History AwesomeMusic / TheSimpsons

* [[https://youtu.be/Q2dYnOoGyko All the songs by the Party Posse]] in "New Kids on the Blecch" are catchy auto-tuned songs.

* The two ''epic'' [[Film/JamesBond Bond theme]] parodies: [[https://youtu.be/9QEsjd1WZuY Scorpio]]" (He loves German ''BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRR!''), and [[TheAhnold McBain's]] [[https://youtu.be/xthA0xbiUBY theme]], "Blessed be the Guy That [[IncrediblyLamePun Bonds]]". Honorary mentions to "[[Literature/YouOnlyLiveTwice You Only Live Once]]" from YOLO and "[[MilestoneCelebration 600]]" from Treehouse 27.

* From Season 10's "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken," the impromptu and show-stopping [[https://youtu.be/vaqhQfj3fyE Kids/Adults.]] [[FridgeBrilliance It adds a whole 'nother layer of awesome when you realize that]] [[TalkingToHimself most of the characters that get a chance to sing in this song are performed by at least seven core cast members.]]

%%* [[Film/PaintYourWagon Gonna paint the wagon, gonna paint it good, we ain't braggin', we're gonna coat that wood!]]
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* ''The Simpsons'' is stuffed to bursting with awesome music, starting with Danny Elfman's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqog63KOANc main theme]] (with movie [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ_ZO6SZrb8 remix]] by Hans Zimmer!), and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBav72i7I3s continuing]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TJWe02z1yI on]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvSzKKARw20 from]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-3bhZ890BA there]].
* From Season 10's "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken," the impromptu and show-stopping [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaqhQfj3fyE Kids/Adults.]] [[FridgeBrilliance It adds a whole 'nother layer of awesome when you realize that]] [[TalkingToHimself most of the characters that get a chance to sing in this song are performed by at least seven core cast members.]]
* When Bart is declared a faith healer in Season 11's "Faith Off", he rallies his followers with the outstanding GospelRevivalNumber [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHM84oo8DZ0 "Testify! Testify! Come on up and testify!"]]
* From the end credits of "Homer at the Bat", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAJHDiO8Fr0 "Talkin' Softball".]] A sort of recap of the episode's events told through a cheerful tune with plenty of LyricalDissonance.

** The Season 6 episode "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds" has the hilarious parody of "Be Our Guest" from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' in which Burns shows off his vast collection of clothes made from animal skins. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyWVaZsUQjc See...my...vest! See my vest! Made from real gorilla chest!]]
** [[VillainSong Look at]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t96Tz_blZwc All These IDIOTS!]] (even though that was on the ''Simpsons Sings the Blues'' album and not on a particular episode). Also has [[YesMan Smithers]] playing a Music/FrankZappa like guitar solo.
** In a Season 24 episode, we have another [[VillainSong song]] from Mr. Burns, this one about villains. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRrAELby068 It's a High to be Loathed.]]
* The incredibly creepy DarkReprise [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf1JTGav7rk of the main theme that played over the credits of]] "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part I)".
* From "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part II)", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9kdDet7G14 "Señor Burns"]]. Nothing gets the blood flowing like Tito Puente's [[TheVillainSucksSong slanderous mambo]].
* The two ''epic'' [[Film/JamesBond Bond theme]] parodies: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QEsjd1WZuY Scorpio]]" (He loves German ''BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRR!''), and [[TheAhnold McBain's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xthA0xbiUBY theme]], "Blessed be the Guy That [[IncrediblyLamePun Bonds]]". Honorary mentions to "[[Literature/YouOnlyLiveTwice You Only Live Once]]" from YOLO and "[[MilestoneCelebration 600]]" from Treehouse 27.
* Season 7's "A Fish Called Selma" includes, somewhere in the lower depths of Troy [=McClure's=] career, a musical version of ''Planet of the Apes'' with [=McClure=] as Taylor and the classic song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ocmdiAaOJE Doctor Zaius, Doctor Zaius...]]
* Lisa Simpson's version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQARCB9wKto "Baker Street"]], over an emotional montage of her sax playing over the years. Notably it's recorded with Lisa's baritone saxophone, rather than an alto saxophone as in the original song, providing a deeper tone.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKpaTLMefiU Lisa's version of "Jazzman" by Carole King]]. Yeardley Smith really went all out with the vocals for this song, adding onto the SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}.
* The Stonecutters Song from "Homer the Great": [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSpOjj4YD8c Who controls the British crown? Who keeps the metric system down? We do!!! We do!!!]] So much so it was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLUYYe4s2BQ Who needs the Kwik-E-Mart?]] A rousing tune sung by the entire Simpson family to lift Apu's spirits after Homer gets him fired from the Kwik-E-Mart in "Homer and Apu" from Season 5. (A pity his lifted spirits very quickly sink again.)
* When you have Music/MichaelJackson guest star on an episode, it's only necessary that he contribute an example of this trope: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLuyHWP_wnM "Lisa it's Your Birthday".]][[note]]The version heard in the episode was done by soundalike Kip Lennon, though Jackson did provide the vocals for the song's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbLcmncsw1c demo]].[[/note]]
* Many of the Be Sharps' songs in "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" from Season 5 are awesome, but none more so than the (in-universe) Grammy winner [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pURFU3pL93o Baby on Board!!]]
* "Marge vs. the Monorail" from Season 4 features the first rate parody of "Ya Got Trouble" from ''Theatre/TheMusicMan'' in which Lyle Lanley, the parody version of Harold Hill, gets the town behind the idea of spending the settlement money from the nuclear power plant on a... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF_yLodI1CQ Monorail! Monorail!! Monorail!!!]]
* Season 4's "Duffless" features a simultaneously funny and solemn "It Was a Very Good Year" parody in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA7p5VwAXk0 "I Drank Some Very Good Beer"]], sung by Homer as he pours his beer down the sink and flashes back to his first time buying beer [[RefugeInAudacity with an obviously fake I.D., and not getting caught or denied service]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L93r5ntL9Y Hail to Thee, Kamp Krusty...]] The campers at the title camp in the Season 4 opener sound about as enthusiastic as you'd expect when their "activities" amount to child labour, their diet consists of imitation gruel, and the counselors are school bullies Jimbo, Dolph, and Kearney.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-AmB_KhyXE Mr Sandman]], it's that good.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeYyzoONK6U We put the "spring" in Springfield!]], a very funny CrowdSong in protest against tearing the burlesque house down. It remains one of only two songs on the show to have won an Emmy.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL4-AVq7hjo We also can't forget this awesome parody of over the top car commercials.]]

* In "That 90's Show," there's no denying that Sadgasm's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DanoR0MXNrM Margerine]] is amazing (not to mention a TearJerker).
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phE8HifoQ-8 The music from the original end credits to "Mother Simpson".]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlKao_Pox5A "Just Don't Look"]] from "Treehouse of Horror VI". It's even got Paul Anka's guarantee.[[note]] guarantee void in Tennessee[[/note]]
* Another Treehouse of Horror example, the CouchGag VillainSong from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7G227yzDkM the intro to Treehouse of Horror XXIV]], where Bart, Lisa and Maggie are trick or treating and encounter some ghouls. The song has a vibe similar to [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Oggie Boogie’s song]] and [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas "You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"]], and coupled with the great animation courtesy of [[Creator/JohnKricfalusi John K.]], '''rocks'''.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub1Oqxj0AFg All of the songs from "The President Wore Pearls"]]. Especially Lisa's ''very'' moving version of "Don't Cry For Me Argentina".

** Lurleen Lumpkin's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCzPAaIGOZM Your Wife Don't Understand You]]".
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c04cGc7XoMg I finally bagged me a Homer!]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2d7tErO1Uo Grown-Up Halloween]] from the "Halloween of Horror" episode (not the yearly "Treehouse of Horror"), which is a huge tribute to ''Rocky Horror Picture Show''.
* In Season 7, Episode 4, "Bart Sells His Soul", Bart swaps the hymn "In the Garden of Eden" with "In a gadda da vida" by Music/{{Iron Butterfly|Band}}. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSCUhqsy4Nk The result is both hilarious and epic]]. Special mention to the elderly organist playing the beat for over 17 minutes on the church's organ.

* All the songs from "[[MusicalEpisode My Fair Laddy]]", where Groundskeeper Willie proves his singing voice is great when he tries. Special mention goes to the episode's final song, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu1odzyQVwY Longing for the Shack]]".
* In "Cape Feare", Bart tricks Sideshow Bob into singing the score of ''Theatre/HMSPinafore'' to buy time. Sadly we don't get to hear the ''entire'' show but what we do hear is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKXtv2_IaCY truly delightful]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2dYnOoGyko All the songs by the Party Posse]] in "New Kids on the Blecch" are catchy auto-tuned songs.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-W6punNMjU Do The Bartman]], a slick 90s rap song co-written (supposedly) and produced by the legendary Music/MichaelJackson, with slick vocals.

* Bart Simpson (and others) from ''The Simpsons Hit & Run'' (which is a very underrated game) has some pretty [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuC2bMnY3_k rockin']] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgyH2-uA2Hc themes]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hsFPcMuPm8 as]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e797ArpL9Yk well]].

In a show that focuses on the never-ending adventures of a dysfunctional nuclear family, who thought it would be this [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic musical]]?

* In Season 7, Episode 4, "Bart Sells His Soul", Bart swaps the hymn "In the Garden of Eden" with "In a gadda da vida" by Music/IronButterfly. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSCUhqsy4Nk The result is both hilarious and epic]]. Special mention to the elderly organist playing the beat for over 17 minutes on the church's organ.

* The Stonecutters Song from "Homer the Great": [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD3FN0Ah4RE Who controls the British crown? Who keeps the metric system down? We do!!! We do!!!]] So much so it was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-W6punNMjU Do The Bartman]], a slick 90s rap song co-written and produced by the legendary Music/MichaelJackson, with slick vocals.

** The Season 6 episode "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds" has the hilarious parody of "Be Our Guest" from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' in which Burns shows off his vast collection of clothes made from animal skins. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3w4pjE90ZU See... My... Vest! See my vest! Made from real gorilla chest!]]

* From "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part II)", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9kdDet7G14 Senor Burns]]. Nothing gets the blood flowing like Tito Puente's [[TheVillainSucksSong slanderous mambo]].

* From "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part II)", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9Z4Hl_GqWE Senor Burns]]. Nothing gets the blood flowing like Tito Puente's [[TheVillainSucksSong slanderous mambo]].

* From the end credits of "Homer at the Bat", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAJHDiO8Fr0 "Talkin' Softball".]] A sort of recap of the episodes events told through a cheerful tune with plenty of [[LyricalDissonance lyrical dissonance]].
** ''With Roger Clemens [[ItMakesSenseInContext clucking all the while]], Mike Scioscia's [[BlackComedy tragic illness made us smile]]''

%%* From the end credits of "Homer at the Bat", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAJHDiO8Fr0 "Talkin' Softball".]]
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* From the end credits of "Homer at the bat" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAJHDiO8Fr0 "Talkin' Softball"]]

* Season 6's "The Springfield Connection" gives us a [[https://youtu.be/uxQlczKW8dE beautiful rendition of the ending credits,]] which pays homage to the ''Series/HillStreetBlues'' theme song. Fans of either or both shows may get a bit misty-eyed listening to it.

* All the songs by the Party Posse in New Kids on the Blecch. They are really catchy auto-tuned songs [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2dYnOoGyko check them out]].