{{pmarow|Buster Poindexter | {{pmarow|[[wikipedia:David Johansen|Buster Poindexter]] | [[wikipedia:Hot Hot Hot (Arrow song)|Hot Hot Hot]] | Crimes of the Hot | Played at the party at the end of the episode.}} | ||
{{pmarow|Eminem | The Real Slim Shady | Where No Fan Has Gone Before | Performed by William Shatner, though spoken.}} | {{pmarow|Eminem | The Real Slim Shady | Where No Fan Has Gone Before | Performed by William Shatner, though spoken.}} | ||
{{pmarow|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.}} | {{pmarow|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.}} |
Revision as of 08:10, 21 November 2008
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;
Artist | Track | Appearance | |
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Episode(s) | Description of appearance | ||
Traditional | She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain | "The Series Has Landed" (1ACV02) | Bender performs this song as the credits comes on, though with different lyrics. |
Bob Dylan | Blowin' in the Wind | The Series has Landed | Bender performs this song as he gets a magnet on his head. |
"Bendin' in the Wind" (3ACV13) | Referenced to by the title of the episode. | ||
Pink Floyd | The Dark Side of the Moon | The Series has Landed | Referenced to by Fry with "hey, cool! Dark side of the moon!" |
Theme | The Odd Couple Theme | "I, Roommate" (1ACV03) | Played over the new apartment montage. |
Sir Mix-a-lot | Baby Got Back | "A Fishful of Dollars" (1ACV06) | Fry shows off old classics in his 20th century house. |
Rose Royce | Car Wash | "My Three Suns" (1ACV07) | Played as Bender goes through the Robot Wash. |
Vera Lynn | We'll Meet Again | "A Big Piece of Garbage" (1ACV08) | Plays over the credits. |
Charlie Daniels Band | The Devil went down to Georgia | "Hell Is Other Robots" (1ACV09) | The storyline is a reference to this song. |
Rodgers and Hammerstein | Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' | 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 | Super Disco Breakin' | Hell is Other Robots | Played at the concert in the moshpit. |
Beastie Boys | Sabotage | Hell is Other Robots | Played at the concert. |
George Frideric Handel | "Hallelujah" chorus | Hell is Other Robots | Played during the crew's escape from Robot Hell. |
Prince | 1999 | Hell is Other Robots | Fry's line "Tonight, we're gonna party like its 1999" is from this song. |
The Isley Brothers | Shout | "Mars University" (1ACV11) | Played during the montage at the end. |
Chubby Checker | Let's do the Freddie | "When Aliens Attack" (1ACV12) | Referenced to by Hermes with "ready, Freddie!" |
Maceo Pinkard | Sweet Georgia Brown | "I Second that Emotion" (2ACV01) | Bender whistles this while he does fancy basketball tricks with his head. |
"Time Keeps on Slippin'" (3ACV14) | 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. | ||
Bender's Big Score | An adaptation of the song is whistled by the Globetrotters while doing fancy tricks with a piece of chalk. | ||
Harry Nilsson | Everybody's Talkin' | "Brannigan, Begin Again" (2ACV02) | Played over the Zapp and Kif has been fired and looking for money montage. |
Jefferson Airplane | White Rabbit | "A Head in the Polls" (2ACV03) | Performed by Richard Nixon's head during his announcement to run for President of Earth. |
Traditional | O Tannenbaum | "Xmas Story" (2ACV04) | An original German Christmas carol, Bender sings it with with alternated lyrics about the Xmas tree. |
John Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie | Santa Claus is Coming to Town | Xmas Story | Song at the end of the episode, 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 | Theme from New York, New York | "The Lesser of Two Evils" (2ACV06) | Played at the Past-O-Rama concert. |
Richard Strauss | Also sprach Zarathustra | "A Bicyclops Built for Two" (2ACV09) | Played as the crew enter The Internet in a similar fashion as in 2001: A Space Odyssey. |
"Godfellas" (3ACV20) | Played as Bender floats around in space. | ||
"The Sting" (4ACV12) | Played as Leela opens the coffin in a similar fashion to the monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey. | ||
Donovan | Atlantis | "The Deep South" (2ACV12) | Song as a tourist information stand, with different lyrics, to be about Atlanta, instead of Atlantis. The ending of the song is played during the Fry and Umbriel montage. |
Hal David and Burt Bacharach | Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head | "Mother's Day" (2ACV14) | Played during the memory of the relationship between Mom and Farnsworth. |
Harry Belafonte | Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) | Mother's Day | Referenced to by Farnsworth with "one foot tall, eight feet, fifteen feet." |
"The Cyber House Rules" (3ACV09) | Referenced to by Hermes with "daylight come," and "tally me day banana." | ||
Traditional | The Sailor's Hornpipe | "The Problem with Popplers" (2ACV15) | Song as the theme song for Popplers by Fry and Bender, with different lyrics. |
Hanson | MMMBop | "Anthology of Interest I" (2ACV16) | Played while Fry and giant Bender plays in the park, the song ends promptly as the concert is destroyed by Bender. |
Black Sabbath | Iron Man | Anthology of Interest I | Played as the giant Bender flies toward Earth. |
Johnny Mandel and Mike Altman | Suicide Is Painless (Theme from M*A*S*H) | "War Is the H-Word" (2ACV17) | Played as we see the tents. |
The Animals | We Gotta Get out of This Place | War Is the H-Word | Referenced to by Nixon with "we gotta get out of this planet." |
Katrina and the Waves | Walking on Sunshine | War Is the H-Word | Fry sings it while scrubbing Kif's back during his shower. |
"The 30% Iron Chef" (3ACV22) | Fry sings it in the shower while Zoidberg exchanges his t-shirt. | ||
"Jurassic Bark" (4ACV07) | Fry sings it while riding his bike with Seymour. | ||
"The Sting" (4ACV12) | It is played on bagpipes by Scruffy at his funeral, to which Amy comments, "he is walking on sunshine now". | ||
The Kinks | Lola | "Amazon Women in the Mood" (3ACV01) | 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" (3ACV02) | Played as the episode starts, and they enter a truck stop. |
Traditional | Swing Low, Sweet Chariot | "A Tale of Two Santas" (3ACV03) | Bender sings it as he is being executed, due to the magnets. |
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) | "The Luck of the Fryrish" (3ACV04) | Played at the end of the episode. |
The Righteous Brothers | Unchained Melody | "Bendless Love" (3ACV06) | Played instrumentally 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. |
Bender's Game | Played as over Farnsworth's flashback to going back and being romantically attached to Mom, in a reference to the film Ghost. | ||
The American Breed | Bend Me, Shape Me | "Bendless Love" (3ACV06) | Played during the love montage. |
Roy Orbison | Oh, Pretty Woman | "The Cyber House Rules" (3ACV09) | Played as Leela gets a second eye montage. |
Brewster Higley VI and Daniel E. Kelley | Home on the Range (Kansas State Song) | "Where the Buggalo Roam" (3ACV10) | Referenced to by the title of the episode. |
Jay Livingston | Ponderosa/Bonanza Steakhouse theme | Where the Buggalo Roam | Song by Bender during the cattle ride. |
Cypress Hill | Insane in the Brain | "Insane in the Mainframe" (3ACV11) | Referenced to by the title of the episode. |
"The Why of Fry" (4ACV10) | Referenced to by one of the Brain Spawn with "are you insane in the membrane?" | ||
Traditional | Frog Went A-Courting | "Bendin' in the Wind" (3ACV13) | Bender sings his own version because he doesn't remember the words. |
Traditional | Blue Tail 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. |
The Coasters | Along Came Jones | "I Dated a Robot" (3ACV15) | Referenced to by Bender with "and along came Bender." |
The Miracles | Love Machine | I Dated a Robot | Song played during montage of Fry's dates with Liubot. |
Frederick Weatherly | Danny Boy | "A Pharaoh to Remember" (3ACV17) | Performed by Dr. Zoidberg at the surprise funeral of Bender. |
The Bangles | Walk Like an Egyptian | A Pharaoh to Remember | Played as Bender enters as the new Pharaoh. |
Semisonic | Closing Time | A Pharaoh to Remember | Referenced to by the Pharaoh's adviser with "you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here." |
Miami Sound Machine led by Gloria Estefan | Conga | "Anthology of Interest II" (3ACV18) | Played twice during the Bender becomes a human story. |
Rush | Tom Sawyer | Anthology of Interest II | Played during the Space Invaders scene. |
Lonzo and Oscar | I'm My Own Grandpa | "Roswell that Ends Well" (3ACV19) | Referenced to by Farnsworth with "Mr I'm-my-own-grandpa". |
Johann Strauss II | The Blue Danube | "Godfellas" (3ACV20) | Played as Bender floats around in space. |
Frédéric Chopin | Polonaise in C sharp minor | Godfellas | The tune Bender attempts to perform on his piano. |
Men Without Hats | The Safety Dance | "Future Stock" (3ACV21) | Performed by Steve Castle two times during this episode. |
Joe Esposito | You're the Best | "The 30% Iron Chef" (3ACV22) | Played over the Bender training to become a chef montage. |
Giuseppe Verdi | La donna è mobile | The 30% Iron Chef | Performed by the shrimp in Elzar's dish. |
Cream | Sunshine of Your Love | The 30% Iron Chef | Played as the episode ends. |
Pizzicato Five | Baby Love Child | "Leela's Homeworld" (4ACV02) | Played during montage showing that Leela's parents were actually with her her whole life. |
Harry Dacre | Daisy Bell | "Love and Rocket" (4ACV03) | Performed by Bender to the Planet Express Ship. |
Spin Doctors | Two Princes | Love and Rocket | The song that plays when Bender turns on the radio after Farnsworth installs the new software. |
Black Flag | TV Party | "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television" (4ACV06) | Played during the Bender at All My Circuits montage, but also performed by the Planet Express Crew including Dwight Conrad and Cubert Farnsworth over the credits. |
Van McCoy | The Hustle | "Jurassic Bark" (4ACV07) | 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" (4ACV08) | Played over the montage where the robots travel to the Galápagos Islands. |
Buster Poindexter | 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. |
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. |
Carmen Miranda & Mando Da Lua | I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much) | The Beast with a Billion Backs | Played over the montage with Yivo and the universe going out on their date. |
Kool & the Gang | Jungle Boogie | The Beast with a Billion Backs | A snippet is played during the segment of the universal date montage where Yivo and the universe are dancing. |
The Supremes | Stop! In the Name of Love | The Beast with a Billion Backs | Reference (almost song) by Wernstrom as he tries to catch Amy and Leela from escaping the tentacle. |
The Beatles | Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds | Bender's Game | A parody of the song is heard in the background music of the opening cartoon. |
Daniel Johnston (cover by Kathy McCarty) | Rocket Ship | Bender's Game | The song plays during the Planet Express Ship's venture to the Space Demolition Derby. |
MC Hammer | U Can't Touch This | Bender's Game | Dr. Perceptron says, "Now stop! Hammer time!" |
Ohio Express | Chewy Chewy | Bender's Game | The song plays during the montage of Hermaphrodite and Leegola frolicking. |
Robert Crawford | The U.S. Air Force Theme | Into the Wild Green Yonder | Lyric referred to in the title. |